general mcchrystal: : brad smith at intuit.n minded he runs a company that is already really good, but would he es an idea that can t take them from you 95 between 96 -- two in 96, he grabs that. if somebody is doing well, sometimes you don't want to rock th bt or show vulnerability. a company doing well thatays what got us here is not going to ep us on this path is pre-self-aware andnd i admire that. -- pretty self-aware. we have to get better to do better. rebecca: stanley mcchrystal teaching us all how to do better. thank you for joining us on "washington business report." when we return, how much you earn per year. salary transparency is a new trend. whatat is driving it? rebecca: welcome back. it is called a lary transparencycy and is not only trending right now, but becoming corpore policy in some companies. talking about what you can earn and using that to your advaage. joining us now is mary to help us break the silence of a strategic way. lotsthis startegetting of attention, we talked about it on the show in terms of t

general stanley mcchrystal cofounded mcchrystal group in january 2011 to deliver innovative leadership solutions to american businesses in order to help them transform and succeed in challenging, dynamic environment. i retired 4-star general, general mcchrystal is a former commander of both the u.s. and international security assistance forces afghanistan. and the nation's premier military counterterrorism force, joint special operations command. chris fussell is the chief of network management at mcchrystal group leading the sales, marketing and client relation teams. he served as aide to general mcchrystal's final year amending the joint special operations command where he witnessed firsthand the special operations communities transformation into a successful agile network. today, general mcchrystal and chris fussell what does modern military action, the islamic state, and how these lessons really do apply to the world of business. please join me in welcoming general stanley mcchrystal and chris fussell. [applause] >> gentlemen, good morning and thank you for honoring us with your pr

listen in. >> stan mcchrystal, pleasure to have you on. >> my pleasure.> so, when i look at leadership and i look at somebody like you, i think that this is a highly hierarchical leadership structure, the u.s. army, you give orders, people listen, your job is to appear imposing. you know, inspire them, scare them a little. in your book, what you describe as actually a culture of much greater persuasion than i would have guessed. is that really how the army works? aren't you ordering them? >> ultimately it is. if you think about it, everybody thinks that a sergeant tells you to do something and you immediately do it. on the drill field you might do that. in combat soldiers are much more frightened of the enm i than the sergeant. so they do things for their leaders and comrades. ultimately, all the way up to their commanders they are implentii implementing because you have convinced them or they are not. so the ability to influence and persuade and build confidence in you as a leader and in what they're doing becomes the key task. >> so, when you looked at

general mcchrystal co-founded mcchrystal group to deliver innovative leadership solutions to american businesses in order to help them transform and succeed in a dynamic environment. a retired four-star general the former commander of the u.s. and international security forces in afghanistan. the nation's pre-your counterterrorism for strains special operations command. the chief of network management at a mcchrystal group of the decline relations teams he served during the final year of commanding the special operations command where he witnessed firsthand the special operation community transformation into a successful network. to a general mcchrystal will address modern military action, the islamic state and how these lessons really do apply to the world of business. please join me to welcome general mcchrystal and also pressed. [applause] >> good morning. thank you to honor us with your presence we appreciate your years of service and leadership on behalf of the country. congratulations on the new book and i want to hear more about it because those at this year's leadership level

also stan mcchrystal led soldiers into battle in afghanistan. he led the united states's most elite fighters and he will teach all of us a thing or two about leadership. the general on how to lead. and helen miran played elizabeth i and elizabeth ii. she played an agent and the dean of the university from monsters. >> what kind of a monster are you? >> she never played an american president. i will ask her how she would do so. and finally, cecil the lion might be dead, but sudan, the last white rhino is still alive. it will take more than a village to keep him that way. i will explain. here's my take. these days, i imagine president obama is feeling the country is on the right path. the economy recovered nicely, unemployment is below 6% and stock markets are higher than when he took over. foreign policy can point to a deal with the world's major powers and iran and restoring diplomatic relations with cuba after five decades. in one area, america witnessed a series of flare-ups that remind us of an enduring problem that simply refuses to go away.

one is by stan mcchrystal, team of teams which is change the way i do my radio show already. i'm sure the reason the mcchrystal group and mouse bees are in demand in the private sector as consultants as is because they bring clarity to a lot of confusion. they bring absolute certainty about method and not rigor. in team of teams when he talks about the war and he talks about how in iraq in 2003 took over special operations and by the time he left three years later it had increased by 1700% the number of missions they ran on a daily basis. how did they do that? can you think of anything else that is improve 1700% the last five years? we talked to mouse bees and you talk to stanley mcchrystal and you talk to people who have been the hardest crucible of all. i want to know from these presidential candidates what they think of the current military leadership and the pentagon and if they judge it to be as broken as the ventures of this were believed to be and underfunded. this is a chilling book. mike morell is here at this library probably at this podium in war of our time. for m

one is by stan mcchrystal, team of teams which is change the way i do my radio show already. i'm sure the reason the mcchrystal group and mouse bees are in demand in the private sector as consultants as is because they bring clarity to a lot of confusion. they bring absolute certainty about method and not rigor. in team of teams when he talks about the war and he talks about how in iraq in 2003 took over special operations and by the time he left three years later it had increased by 1700% the number of missions they ran on a daily basis. how did they do that? can you think of anything else that is improve 1700% the last five years? we talked to mouse bees and you talk to stanley mcchrystal and you talk to people who have been the hardest crucible of all. i want to know from these presidential candidates what they think of the current military leadership and the pentagon and if they judge it to be as broken as the ventures of this were believed to be and underfunded. this is a chilling book. mike morell is here at this library probably at this podium in war of our time. for m

new support for his strategy thanks to the fact the general david petraeus and general stanley mcchrystal are moving on and you have more political support for the president moving into senior positions so we get the president to buy off on this strategy and we will use our drones in special operations forces to kill any enemies that happen to be here and by the way this then becomes a tragic not just for afghanistan but for the u.s. presence read large, conveniently allow the administration to say we don't need big ground forces because we can use special operations and drones. >> let's talk about drones for a second. when we talk about the hands of small footprint approach to american conflict american power everywhere but particularly in the war on terror this has become a hallmark of the obama administration. the numbers of creditor drone attacks if you chart the mom am mom aon a graph from the bush administration is a straight curve up and it is the principle to buy which obama and his advisers deal with the terrorist threat, the terrorist threat they dare not name. this is a relianc

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but smartly general pet rayas and general mcchrystal decided to give up all of the small outposts that were here. and restrepo was filmed up here. this is the watapour valley. back to zero. a 16th century mud forward. prime opium territory. an ied team looking for diesel and ball bearings. they didn't find it. marines. 2013, i return to cover basically the withdrawal of the u.s. military and nato. and i was very surprised to get permission to photograph a drone being launched. it is not an armed drone but a recognizance one. it reaches 80 mile-per-hour off this ramp. it is interesting to watch this and see the pictures and the clarity, the optics are amazing from this. this is an observation drone. 14 foot wing span. the technology is old. they didn't have any problem with the camera on it. bagram air base. this is where the vehicles were collected. these are 15 ton vehicles, mine resistant and ambush protected and well air-conditioned armored vehicles, $750,000 apiece being collected and cleaned. this army soldier looking for stray bullets which may have fallen into crevices before th

the administration would do what it had to and no more. , theal stanley mcchrystal top american commander in afghanistan, had wanted many more troops. as many as 80,000. projection of american power here especially -- e obama said the idea was that the afghans would be better trained by the united states in the meantime and they would have to learn how to defend their country on their own. i had my own small part in the search and saw firsthand that in 2010, the potential and great limits the american power in the world. in the spring and fall of 2010 when i was still a pentagon reporter, i embedded with a group of marines in southern afghanistan. women were not allowed in combat in the marines, but an experiment that year skirted the regulations. groupsines sent a small of women come no more than two or three at a time out with all mail infantry for patrol into remote and dangerous occupied areas. back then, the united states was still engaged in what was called a counterinsurgency strategy, trying to win over the local population by protecting them, building schools and clinics and grow

and retired general stanley mcchrystal who wrote team of teams, new rules of encasement.ay to produce pieces that are little bit more visual that provide again a window into the cities that viewers would normally go to that also have really rich histories and a rich literary scene as well. >> a lot of people have heard the history of the big cities like new york, l.a. and chicago but what about the smaller ones like albany new york? what's the history of them? >> we have been told for 75 cities. we will have been to 95 cities in april of 2016. >> most of the it is a band coverage. these are not event coverage species. they take you someplace. they take you to a home or a historic site. >> the key entry into the city is the cable operator who then contacts the city because in essence this is the cable industry bringing us there. >> we are really looking for great characters treat you really want your viewers to be able to identify with these people that we are talking about >> it's an experience that the program where we are taking people on the road to places where they c

mcchrystal, the top american mechanic -- commander, had far more troops, 80,000. there was no projection of american power here, especially since obama set the withdrawal date when he announced the surge. the idea was the afghans would be better trained and they would have to learn how to defend their country on their own. i had my own small part in the surge and saw firsthand in 2010 the potential and great limits of american power in the world. 2010, spring and fall of i embedded with female marines in southern afghanistan, taliban stronghold. women were not allowed in combat in the marines, but an experiment that year, the marines sent small groups of women, no more than 2-3 at a into remote and dangerous pockets of the region. the united states was still engaged in the counterinsurgency strategy, trying to win over the local population by protecting them, building schools and clinics and roads, meeting with village elders. if you had some women on the female marines, they ,ould engage with afghan women half of the population, which was off-limits to american m

the administration would do what it had to and no more. , theal stanley mcchrystal top american commander in afghanistan, had wanted many more troops. as many as 80,000. projection of american power here especially -- e obama said the idea was that the afghans would be better trained by the united states in the meantime and they would have to learn how to defend their country on their own. i had my own small part in the search and saw firsthand that in 2010, the potential and great limits the american power in the world. in the spring and fall of 2010 when i was still a pentagon reporter, i embedded with a group of marines in southern afghanistan. women were not allowed in combat in the marines, but an experiment that year skirted the regulations. groupsines sent a small of women come no more than two or three at a time out with all mail infantry for patrol into remote and dangerous occupied areas. back then, the united states was still engaged in what was called a counterinsurgency strategy, trying to win over the local population by protecting them, building schools and clinics and grow

general mcchrystal who was then the top american commander in afghanistan had wanted far more troops, as they as 80000, but obama said less. there was no the projection of american power. no especially since obama said a withdrawal date for american forces at the same time he denounced the surge. the idea was the afghans can be better trained by the united states in the meantime and to have to learn how to defend their country on their own. i set my own small part and saw firsthand that in 2010 that the potential and great limits of american power in the world. in the spring and fall of 20 still a pentagon reporter i in bed with a group of female marines in helmand province in southern afghanistan which is a taliban stronghold women were not allowed in combat in the marines, but an experiment that your sort of regulation the marines to small groups of women held within two or three at a time out with all-male infantry foot patrols into remote and dangerous pockets of helmand. back in united states was to engage in those called the counterinsurgency strategy. that is trying to win over

but smartly, general petraeus and general mcchrystal decided to give up all of the small outposts thatrimmed here. and a very interesting documentary made by sebastian younger was filmed up here. this is a valley. back to zero. 16th century mud fort. prime opium territory. ied disposal team looking for fertilizer diesel and ball bearings. they didn't find it. marines. 2013 i returned to cover the withdrawal of the u.s. military and nato. i was very surprised to get permission to photograph a drone being launched. it's not an armed drone, but a recognizance one. it reached 80 miles an hour off of the ramp. very interesting to watch and see the pictures. the clarity, theop optics are amazing. 14 foot wing span. the technology is old. they didn't have a problem with a camera on it. this is where the vehicles were collected. this is 15 ton vehicles, ambush protected and well-air conditioned armored vehicles. $750,000 a piece. this man looking for stray bullets which may have fallen into crevasses before their transported to the middle east, europe or back to the united states. made by oshk