Unfiltered Leadership

This week on Unfiltered Leadership, Paul, Chris, and Calin had the extreme pleasure of hosting retired CMSgt Anthony Brinkley. We discussed the topic of endurance and how love, life, faith, and family all play a critical role in life. CMSgt Brinkley has the innate ability to be so deeply real and mix in humor to the conversation. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did! L - Listen O - Observe V - Value E - Empower Chief Brinkley's Development Diet: Faith, family, fitness, and staying connected

On this episode of Unfiltered Leadership, Paul, Chris and Calin discuss the topic of "Bromance" and why we believe that it is 100% acceptable for men and women to tell each other, "I love you", "I appreciate you", or "You have made a positive impact on me". These signs of affirmation and admiration of each other stems from a relationship and friendship that thrives off of trust, mutual respect, and compassion for one another. We hope you enjoy!

On this episode of Unfiltered Leadership Weekly Motivation we discuss the topic of "Taking Off the Training Wheels" and how that mentality is applicable to your everyday life. We hope you enjoy!

The Unfiltered Leadership Crew is stoked to bring you not one fellow podcaster, but two podcasters to this episode! CMSgt Joe Bogdan, Llama Lounge Podcast Creator and MSgt Josh LeGuillon, Uncomfortable A.F. Podcast Creator joined us to discuss the book, The Obstacle is the Way, by Ryan Holiday. We hope you enjoy!

For this installment of Weekly Motivation, Calin and Chris discuss the importance of Mastering Your Impulses and how that can lead you to be a more effective leader. We hope you enjoy!

This week's episode on Unfiltered Leadership, the UL crew had the awesome opportunity to host our own 354 Fighter Wing Command Chief, CMSgt John Lokken. We shared stories and discussed effective followership. We hope you enjoy. 

On this week's Weekly Motivation, Paul, Chris, and Calin discuss the topic of the Roller Coaster of Leadership. The ups and downs of leadership and being an influential leader can be filled with so many highs and the lowest lows. We encourage and implore you to think about the investment and costs that are required of you! We hope you enjoy!

On this week's episode of Unfiltered Leadership, Paul decided to go rogue and call an audible on us. He sprung the idea of discussing the book Meditations by Marcus Aurelius moments before going on air. The UL crew shared their thoughts and feelings on the different passages that Paul read aloud. We hope you enjoy!

For this week's Weekly Motivation episode the UL crew discusses the importance of apologies and accountability. We offer up our apologies for missing out on dropping a new episode last week and because of that we need to hold ourselves accountable. We hope you enjoy!

On this week's episode of Unfiltered Leadership the crew had the incredible opportunity to host Captain Jay Kearney to discuss GRIT. This conversation has so many amazing highlights and stories that we hope you enjoy!

This week's Weekly Motivation to get you going is titled: Mind the Gap. The UL Crew delves into how we can mind our own gaps in life, aspirations, values, and the journey is takes to see your gap and make those changes needed to be a better person, parent, or friend. We hope you enjoy!

On this week's episode of Unfiltered Leadership the team had the amazing opportunity to chat with Hunter Wood, the Director of Coaching of MISFIT Athletics and Head Coach of MISFIT Gym Portland in Portland, Maine. Hunter is also a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and just an all-around amazing guy. In this episode we discuss the direct parallels that both coaching and leadership encompass. We hope you enjoy!

On this installment of Weekly Motivator, Paul, Chris, and Calin get you in the right mindset to start your week off right! Below are some of the big takeaways from this episode. We hope you enjoy! - Find your Life Coaches - Suspend your Ego - Be a Great and Active Listener - Accept New Ways to Learn and Grow - Ride the Roller Coaster of Learning and Growing

The UL crew had the incredible and humbling opportunity to hang out with CMSgt Ian Eishen, who is currently the Command Chief at the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. During this episode we discussed so many great things that Chief Eishen has done throughout his career and how he has the ability to form teams that collectively innovate and create new and amazing things for our Air Force. We hope you enjoy! Chief Eishen's Developmental Diet: Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences by Nancy Duarte One Mission How Leaders Build a Team of Teams by Chris Fussell with C.W. Goodyear let my people go surfing by Yvon Chouinard

Let's get ready for the week by listening to this episode of Weekly Motivation. Paul, Chris, and Calin discuss and share their thoughts on self-appreciation and how each and every day you can learn to love and appreciate yourself and the little moments in life. We hope you have a fantastic week!

*DISCLAIMER* This episode contains stories that are sensitive in nature, but are real emergencies that Chris and Calin have responded to. In this episode Chris and Calin discuss their time as a firefighter and law enforcement officer while serving in the U.S. Air Force. During the episode they discussed their experiences with dealing with traumatic situations and how they handled the stress and what they did to cope and understand the emergency or event. As always, we hope you enjoy! The Brave Badge Initiative: https://www.facebook.com/TheBraveBadgeInitiative/ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

For this Unfiltered Leadership Weekly Motivation episode we discussed why it's imperative to take each minute, hour, day, and week and to take it from the mundane, boring, going through life's motions to the extraordinary, life changing, impactful person that you know you can be deep down inside.

On this episode of Unfiltered Leadership we had the incredible opportunity to welcome back our previous 354th Fighter Wing Command Chief and current Chief of Enlisted Developmental Education, CMSgt Josh Hurt. In this episode we discuss many topics surrounding culture, teams, and strengthening the people around you. We hope you enjoy! Link for CMSgt Hurt's Community Online Academy in which he is an instructor for: https://www.facebook.com/groups/234260620965850

Unfiltered Leadership back with another episode of Weekly Motivation! This week's topic is Independence, Happy 244th Birthday America! After the holiday weekend, the UL crew encourages you to think about what your independence means to you? Because not everyone's perception of freedom and independence is the same. The UL crew hopes that everyone had an amazing weekend celebrating our nation's independence. 

This week on Unfiltered Leadership we decided to shake things up by taking the time to discuss 6 of Aesop's Fables. The fables provided us with an amazing launch point to discuss so many topics! We hope you enjoy! Please click on the links below to find several Aesop's Fables http://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html

On this episode of Weekly Motivation, Paul and Chris discuss the importance of creating powerful moments with your teams and how those moments lead to building trust, communication and overall strengthening the bonds between teammates. We hope you enjoy!

On this week's episode of Unfiltered Leadership, Paul and Chris, had the distinct pleasure to host fellow Podcaster, CMSgt Joe Bogdan, to discuss the importance of creating connections that are deep rooted and built off of trust, communication and truly knowing your people. We hope you enjoy!  CMSgt Bogdans Development Diet: Daily Reads The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Recommended Reads: Limitless by Jim Quick The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday Current Audio Books: The Decision by Kevin Hart Tell me who you are by Winona Guo and Priya Valchi The Terminal List by Jack Carr Recommended Podcasts: The Drive by Dr. Peter Attia The Tim Ferriss Show The Joe Rogan Experience Cleared Hot by And Stumpf

The Unfiltered Leadership crew discusses the importance of kindness and how much of an effect it can have on everyone around you.

This week on Unfiltered Leadership, we focused and explored the differences between growth and fixed mindsets. The UL crew shared their thoughts and experiences and the pro's and con's of both mindsets. 

Change is something that we can expect to happen on a regular basis. For this episode of Weekly Motivator we highlight that change is inevitable, change must be anticipated in all facets of life, and that change must be met head on. The Unfiltered Leadership crew hopes and wishes everyone a fantastic week.

This week the Unfiltered Leadership crew had the amazing opportunity to chat with current Airman Leadership School Instructor, TSgt Dorothy Knox and her husband Josh Hancock, a correctional officer at the Fairbanks Correctional Center. This powerhouse couple shared an inspiring outlook on their family history, how they met each other, their passion for sports and the current world events regarding racism. We were grateful to sit with both of them, we hope you enjoy! *Show note edit* TSgt Dorothy Knox's, mother's, cousin, James Byrd Jr., was murdered on June 7, 1998.

This week's Monday Motivation is titled: Capitalizing on Opportunities. The UL Crew share their thoughts and ideas on this thought provoking topic. Take the time this week to think about and reflect on the words in this week's UL Monday Motivation episode!

In Episode 2 the UL crew had the distinct please of hosting the Alaska NORAD region, Alaskan Command, and 11th Air Force Command Chief CMSgt Dave Wolfe. CMSgt Wolfe and the UL crew addressed several issues and topics regarding the differences between good an great teams, how to get your team to a high performance level, and discussed several topics in regards to racism, which is affecting all Airmen in differing capacities. We hope you enjoy!

Each week Unfiltered Leadership will release a Monday Motivation message or thoughts for you think on and reflect about throughout your week. This week Paul, Chris, and Calin chat on Gratitude. Take the time this week to think and reflect on the words in this week's UL Monday Motivational. GRATITUDE is SIMPLE GRATITUDE is CULTIVATED GRATITUDE = CONNECTION

In Episode 1 we give our introductions as the Unfiltered Leadership (UL) trio of Paul Hammer, Chris Brown, and Calin Cronin. We will also discuss in depth on how we have approached and dealt with new or uncharted territories, teams, and ideas.