Rubber Meets the Road: Personal Growth, Complementary Teams, and Leadership

Are some people more cutout for leadership than others? Do innate attributes make a leader, or can leadership be learned?

Join Seth Komansky, Deputy Director and Chief of Operations for Wake County EMS (NC), as he opens up to hostess, Brett Lyle, about his personal experiences and lessons learned. Chief Komansky shares stories about the book club they established to facilitate growth, explains why personal growth plans are crucial for team building, and how decentralizing command benefits employees, leaders, and agencies.

We discuss emergent leadership in the context of incident management and command presence, recognition primed decision-making, and the value in being uncomfortable. Seth explores management of varying personnel strengths and perspectives and shares the 1 quick, but critical question he asked, immediately, as he stepped into his titled leadership role.

Resources Mentioned:

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin; Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, et al.; Dave’s Subs: A Novel Story about Workplace Accountability by David Marx; Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek; Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath

Welcome to Emergent Leadership where we connect with passionate leaders who just have to share their stories, perspectives, and most importantly, lessons learned. The need is urgent, the events are critical, and the you of tomorrow is just an episode away! Join the conversation: If you have a leadership topic, experience, or lesson learned you would like to share or hear more about, send an email to Brettlylecoaching@gmail.com or use and follow #emergentleadership to join the conversation.