How to be a visionary leader with author and former Navy SEAL Marty Strong

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Former Navy SEAL and a previous guest on the podcast, Marty Strong, is back with more insightful leadership thinking and a new book: Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization. Marty continues to challenge received wisdom and shines a light on what he describes as the forgotten leadership skill of creativity. With habits that will open our minds and broaden our horizons, Marty’s approach envisages a leadership future full of humility, creative exploration, collaboration and innovation that solidifies into successful strategy and execution. It is a delight to have Marty’s unique perspective back on the podcast!

Get off the treadmill to start your leadership exploration

Why you should listen: Visionary leadership can be learned?

• Go on a leadership vision quest - what does next week/month/year look like?

We explore the attributes of visionary leadership

• Seek out other leadership perspectives?
• Strong leadership is required to turn a vision into a strategy
• Be intellectually curious and humble - there’s always something to learn.

Visionary leadership leads to strategic action. To get clear on leveraging your people's talent and building their strategic capability, join me for my Fit for the Future leadership event in May.

Key moments

3:00 The forgotten creative brain

8:20 Flicking the creative switch

12:00 The difference between visionary and strategic leadership

16:16 Qualities, values and mindset

18:45 Join us in Amplifiers?? Academy

19:20 Spotting trends as a leader

25:15 Sourcing diverse inputs - stay curious!

28:00 Habits for developing strategic thinking

32:50 Strategic thinking in the age of optimisation

36:50 Exciting trends - divergent thinking

42:00 The brain beyond ‘flow’

46:00 Zoe’s takeaways?

From Zo? - Your Next Action Steps:

1. Do an audit of your leadership values and virtues. What do you need to develop?
2. Create your leadership vision: where do you want to end up? Think 20-30 years from now. Reverse engineer from there.
3. Look for success: what other industries or businesses are doing well. Find out who the leader is and reach out.

About Marty Strong

Marty Strong has been a leader and business consultant for decades, first in uniform as a combat-decorated Navy SEAL, and then in commercial business.

Marty is a thought provoking writer, speaker, coach and media commentator.

He is the author of Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business.

His latest book is Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization.

Find out more about Marty at www.martystrongbenimble.com.

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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zo? Routh:

Zo? Routh is a leadership futurist, podcaster, and multiple award-winning author. She works with leaders and teams to navigate future horizons.?

She has worked with individuals and teams internationally and in Australia since 1987. From wild Canadian rivers to the Australian Outback, and the Boardroom jungles, Zo? is an adventurist! She facilitates strategy and culture sessions with audacious teams.

Zo?'s fourth leadership book, People Stuff - Beyond Personality Problems: An advanced handbook for leadership, won the Book of the Year at the Australian Business Book Awards in 2020. Her fifth book is a near future science fiction dystopian novel, The Olympus Project.

Zo? is the producer of the Zo? Routh Leadership Podcast, dedicated to asking “What if…?”? and sharing Big Ideas on the Future of Leadership.

Zo? is an outdoor adventurist and enjoys telemark skiing, has run six marathons, is a one-time belly-dancer, has survived cancer, and loves hiking in the high country. She is married to a gorgeous Aussie and is a self-confessed dark chocolate addict.