Listen "Leadership lessons from the CIA | Marc Polymeropoulos and Robyn Curnow"
Episode Synopsis
What can spycraft teach business leaders? Marc Polymeropoulos is one of the CIA's most decorated operatives. He spills secrets to Robyn Curnow about the leadership lessons he learnt in the shadows.
Memorial Day honors America's fallen warriors. The CIA men and women killed in action are remembered by stars at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Marc lost colleagues and agents because of mistakes made in the field during post-9/11 years in hostile environments.
Marc Polymeropoulos talks to Robyn Curnow about the nine principles that leaders in any organisation can use to strength and clarity in times of stress; even if they're not in badlands of Afghanistan or Iraq.
This is a bonus episode of a conversation between Marc Polymeropoulos and Robyn Curnow. In Part 1 he talks about dive bars, Damascus and the death of colleagues. In Part 2 Marc recounts when he was attacked by an energy weapon while in Moscow, which left him with traumatic brain injury called Havana Syndrome that has incapacitated numerous American intelligence operatives around the world.
SIGN UP FOR ROBYN'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER HERE:
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FIND MARC HERE:
http://www.x.com/marcpoly1
ORDER MARC'S BOOK Clarity in Crisis: Lessons from the CIA
https://www.amazon.com/Clarity-Crisis-Leadership-Lessons-CIA/dp/1400223865
Memorial Day honors America's fallen warriors. The CIA men and women killed in action are remembered by stars at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Marc lost colleagues and agents because of mistakes made in the field during post-9/11 years in hostile environments.
Marc Polymeropoulos talks to Robyn Curnow about the nine principles that leaders in any organisation can use to strength and clarity in times of stress; even if they're not in badlands of Afghanistan or Iraq.
This is a bonus episode of a conversation between Marc Polymeropoulos and Robyn Curnow. In Part 1 he talks about dive bars, Damascus and the death of colleagues. In Part 2 Marc recounts when he was attacked by an energy weapon while in Moscow, which left him with traumatic brain injury called Havana Syndrome that has incapacitated numerous American intelligence operatives around the world.
SIGN UP FOR ROBYN'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER HERE:
http://www.searchingforamericapod.com
http://www.instagram.com/searchingforamericapod.com
http://www.instagram.com/robyncurnow
http://www.x.com/robyncurnow
FIND MARC HERE:
http://www.x.com/marcpoly1
ORDER MARC'S BOOK Clarity in Crisis: Lessons from the CIA
https://www.amazon.com/Clarity-Crisis-Leadership-Lessons-CIA/dp/1400223865
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