The Four Star Leadership Podcast: Core Principles of Leadership with General Tommy Franks

Coach Coale discusses building winning teams and creating a winning environment.

Manu discusses how the youth led nonprofit BridgeUSA is bringing people together to discuss political views in a safe way to promote democracy with empathy and understanding.

Col. Nichols discusses his transition from F-16 pilot to his current position as President of the Folds of Honor Foundation. The passion and care that he led with in the military is easily shown as he shares the stories of the Folds of Honor scholarship recipients.

Joshua Elias, 2023 Four Star Alumnus from Pennsylvania shares an update on how his senior year is going, and talks about the impact Four Star Leadership with General Tommy Franks has had on his leadership journey.

Shannon Huffman Polson, one of the first female Apache Helicopter Pilots in the US Army, author, and founder of The Grit Institute shares how to find your grit through identifying your purpose, which is the core of your story.

In this episode Gary Sinise, actor, author and servant leader, shares his story of how he found his true calling in life by dedicating his time to serving and honoring our nation's heroes and their families.

About Our Guest: Gary Sinise, actor, director, musician, and humanitarian, has been an advocate for America's veterans for nearly forty-years. He's best known for his roles in award-winning movies Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Ransom, Of Mice and Men, Truman, George Wallace, and The Green Mile, and in the hit TV shows CSI: NY and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

Gary has won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was nominated for an Oscar.

He's the founder of the Gary Sinise Foundation, which serves and honors America's defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need. He's the leader and bass player for the Lt. Dan Band, which has entertained more than half a million troops around the world. He is the co-founder of the prestigious Steppenwolf Theater of Chicago.

Gary has been presented with many awards, including the Spirit of Hope Award by the Department of Defense. He was named an honorary Chief Petty Officer by the United States Navy, was pinned as an honorary marine, and received the Sylvanus Thayer Award at West Point, given to a civilian "whose character, service, and achievements reflect the ideals prized by the US military Academy." He's the recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian honor awarded to citizens for "exemplary deeds performed in service of the nation."

Four Star alumna and UCU scholarship winner Katie Hewlett talks about how her program experience elevated her leadership skills and led to the creation of an impactful service club, Monsters for Munchkins. Get inspired by this young leader!

About Our Guest: Katie Hewlett is a native of Honeyville, Utah. She is a Four Star 2022 alumna and the 2023 Understanding Community Understanding scholarship winner for her Monsters for Munchkins initiative, a service club that has made and donated more than 1,000 felt monsters to hospitals.
She has served as both HOBY and RYLA ambassadors and served as a state 4-H ambassador and a state 4-H FCS ambassador. She also attended Georgia’s National Congress, the National Youth Summit Series in Washington, D.C., 4-H Nationals in Denver and FBLA Nationals in Chicago. In addition, Katie started her own business called Creative Book Folding. This business works to save books from landfills by creating beautiful works of art out of recycled books.
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She plans to attend Utah State University in the fall to study business management human resources and minor in communications. 

Piyush Patel, the founder of Dream Big and the best-selling business author of Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work. Patel has become an innovator in corporate culture as he grew his former company, Digital-Tutors, into a leader throughout the world of online training. Patel has worked with industry leaders including Pixar, Apple, Ford and NASA, and has been featured in Inc., Forbes, Fast Company, TechCrunch and Entrepreneur Magazine.
 

After selling Digital-Tutors, Patel continues to advise other companies and is an angel investor, helping start-up businesses make their mark. Patel spends his time helping companies grow their revenue by leveraging their greatest asset - their employees.

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Join us in a lively and heartfelt discussion as James (Jamey) Slife explains how perspective is the game changer of life and offers three key points for managing it.

Jamey is a Retired Marine Veteran now serving as a leadership instructor for The Program LLC. Listen to this lively and hearfelt discussion as Jamey explains how perspective is the game changer of life and offers three key points for managing it.

"If your going to be a lion, do lion things" - Jamey Slife

Stacy Anders, President, Blue Star Mothers discusses her journey with Blue Star Mothers. Join us as we uncover the multiple ways Blue Star Mothers support our Military and each other how they are organized, and the sisterhood they share.

"God Bless America and especially our Blue Star Mothers as we honor them for the month of May."