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Podcast: Coachful Coaching Leadership Podcast
Episode: The Bear King Speaks: Retired NATO Officer Urs Koenig on Radical Humility, Leadership, and Failure
Description: In this episode, I sit down with Urs Koenig, a former NATO peacekeeper turned executive coach, to explore why humilityânot egoâis the true superpower of great leaders.Urs brings insights from his experiences in military peacekeeping, academic research, and leadership coaching to challenge the outdated model of âheroic leadershipâ and advocate for a radically humble approach to leading teams.We discuss:â
Why the best leaders admit their mistakes firstâand how that builds trustâ
The shift from command-and-control leadership to humble leadershipâ
What it means to âfail successfullyâ and how to turn failure into growthâ
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