Nobody  accidentally becomes a 2-star General in the Army. Sometimes life just pulls you in. Your calling is your calling. That’s what happened to MAJ General (Ret) Garrett Yee early in his career. He went from being a civilian in the insurance industry with a data platforms company to holding a non-partisan elected position in his California based community among other early experiences. Underpinning all of this was his Army reserve duty and when called into the Iraq War to manage the unified combatant communications to fight ISIS, he succeeded and was then called to the Pentagon.

I will not try to replicate Garrett’s voice in this summary.  If you are a student of developing yourself as a leader as well as others in your organization, then you have to listen to this 29 minute conversation with Garrett. It is so good. You’ll hear the stories and lessons around getting after it, staying focused on the mission, being grateful and the critical importance of women in leadership roles inside and outside the military. Through his own leadership experiences and success and with great humility Garrett gives great examples of why caring about the workforce is so important not just in words and policy but in how leaders live it and show it.