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Podcast: Deep Leadership
Episode: Real Leadership Isn’t Learned in a Classroom with Chris Hossfeld
Description: Most leadership training happens in classrooms.Real leadership doesn’t.
In this episode, I’m joined by Chris Hossfeld, a 27-year U.S. Army veteran and founder of Barrel Strength Leadership, who develops leaders by taking them to historic battlefields like Gettysburg and Normandy.
We explore why pressure, emotion, and shared experience shape leaders far more than PowerPoint slides ever can. Chris explains how high-stakes environments force clarity, build trust, and reveal what leaders are truly made of—and how those lessons translate directly to business, manufacturing, and executive teams.
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