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Chief Master Sergeant David Staton, Retired, is the former Command Chief Master Sergeant of Air Education and Training Command. His other leadership roles in the military included Command Chief of Second of Air Force, First Sergeant, and Military Training Instructor. Chief Staton served in the Air Force for nearly 30 years and knows a thing or two about leading.

00:30 Intro

1:40 Trying to be successful as a leader

3:23 Importance of being approachable

4:48 Making of a great mentor

6:00 Everything you say and do has the potential to really help someone with you even knowing

7:45 Funny story about random encounter

9:40 Lt Col Mark Schwalm

10:50 The more responsibility given, the more that is expected from you

12:05 Balancing needs of the organization with needs of the junior ranking

13:00 Do not forget where you came from

16:22 Leading people versus building leaders

17:40 Who mentors Command Chiefs?

18:58 Peer mentorship

20:30 Getting mentored by junior enlisted

21:30 Trying new things in order to grow

23:24 Failure setting you up for later success and personal story

29:54 Personal message on giant billboard

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