Dr. Robert Cialdini is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA today Best-Selling Author. His book, "Influence, the Psychology of Persuasion" is recognized by Fortune as one of their 75 Smartest Business Books. 

His six principles of persuasion have become a cornerstone for any business serious about effectively increasing their influence. Today the discussion revolves around his principles and how leaders can effectively convey these principles to extend influence and in turn buy-in across formations. 

SSG Aaron Rapoza has been an active member in the Army Combatives community since 2011. SSG Rapoza is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a brown Prajet in Muay Thai, and is currently the Light weight  Washington State Muay Thai Champion.

Today the discussion will focus on SSG Rapoza's background, what he has helped implement physical/mentally/technically in the combatives center for the betterment of the Lancer Brigade.

Today we are sitting down with NYT bestseller and long time CEO Coach, Kim Scott. Kim led AdSense, YouTube, Doubleclick Online Sales, and Operations at Google before joining Apple to develop and teach a leadership seminar.

The discussion today will focus on Radical Candor and how caring deeply and challenging directly within our formations prevents ruinous empathy, manipulative insincerity, and obnoxious aggressiveness. This paradigm is directly applicable to CEOs around the globe down to young Squad leaders within our formation and all leaders in between.

Today we welcome Lisa Hallet. Lisa is an endurance athlete and Gold Star family member. She is also the President and Co-Founder of "wear blue: run to remember."  Wear blue is a nonprofit running community that honors the service and sacrifice of the American military.

She built wear blue out of her passion for running and the unfortunate passing of her husband Cpt. John Hallett III. As an avid runner she found a community that needed the same kind of support that running gave her during her time of need.  She is now on a mission to spread the message of "Wear Blue"to others throughout the nation.  https://www.wearblueruntoremember.org/ 

Mr. Lutz has served in a variety of Law Enforcement capacities for over 20 years, but takes great pride in his time with New York's premier Emergency Service unit. Mr. Lutz recounts his first hand accounts of bravery, loss, and acceptance in the face of overwhelming tragedy on September 11th 2001. 

The New York City Police Department Emergency Service Unit is a component of the NYPD Special Operations Bureau. The unit is uniquely trained and equipped to perform tactical and technical rescue duty for other department elements. Members of ESU are cross-trained in multiple disciplines for police, first aid, and rescue work.

Today we sit down with Mr. Matt Griffin who is a former fire support officer who served in the 75th Ranger Regiment. Following his service, he co-founded Combat Flip Flops in Kabul Afghanistan.

His vision was to build a company that sought to bring opportunity and education to Afghanistan. His contributions today will cover his personal and professional experiences, in and out of uniform and the trials and tribulations he overcame as a veteran business owner that inevitably landed him in front of Mark Cuban as an investor on shark tank 

Alejandro Villanueva is the starting offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers (at time of recording). Prior to playing for the Steelers, Villanueva deployed with both the 10th Mountain Division and 1st Ranger Battalion to Afghanistan.

After Finishing his last tour with the Rangers, Villanueva decided to pursue a career with the NFL. In 2014 he was spotted by the Steelers and is now a veteran, two-time Pro Bowl Tackle. His contributions today include stories of growth and development during his military career, the importance of challenging oneself and the principles he carries with him both on and off the field. 

Dr. Michael Matthews; professor of Engineering Psychology as well as Lt. Gen. (R) Robert Caslen; former superintendent of the United States Military Academy and current president of the University of South Carolina.

Dr. Matthews and LTG (R) Caslen's discussion focuses around their upcoming book "The Character Edge" that shows how to win the right way with integrity. They focus on developing leaders of character with GRIT that build winning teams and consistently pursue Excellence. 

Mr. Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates and a proactive philanthropist heavily involved in providing opportunities for the less fortunate.

While Mr. Dalio has a flourishing career in investments, he takes the time to reflect back on his successes and struggles in order to provide feedback and lessons learned for those progressing through the "Arc of Life".

His contributions cover his philosophy that highlights pain plus reflection equals progress and that successful teams produce good outcomes on the essence of truth, radical transparency and the willingness to provide feedback.

Col. Chung sits down with Bestselling Author Ryan Holiday to discuss how we can apply the lessons of stoicism to our own personal lives and the Profession of Arms. 

Ryan Holiday is a marketer and the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying; The Obstacle Is the Way; Ego Is the Enemy;  Conspiracy  and other books about marketing, culture, and the human condition. Through his books he has been credited as "leading the charge for stoicism.