How to Find Your Tribe and Purpose, with Otis McGregor

Otis McGregor, the creator of Tribe and Purpose, joins Travis and Carol. Otis talks about his journey to the military and the difficulties that motivated him to start Tribe and Purpose.

Highlights:

{02:30} What makes Otis a Titan

{08:15} What are Tribe and Purpose and how was it started?

{15:33} The frustrations that led to the start of Tribe and Purpose

{27:31} The journey Otis took to get to where he is today

Otis McGregor Bio:

Leadership Expert, Author, Speaker, Podcast Host, Project Management Trainer, Rugby Coach, LTC, Special Forces, US Army, Retired

Otis’ passion lies in helping people succeed. He has used this passion through years in the Army Special Operations, coaching rugby, and business. It now drives him to create better leaders. He believes that better leaders create better organizations, better organizations create better communities, and better communities will create a better world.

Otis worked as a Business Development Manager, Director, and Chief Strategy Officer for several companies. In 2009, he founded LTO Enterprises, LLC to help businesses win government contracts. In 2021, he rebranded LTO to become Tribe + Purpose, aligning with how we operate and our business purpose. They focus on creating better leaders to lead high-performing teams. Otis is a certified business performance coach and certified project director and trainer through The Institute of Project Management.

Otis retired from the US Army in 2009 as a Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel following 25 years of service. While in the Army, he had a broad range of experience from being a private driving tank five years older than me; to an engineer in the Arctic, running heavy equipment in the most extreme arctic conditions, to leading Green Berets on complex and dangerous missions around the world. He also had the unique experience of being part of new organizations and creating these new units into cohesive, effective organizations. This experience ranged from Arctic conditions in Alaska to counter-terrorism units in Iraq and Afghanistan to NATO Special Operations Headquarters. Being part of these organizations from the ground up has given me immense experience in creating successful organizations

Otis used those skills and experiences to build successful teams, business units, and companies in the business world. I’ve led capture efforts and proposal development for large and small firms. These efforts have ranged from small task orders to multiple large entity Joint Ventures. In addition to my business development efforts, Otis ran multi-million-dollar programs for the government spread across the US and overseas.

Otis possesses a BS-Engineering Technology, from Texas A&M University; MA-International Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School; Certified Professional Coach, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC); COR.E Leadership & Performance Dynamics Specialist, IPEC; Certified Project Director and Certified Project Trainer, Institute of Project Management (IPM); USA Rugby Level 300 Coach. He creates better leaders, host a podcast, build high-performance teams and wrote the book Enable Your Teams Success.

Otis lives in Colorado with my wife, Suzanne. They have three grown children living in the USA.

Connect with Otis:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/otismcgregor/

https://www.instagram.com/tribeandpurpose/

https://twitter.com/TribeandPurpose

https://www.facebook.com/tribeandpurpose

Check out all of our interviews: https://titanevolutionpodcast.com/blog/

Connect with Travis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nonprofitarchitect/

Connect with Carol: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-carpenter-8231a466/

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