Bringing veteran hires into the corporate world can be a stunning success- with the right understanding and leadership support. . After interviewing companies, veterans, recent and seasoned hires, I found a number of places where your considered leadership focus can drastically increase success. . This presentation offers a few areas to consider as you integrate military hires for the best results for your company and for your new employee. . Reach out if I can keynote for your company and make this transition a success.

1. The Best of Both
Worlds
Veteran Hires in Corporate America

2. One Month, Two worlds
A difficult transition
Veteran Hires in Corporate America

3. Elements of meaning:
Purpose
Contribution
Relationship

4. Elements of
Culture
Language
Norms
Symbols
Rituals
Values
Artifacts

5. Language and
Symbol
Military v Corporate

6. Rituals
Roll Call

7. Military attributes Veteran Hires in
Corporate America

8. Within the military
are myriad different
cultures

9. Values
Military values, corporate values

10. Out of Uniform:
What leadership
Can Look Like

11. Misperceptions

12. Military
Leadership
Principles

13. Where are we alike?
hat can we learn from our differences?
Corp Mil
Integrity
Taking
Care of
People

14. Success
attributes of
military hires
From Marsh Carter, USMC, Vietnam
Chair, NYSE,
CEO State Street Bank,
lecturer Harvard Kennedy School and MIT
Successful CEOs demonstrate many leadership traits, but
amongst the most important are:
1. Decisiveness — the ability to make tough and timely
decisions,
2. Communication — the ability to effectively communicate
those decisions,
3. Adaptability — the ability to adapt to changing situations
4. Technical competence — the ability to understand their
business and meet objectives.
…I learned them over 50 years ago on the battlefields of
Vietnam.

15. The Most Critical leadership Skill
Veterans and Civilians

16. Opportunities
to support
veteran leaders
Check Your Assumptions
Ask Questions
Listen to understand
Veteran Mentorship
Company Mentorship
Advocacy: these are future leaders

17. Come together around
the values we all share

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