AGL 079: John Allen – Navy Seal – Elite Meet

Just another #1 world ranked video game player turned philosopher turned Navy SEAL turned non-profit startup CEO.

John Allen is the CEO of Elite Meet, a Non-Profit organization he co-founded along with Jordan Selleck that connects high performing, transitioning veterans, like Navy SEALs and Fighter Pilots, with companies who are looking to hire. He started out at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, after which he served in the Navy as a Navy SEAL for seven years.

Now the former Navy SEAL, turned non-profit start up CEO helps Navy SEALs, fighter pilots and other elite veterans find meaningful employment after they leave active duty.

Today We Talked About:

  • Video Games?  Skate – #1 ranked in the World!
  • War Stories
  • Leadership After the Navy
  • Aggressively use LinkedIn, but don’t look or sound like everyone else.
  • Be Shameless
  • The Best Leaders are good at making quick decisions and are confident in their choices

 

Connect with John Allen:

I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to iTunes and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: More

November 12, 2018
John Allen

AGL 079: John Allen – Navy Seal – Elite Meet

Just another #1 world ranked video game player turned philosopher turned Navy SEAL turned non-profit startup CEO. John Allen is the CEO of Elite Meet, a Non-Profit organization he co-founded along with Jordan Selleck that connects high performing, transitioning veterans, like Navy SEALs and Fighter Pilots, with companies who are looking to hire. He started out at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, after which he served in the Navy as a Navy SEAL for seven years. Now the former Navy SEAL, turned non-profit start up CEO helps Navy SEALs, fighter pilots and other elite veterans find meaningful employment after they leave active duty. […]
Do you like it?41
Read more
November 7, 2018

AGL 078: The Motivation Myth with Jeff Haden

About Jeff Jeff Haden is speaker, ghostwriter, Inc. Magazine contributing editor, and author of the bestselling The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to WIn. Before changing careers he spent 20 years in manufacturing, starting as an entry-level shop-floor employee, climbing the ladder through a variety of customer service, human resources, production control, and multi-plant improvement team positions, to finally direct all manufacturing operations for a Fortune 500 company. Along the way he “made every leadership mistake it was possible to make.” But he learned a lot from those mistake. And he also wants you to know […]
Do you like it?40
Read more
November 5, 2018
John-Hittler

AGL 077: The Motivation Trap with John Hittler

About John “How were you able to pull that off?” John has made a habit of creating seemingly impossible outcomes, whether transforming a struggling team to become the top performer, or engaging an audience with his playful, interactive, life-changing style. His belief is simple: we are each endowed with one unique genius, different than any other person on the planet. John uses his genius to create seemingly impossible outcomes and in doing so, helps people win big! His professional career spans 9 owner funded companies, some of which thrived, others not as much. Regardless, each company (and one non-profit foundation) […]
Do you like it?40
Read more
November 2, 2018
bobby-allen

AGL 076: Bobby Allen, CTO for CloudGenera

Bobby Allen serves as Chief technology officer (CTO) for CloudGenera and as Stewardship Pastor for Wellspring Church. He brings the unique perspective of being a thought-leader in Cloud Computing while helping lead a Gospel-centered, multi-ethnic church in Charlotte, NC. Bobby is a veteran of Intel, Bank of America and multiple startups.  He went into corporate America after being an Intel fellow at the University of Michigan. He is available to speak to your organization or at your next event about how to move from information to clarity to insight. Today we talked about: Time management as a start-up New Leadership for a New […]
Do you like it?38
Read more
October 29, 2018
Gary Hayslip

AGL 075: Gary Hayslip, CISO at Webroot

As CISO for Webroot, Gary Hayslip advises executive leadership on protecting critical information resources and oversees enterprise cyber-security strategy. His mission includes creating a “risk aware” culture that places a high value on securing and protecting customer information entrusted to Webroot. Hayslip’s career in the fields of enterprise information security and network security spans more than 20 years and includes multiple CIO, CISO, and deputy director of IT positions for the U.S. Navy, the Federal Government, and the City of San Diego. In these positions, he was instrumental in architecting security programs from the ground up, auditing large, disparate networks […]
Do you like it?35
Read more
October 25, 2018
martin wolfe

AGL 074: Martin Wolfe – Distinguished Engineer, CTO – IBM

Today on the show I have Marin Wolfe (Marty). Marty is a systems engineer, creator of new solutions and innovations, a leader and motivator of the best and brightest, and focused on delivering solutions to the most complex challenges and supporting key goals. Marty is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO, a technical executive of which there are only 600 across IBM’s entire global enterprise. Marty’s combination of technical depth, business acumen and delivery expertise has resulted in over $500M in direct revenue helping to shape technical strategy and fixing the most challenging problems at all sizes of organizations and enterprises. […]
Do you like it?37
Read more
Prev page
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374757677787980818283
Next page