<description>&lt;p&gt;Christian "Boo" Boucousis is the CEO of Afterburner and a former fighter pilot for the Royal Australian Air Force. In our discussion he talks about his personal history, the key components of the training fighter pilots go through, and how the leadership traits developed through this training apply in every environment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What you will hear are not the trite stereotypes about toughness we usually hear when people talk about applying military principles to corporate leadership. You will hear about outcome focused leadership, self-awareness, credibility, trust and approachability. And at the end of the conversation Boo also shared a couple of practices you can start immediately to apply those principles to your own leadership. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Key Moments&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[01:10] Episode intro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[02:50] Boo's story&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[06:31] Power of fighter pilot training&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[11:37] Different leadership dimensions&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[21:11] Unexpected aspects of leadership lessons from fighter pilot model&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[27:51] Tips to apply fighter pilot leadership model immediately&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[39:58] Hobby, business jargon that drives Boo crazy and food for the body/food for the soul&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contact Dino at: &lt;a href="mailto:dino@al4ep.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;dino@al4ep.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="ql-cursor"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Websites:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://authenticleadershipforeverydaypeople.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;al4ep.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afterburner.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;afterburner.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional Guest Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Personal LinkedIn: &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-boo-boucousis/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;linkedin.com/in/christian-boo-boucousis/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christian's Newsletter on LinkedIn - &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-debrief-6947448523822895105/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;The Debrief&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Afterburner, Inc. Social Links&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;LinkedIn: &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/afterburner/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;linkedin.com/company/afterburner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href="https://@afterburner_inc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@afterburner_inc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Twitter: &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AfterburnerInc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@AfterburnerInc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Facebook: &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/Afterburnerevents" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;facebook.com/Afterburnerevents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Authentic Leadership For Everyday People / Dino Cattaneo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dino on LinkedIn:&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt; linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Podcast Instagram –&lt;a href="https://instagram.com/al4edp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt; @al4edp&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Podcast Twitter –&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/al4edp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt; @al4edp&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Podcast Facebook:&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/al4edp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt; facebook.com/al4edp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Susan Cattaneo: &lt;a href="https://susancattaneo.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;susancattaneo.bandcamp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy</description>

Authentic Leadership for Everyday People

Dino Cattaneo / Hoolibean

Christian "Boo" Boucousis - Fighter Pilot Leadership Mindset

APR 29, 202448 MIN
Authentic Leadership for Everyday People

Christian "Boo" Boucousis - Fighter Pilot Leadership Mindset

APR 29, 202448 MIN

Description

Christian "Boo" Boucousis is the CEO of Afterburner and a former fighter pilot for the Royal Australian Air Force. In our discussion he talks about his personal history, the key components of the training fighter pilots go through, and how the leadership traits developed through this training apply in every environment.

What you will hear are not the trite stereotypes about toughness we usually hear when people talk about applying military principles to corporate leadership. You will hear about outcome focused leadership, self-awareness, credibility, trust and approachability. And at the end of the conversation Boo also shared a couple of practices you can start immediately to apply those principles to your own leadership.

Key Moments

[01:10] Episode intro

[02:50] Boo's story

[06:31] Power of fighter pilot training

[11:37] Different leadership dimensions

[21:11] Unexpected aspects of leadership lessons from fighter pilot model

[27:51] Tips to apply fighter pilot leadership model immediately

[39:58] Hobby, business jargon that drives Boo crazy and food for the body/food for the soul


Contact Dino at: [email protected]


Websites:

al4ep.com

afterburner.com

Additional Guest Links:

Personal LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christian-boo-boucousis/

Christian's Newsletter on LinkedIn - The Debrief

Afterburner, Inc. Social Links

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/afterburner

Instagram: @afterburner_inc

Twitter: @AfterburnerInc

Facebook: facebook.com/Afterburnerevents

Authentic Leadership For Everyday People / Dino Cattaneo

Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo

Podcast Instagram – @al4edp 

Podcast Twitter – @al4edp 

Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp

Music

Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com



This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy