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“You don’t have to be at the top of the food chain to be a leader; you can lead from any position. I’ve learned to be confident in that and then create other leaders. I like to share my knowledge with others and create more leaders.”

– Charles Walker, Army Master Sergeant (Ret.)

 

“The decisions that you’re making now have to be in line with where you want the company to be 5-10 years from now. That’s very important and you should be very, very clear with your team about that.”

– Enrique Alvarez, Managing Director at Vector Global Logistics and Host of Supply Chain Now en Español

 

Leadership is a complex topic that should be studied from multiple perspectives. The guests in this episode make that possible. Enrique Alvarez is a Managing Director at Vector Global Logistics and Host of the new Supply Chain Now en Español. Charles Walker is a retired Army Master Sergeant with 20 years of active-duty experience in Special Operations Logistics.

In this episode, Charles and Enrique share their leadership lessons learned with Supply Chain Now Co-hosts Greg White and Scott Luton:

· The need to make space in your day for positive messages and positive ideas if you want to lead your team from a positive place

· Why it is impossible to learn or innovate without being willing to try new things and potentially make mistakes

· How and when it would be effective and beneficial to integrate military practices into civilian supply chains

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