Major Matina Jewell joined the Army at age 17.  After 15 years of service, 5 missions, 9 war medals and being badly wounded in combat as a Peace Keeper for the UN in Lebanon, Matina shares her views on courageous decision making and values-based leadership to empower teams. Having served in some of the toughest environments on earth Matina provides a life-changing perspective from the front-line of leadership, resilience and change. What exactly does a Peace Keeper in Lebanon do? When promoted to captain of the HMAS Kanimbla the largest warship in the Australian Navy Fleet, how did Matina's identity change? As a leader was there ever a time when Matina tried too hard to earn trust from her team?  How do you earn trust? When Matina joined the military, her parents said her language changed. How did it change? How did Matina handle her insecurities as a leader? Doubt and fear show us where the edges are. Did Matina ever find the edge? What’s your internal dialogue when you leave the helicopter on a fast rope and you are ripping towards your target down below with no safety harness? In difficult times that's when your training kicks in. How do you actually know your training will kick in? A moment of crisis that Matina carries with her even today? The day when Matina is thrown into a bullet-proof windscreen which broke her back in five places. What does Matina remember about that day? While in hospital in Cyprus Matina got the news. There was a direct hit in Khiam where 4 team mates were killed in action. What happened?  Does Matina carry survivors guilt? Did Matina ever think to herself "I wish that had of been me.. I wish I could have replaced one of the four and it was me?" What would Matina say to those men in a quiet moment? Why did Matina have the feeling that she had been let down by the people who had sent her to do that mission? After getting home Matina struggled, it got kinda dark. What was the pivotal moment? What is the greatest limitation Matina placed on herself and how did she work through that? Matina had a strong background in compliance through her career. Is Matina a compliant person through and through? When a brigadier recently presented Matina with her 9th War Medal in front of her piers, who did she think of immediately? What was Matina's greatest attribute as a leader?   LINKS   Matina Jewell website https://www.matinajewell.com   The Mojo Sessions website https://www.themojosessions.com   The Mojo Sessions on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheMojoSessions   The Mojo Sessions on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheMojoSessions/   Gary on Linked in https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-bertwistle   Gary on Twitter https://twitter.com/GaryBertwistle   The Mojo Sessions on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/themojosessions/   If you like what you hear, we'd be grateful for a review on iTunes -  click here. Happy listening!   © 2021 Gary Bertwistle.  All Rights Reserved.   Any products or companies discussed in the show are not paid endorsements. I am not sponsored by, nor do I have any professional or affiliate relationships of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show. It’s just stuff I like, that I think is cool, that I want to share, and that I believe may be of interest to you as part of the Mojo crew.

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