Resilience, Humor, & Trust. How Great Teams Are Formed | with retired Navy SEAL commander Rich Diviney

Building a high-performing team is of the utmost importance to a Navy SEAL commander, which Rich Diviney knows firsthand from his experience in that role. Since retiring, Rich has taken what he learned and discovered as a SEAL commander and is sharing it with the world.

So, what’s the DNA of successful teams, and how can you build them in your world? Rich joined our host, Willy Walker, on the latest Walker Webcast to discuss high performance team building and management, the difference between a skill and an attribute, how to test for attributes, the importance of aerobic thinking, and more. 

0:49 Introduction of guest, Rich Diviney.
2:05 The extraordinary path of a SEAL and what led Rich there.
3:55 Predicting who would make it through training.
6:17 Cunning and creativity attributes; the false depiction of the image of a SEAL.
8:34 Primary goal: get in and get out without being visible.
10:02 Suspending the fight or flight response.
14:17 Controlling our 3 foot world.
14:43 Dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin.
19:05 Aerobic thinkers.
21:55 Peak performance vs optimal performance.
24:58 Evaluating innate attributes and not skills.
31:14 Interviews to test character.
37:05 How can corporations get down to these core attributes in an interview?
42:28 When he first started looking at attributes.
46:38 What makes him a leader amongst leaders.
48:22 Empathy and congruity of thought.

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