Shakespeare said, “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” And our guest, Flynn Cochran, is definitely someone who achieved greatness (although he was born with a great name).
Flynn is a former U.S. Navy SEAL Officer, a former McKinsey & Co. Engagement Manager, and a graduate of Harvard Business School. Today he is the Chief Strategy Officer at Echelon Front, where he shares the exceptional leadership experience and insight he learned from both the SEAL Teams and business world. He had the benefit of experiencing leadership lessons from the likes of Leif Babin and Jocko Willink (a previous guest on the show: Ep. 25 – Navy SEAL & Leadership Expert Jocko Willink: Taking Extreme Ownership), and he saw the power of Extreme Ownership firsthand.
When I look back at Flynn’s impressive resume, I see a throughline of intensity, from football to ROTC to the Navy SEALS to Harvard to Echelon Front. So I wanted to know, what drives this?
In many ways, it goes back to growing up as the sixth of eight kids. Growing up in a large family taught Flynn two huge lessons: you have to do something exceptional to get attention, be it good or bad, and everything is better as a team.
“Individual achievements are just that – individual. They don’t bring up the rest of the team.”
Think of the business world today, where disengagement is rising and, ultimately, costing industry $500B annually. If that had happened in the SEAL Teams, missions would fail and lives would be lost – but they didn’t show up disengaged because they knew what was at stake.
This is an element missing in business today, as well as in our own individual lives; we don’t have a clear idea of what’s at stake, what matters, and why we should take action on it.
Flynn warns us that it certainly isn’t easy to create an organization where everyone believes in a single, unified Why, but what worth doing is ever easy?
Going back to the idea of team unity, as opposed to the pursuit of individual achievement, is a great place to start. Building meaningful relationships with the people around you will allow you to stay more engaged because you care about how your work impacts them, and the same lesson can be applied to your life at home.
Again, everything is better as a team – and all great teams need an exceptional leader.
“Leaders who take the blinders off take their organizations to heights they haven’t seen, and they realize that their influence, their actions, can have a massive impact on where it goes.”
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Resources:
Learn more at echelonfront.com Connect with Flynn: Facebook |Ep. 175 - You Can’t Make An Impact If You’re Six Feet Under - with Jennifer L Carroll
Ep. 174 - Make Your Dream Job a Reality - with Ken Coleman
Ep. 173 - The Four Phases of the Entrepreneur’s Journey - with Chris Cooper
Ep. 172 - Leadership and Life Lessons From a Blue Angel Pilot - with John Foley
Ep. 171 - Make Shift Happen - with Anthony Trucks
Ep. 170 - Nothing To Lose - with Vincent Pugliese
Ep. 169 - Late Bloomers with Rich Karlgaard
Ep. 168 - Clothe Our Kids: Clothing Kids With Confidence & Doing the Impossible - with Laura Mayer
Ep. 167 - Living the Life That You Were Created For - with Tiffany Bluhm
166 | Worthy of Life: The Remarkable Story of Violinist and Holocaust Survivor David Arben | with Rebecca Jackson and Dr. John Jackson
Ep. 165 - A Logical Justification for Pursuing Your Dreams - with Logan Gelbrich
Ep. 164 - One Life to Give - with Brandon Adams
Ep. 163 - RISE & Shine Gold - with Jim Afremow & Caroline Burckle
Ep. 162 - Master the Key: A Story to Free Your Potential, Find Meaning and Live Life On Purpose (Chapter One)
Ep. 161 - Unstoppable Leaders & Profitable Conversations - with AmyK Hutchens and Kara Goldin
Ep. 160 - Positive Leadership & The Warrior Tradition - with Greg Amundson & Jon Gordon
Ep. 159 - Happiness, Love, & the #5SecondRule - with Mel Robbins & Sheryl O'Loughlin
Ep. 158 - Motivation, Belief, & The Power of Words - with Kevin Hall & Lou Holtz
Ep. 157 - Like a Whip: Training & Mindset Lessons from a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt - with Nathan Mendelsohn
Ep. 156 - When Leaders Help People Achieve Their Goals, the World Wins - with Robert Glazer
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