You Magnificent Bastards - Ep 338 with Scott Huesing

What does leadership look like when the people following you have to live with the consequences of your decisions?
This week, Tom and Chuck sit down with retired Marine Major Scott Huesing, bestselling author of Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City.Scott spent 24 years in the Marine Corps, rising from enlisted Marine to infantry officer before commanding Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, the legendary “Magnificent Bastards,” during brutal urban combat in Ramadi, Iraq.
But this isn't just a war-story episode.Scott talks about what it meant to be responsible for Marines he didn't necessarily consider his friends, but whom he was determined to bring home.
That opens a much bigger conversation about the difference between leadership and management, discipline and punishment, shame and humiliation, and being liked versus accepting responsibility for the people entrusted to you.
The guys also dig into trust under pressure, making decisions without perfect information, adapting when Reality proves you wrong, and how Marines from radically different backgrounds became extraordinarily effective when united by training, trust, and a common purpose.
Today Scott carries those lessons forward as an author, speaker, and founder of Solid Copy Media, helping other veterans preserve and tell their stories.Combat may provide the backdrop for this episode.Leadership is the story.You magnificent bastards.

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