Anchored in Mission: Sean O’Keefe’s Playbook for Public Sector Leadership

06/12/2025 27 min
Anchored in Mission: Sean O’Keefe’s Playbook for Public Sector Leadership

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Sean O’Keefe — former Navy Secretary, NASA Administrator, and senior leader across multiple presidential administrations — reflects on the principles that shaped his long federal career. In this episode of Lessons in Leadership, he joins Shane Canfield, CEO of WAEPA, to discuss motivating teams through uncertainty, leading across agencies, and staying rooted in mission during times of public scrutiny and change.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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