About this episode

Lt. Col. Joe Bledsoe shares practical leadership lessons on building trust without authority.

What builds trust when you don’t have a title or position of authority? According to Lt. Col. Joe Bledsoe ’11: honesty, integrity, humility presence and action. Tune in as he shares practical leadership lessons learned from the Academy, combat aviation and years of mentoring others. Listen and subscribe today.

People in this episode

Guest: Lt. Col. Joe Bledsoe

Topics covered

• leadership
• trust
• mentoring
• combat aviation
• integrity

Keywords

• leadership
• trust
• influence
• mentoring
• integrity
• combat aviation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy Association & Foundation

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