The Jumping Point Podcast

Chris Schmitt, former Army Special Forces Green Beret and Founder of Azimuth Consulting joins the DC local leaders podcast for episode 31

Chris is a veteran and retired after 30 years of service in the United States Army. He speaks about his experiences as a 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 “𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭” and how “𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬” was the most effective weapon in his kit bag. The big idea of the Azimuth Consulting Group is how the lessons learned from Special Operations in combat seamlessly translate into corporate sector leadership.

During the three decades of Military experience Chris has gained extensive experience in commanding, planning, and executing special operations missions around the world.  His career allowed him to serve as a mentor, trainer, and coach both in combat and uncertain environments at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels.  This experience gave him the necessary experience to coach, facilitate, and advise dynamic leaders in today's volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment.

✪ 𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 4-𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙪𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩

Chris has earned an Executive Certification for Coaching from Columbia University in New York City, a Master of Science in Organizational Development from Central Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science in International Relations from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

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