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Be Nimble with Marty Strong, Episode #112

Dec 21, 2022

Marty Strong is a retired Navy SEAL officer and combat veteran. He’s also an author, a practicing CEO, and Chief Strategy Officer. After 20 years as a Navy Seal, he joined UBS as an Investment Professional. During this time, he focused on high-net-worth individuals. 75% of his clients were self-made entrepreneurs, half of which had no college education.

Marty learned key entrepreneurial lessons about what business leadership and success look like, and what attributes are shared by highly successful people. Marty left the financial services industry to build and lead rapidly scaling companies. 

Marty writes about his experiences and insights in his book “Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business.” Listen in for some great takeaways about leadership and how Marty has turned lessons from the battlefield into daily practices at the businesses he serves.

You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...

  • [3:45] Learn more about Marty Strong and his background as a Navy SEAL
  • [6:03] How being a successful SEAL officer applies to business management
  • [10:42] Can all leaders learn how to manage severe amounts of stress? 
  • [13:12] What surviving The Crucible taught Marty about himself
  • [16:55] Marty’s tips to scale a small-to-early-stage company
  • [19:25] How to create long-term value in the company you lead
  • [24:03] How to create winning cultures in the businesses you lead
  • [28:20] How Marty keeps up with the markets and the competition
  • [32:27] Why Marty emphasizes that humility is a key to success
  • [35:17] The challenges Marty faces in developing new leaders
  • [38:12] What Marty did today that put him in the right mindset for success

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Bio

Marty Strong is a retired Navy SEAL officer and combat veteran. He is a novelist, a practicing CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, and the author of Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business, and a second book, Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization, set for release in December 2022. Marty spent a lifetime meeting challenges head on, succeeding in three professions, anticipating crisis, and leading through chaos.

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