Building Resilience and Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader With Former Green Beret, Jan Rutherford

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On this Live Greatly podcast episode, Kristel Bauer sits down with the author of Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader, Jan Rutherford. As a former Green Beret and successful business executive Jan shares insights into building resilience and finding meaning and success in work and life. Kristel and Jan discuss leadership and lots more!

Key Takeaways From This Episode

• A look into Jan's book, Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader: HOW GRIT AND DISCIPLINED DUTY FORGE INDOMITABLE TEAMS
• Tips to become more self-relient
• Insights to build resilience
• How to find more meaning in your work
• Tips to develop a mindset for success

About Jan Rutherford:

Jan Rutherford is a former Green Beret and a successful business executive who knows the value of overcoming challenges to strengthen inner resilience and lead more effectively. His grit was built in part when he entered the military as one of the youngest (17) and littlest recruits, weighing only 114 pounds.

Jan went on to become a Special Forces soldier, and earned the Army’s distinguished Green Beret. He spent three years serving as a medic, three years as an A-Team executive leader, and three years as a military intelligence officer.

Jan has more than 25 years of business experience and has held key executive roles in business development, marketing, sales, training, product management, and as a CEO.

An award-winning keynote speaker, Jan was recognized as one of The Top 100 Leadership Speakers for 2018 by Inc. He was also selected as a TEDx speaker for his inspiring talk, Suffer Everything – Dare Everything: Why Difficulties Matter.

In addition, Jan is the author of The Littlest Green Beret: On Self-Reliant Leadership. The book details the cornerstone principles that form the foundation of his consulting firm, Self-Reliant Leadership®. Proceeds benefit veteran organizations.

Founded by Jan in 2011, Self-Reliant Leadership® focuses on helping leaders and teams develop self-reliance to create powerful results through executive coaching, speaking, workshops, and wilderness expeditions.

Jan has an upcoming book Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader HOW GRIT AND DISCIPLINED DUTY FORGE INDOMITABLE TEAMS, being published August 20, 2024.

Jan is a LinkedIn Learning author, and co-host of The Leadership Podcast.

Connect with Jan

• Website: https://selfreliantleadership.com/
• Get Jan's Book: Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader HOW GRIT AND DISCIPLINED DUTY FORGE INDOMITABLE TEAMS
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janrutherford/

About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer:

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness expert, popular keynote and TEDx speaker, and the host of top-rated podcast, “Live Greatly,” a show frequently ranked in the top 1% for self-improvement. Kristel is an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant with clinical experience in Integrative Psychiatry, giving her a unique perspective into optimizing mental well-being and attaining a mindset for more happiness and success in the workplace and beyond. Kristel decided to leave clinical practice in 2019 when she founded her wellness platform “Live Greatly” to share her message around well-being and success on a larger scale. With a mission to support companies and individuals on their journeys for more happiness, success, and well-being, Kristel taps into her unique background in healthcare, business, and media, to provide invaluable insights into high power habits, leadership development, mental well-being, peak performance, resilience, sales, success, wellness at work, and a modern approach to work/life balance.

Kristel is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. A popular speaker on a variety of topics, Kristel has presented to groups at APMP, Bank of America, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Mazda, Santander Bank and many more. She has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine, has contributed to CEOWORLD Magazine & Real Leaders Magazine, and has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4’s WDAF-TV’s Great Day KC and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Chicago area with her husband and their 2 children. She can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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