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Former Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy, Naval Aviator, Loree Draude, has over 30 years of experience leading high-performance teams. She shares her post-military life successes from working with Google and Facebook to her own consulting business and most recently her stage performance in New York City. SUMMARY Landed jets on an aircraft carrier, attended a world class business school, landed a job at one of the biggest brands in technology in Silicon Valley, become an entrepreneur and highly successful executive coach, wrote a screenplay, and performed off-Broadway. Today we’ll learn how Loree Draude pieced all these intricate parts together to develop a wildly successful post-military career. Loree exemplifies how staying attune to opportunities and aligning your skills can lead you to unexpected fulfilment and success. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS 2:20: Listen in as Loree describes her military career 4:39: Loree’s decision to leave the military and become a civilian 5:25: Loree decides not to get into the airline industry, but instead to lead teams 7:15: Loree’s experience in business school 9:52: Loree’s first job post-business school and moving to Silicone Valley 13:38: Significant learning experience about how we often underestimate our value 17:00: Loree’s journey from leaving Google to starting her own consulting and coaching company to writing a screenplay and performing live in N.Y. City 21:57: If Loree had one do-over, she would like to have had more faith in herself in 1999 23:19: Gene’s business tip: How risk averse are you? How open to new thinking are you? Challenge your thinking to stimulate creative thinking. CALL TO ACTION Quickly identify your strengths and weaknesses in the federal sales process. Go to genemoran.com/federalsales and download your copy of Shape of the Sale tool. Get all the resources from this episode on genemoran.com/e8 Connect with Gene on linkedin.com/in/genemoran/ or visit genemoran.com. Connect with Loree Draude on linkedin.com/in/loreedraude-leadershipandteambuilding/.
