Scott Mann — Leadership, Mindset & Overcoming

About this episode

In this episode, Scott Mann discusses the importance of storytelling and human connection in leadership.

BOOT CAMP DALLAS: NOVEMBER 6–7, OMNI AT THE STAR GET DALLAS TICKETS:https://wastenoday.pro/DallasBC This isn’t a seminar. It’s a Boot Camp. Two days with Brian Burton and Dylan Moya: live role play, real objections, direct coaching, and a sales process you can run Monday morning. Get access to real-time sales training, scripts, and role-play coaching inside the Blue Collar Closer community, join today https://www.skool.com/bluecollarcloser/about Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann is a former Green Beret who spent most of his adult life in Army Special Forces, serving in places like Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Afghanistan. His work focused not just on combat, but on building trust in low-trust environments - helping small teams connect with locals and turn them into strong partners. After the military, he shifted that same focus on human connection into leadership coaching, storytelling, and writing. He’s the author of Nobody’s Coming to Save You and his newer book The Generosity of Scars, and he’s known for helping leaders improve by focusing on relationships, storytelling, and real human connection. In this episode, we talked about storytelling, leadership, trust, emotions…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Burton, Nate Minnich

Guest: Scott Mann

Topics covered

• storytelling
• leadership
• trust
• human connection
• sales training

Keywords

• leadership
• storytelling
• trust
• sales
• human connection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Collar Closer, Waste No Day

Books & works: Nobody’s Coming to Save You, The Generosity of Scars

Places: Atlantic City

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