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WMN Canada - Women's Mentoring Network CanadaEp 056: E11119 Anne ReiffensteinEpisode 56 features Anne Reiffenstein. Anne took a different route to military college, entering as a Captain and graduating with her BMASc in 2000. Anne joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1989. She served as an Artillery officer until her retirement in 2018. While getting a later start in her educational journey, Anne continued to learn and teach. Tune in to hear about the opportunities she had for teaching and her current role as a Doctoral Student in Business Administration.
2024-02-1654 min
Leadership Beyond the TrenchesA Conversation with Major-General Craig AitchisonMajor-General Craig Aitchison was good enough to chat with me (online) about leadership and professional military education. As the Commander of the Canadian Defence Academy, he is responsible for Canadian Armed Forces Education and Training including the professional development system. We talked about socialization, organizational culture and institutional leadership as well as the stewarding the Profession of Arms. As someone who has spent a lot of his last 36 years training and educating leaders, Major-General Aitchison is passionate about the subject which made for a really great conversation.
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2020-11-0547 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesA Conversation with Lieutenant-General Christine WhitecrossI got the opportunity to talk with Lieutenant–General Christine Whitecross and discuss some of her ideas on leadership and her own experiences during her career. One of my favourite moments was when she talked about breaking the glass ceiling and how important it was that those shards don’t take out those who come after you. She emphasized how important it was to reach down and pull people up after you. …“It’s not about being one of one.”…. It was a really great conversation – one that I am still thinking about.
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2020-10-2647 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesA Conversation with Chief Warrant Officer Kevin MathersCWO Kevin Mathers took time, while on leave, to chat with me about his thoughts on institutional leadership. Our discussion ranged from how his leadership has evolved from a young soldier in Calgary to what is important now as the LANDCOM Command Senior Enlisted Leader. He shared his thoughts on ‘Tactical Patience’ while working in a multinational environment, the importance of friendship in building partnerships that are required in organizations like NATO, and the role of mentoring the next generation of soldiers for the profession of arms.
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2020-10-2146 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesA Conversation with Lieutenant-General (Retired) D. Mike DayI had a great talk with LGen ( Retired) Day where we covered a lot of aspects of institutional leadership. He discussed his thoughts on 'Conscious Leadership' at the institutional level, on capability development and the perils of 'building a better yesterday'. Among many topics, we discussed the idea of persistent organizational evolution driven by institutional leaders, that creates a forward looking organization vice one mired in the status quo. There are a few 'war' stories to keep it real! It was the type of conversation that keeps me thinking about this subject and inspiring me to seek out some of t...
2020-10-0553 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesLeadership and Ethics: "Would you kill the Fat Man?"This week’s episode is about institutional leadership and ethics. By using the Trolley problem, we go through some of the moral reasoning frameworks to answer the question “Would you kill the fat man?”. I also discuss the use of codes of conduct and organizational ethos on promoting ethical culture.
References
Ariely, Dan. The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves. New York, NY: Harper Perennial, 2013.
Edmonds, David. Would You Kill the Fat Man?: the Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong. Princeton: Princeto...
2020-10-0216 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesA Conversation with Brigadier-General Darlene QuinnI had a chance to chat with Brigadier-General Darlene Quinn, Commander Formation Europe and the National Military Representative for Canada to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. I was so excited because we got to chat in person ( of course, observing social distancing )!
She shared her ideas on organizational culture, how her leadership has evolved, and her role as an institutional leader. We also spoke about diversity and what her experience has been like as the first Canadian woman to hold this position.
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2020-09-2935 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesA Conversation With Colonel Tod StricklandI was able to have a long chat with Colonel Tod Strickland, Commandant of the Canadian Army Command and Staff College where we talked about leadership, culture, and his time with the United Nations in Korea. So if you are interested in hearing about how using a command philosophy works with shaping organizational culture or what its like to work in place like Korea - give this a listen! This was recorded on Squadcast and there is a bit of background noise - that is totally on me as I was working from hotel WIFI that was dropping in and...
2020-09-1548 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesLeadership and Culture: "Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast"This episode is on how Culture interacts with leadership. As culture is a broad topic, I discuss how culture impacts leaders from three perspectives:
· Organizational Culture
· National Culture
· Cultural Intelligence (CQ)
Here are the references that I used to create this episode:
Davis, Karen D., and Justin C. Wright. “Culture and Cultural Intelligence.” In Cultural Intelligence and Leadership: An Introduction for Canadian Forces Leaders, edited by Karen D. Davis. Kingston, ON: Canadian Defence Academy Press, 20
Groysberg, Boris, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng. “The 8 Types of Company Cult...
2020-09-1324 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesA Conversation with Brigadier-General Greg SmithA Zoom conversation with Brigadier-General Greg Smith about leadership in a multinational organization, thought on stewarding the profession and what he finds satisfying about leading at the institutional level.
The sound quality is a bit spotty due to the platform connection but still a fun conversation to listen to!
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2020-08-3132 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesLeader Success: Theory and DoctrineThis episode looks at leader success through the lens of theory and doctrine.
Overview of the evolution of leadership theories
A few key concepts from Canadian Armed Forces Leadership Doctrine conceptual foundations including Table 4-1 Effectiveness Dimensions
Brigadier-General Greg Smith thoughts on what is satisfying as an institutional leader
Systems perspective on insitutional leadership
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2020-08-3120 minLeadership Beyond the TrenchesTrailer - Leadership Beyond The TrenchesTrailer for a podcast about leadership at the institutional level focussed on military professionals
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2020-08-2701 min
For Her CountryArtillery Officer Anne Reiffenstein on the cost of being firstLieutenant Colonel (Retired) Anne Reiffenstein, CD, spent 28 years serving in the Canadian Armed Forces before retiring in 2018. As one of the first female Field Artillery Officers, she had to discover how to navigate and survive the early years of gender integration in the Army. In this episode, we dive into what it is like to be one of the first and the challenges when change is introduced from the top down. We also learn how her experience shaped her leadership style in her career.
To learn more about this podcast and its’ guests, please visit: www.forhercountry.ca
2020-07-0742 min