Episode #1 My Story - Teach Me to Fish - Hosted by Matt Leclair

Teach Me to Fish "Helping Leaders better understand what drives People"

This Episode of Teach Me to Fish is a template of sorts for future conversations.

This is my story.

- Why I joined – Why I stayed – Why I’m here now.

This conversation is with LTC Trivius Caldwell. Trivius is a fellow infantry officer, who is currently pursuing his PHD at Duke University. You’ll learn a lot more about Trivius in our future episode where he tells his story.

We’ll talk about People and experiences we’ve had, and how understating these can help leaders with tackling the recruiting and retention challenges.
I hope you enjoy the conversation.
Colonel (COL) Matt Leclair’s service began as an enlisted Ranger in 1st Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment from 1994-1999 and believes it is the foundation for not only his military career but also his adult life. He received a Green-to-Gold scholarship and attended Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah Georgia receiving a degree in Computer Science and later a Masters degree from Central Michigan University in Administration with a focus in strategic leadership. He has been married to the former Ms. Christy McJunkin for 25 years and they have two boys Hunter and Brady, and two girls Ryan and Evan.

COL Leclair attended Infantry Officer Basic Course in 2003 and was assigned to 1/505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 82nd Airborne Division. Here he served as platoon leader, executive officer, air operations officer, assistant operations officer, and company commander. COL Leclair earned the opportunity to serve again in the 75th Ranger Regiment from 2009 -2013 as 1/75th logistics officer and Charlie Company Commander. Following Command & General Staff College, COL Leclair was selected for assignment to 1/503rd “First Rock” in the 173rd in Vicenza Italy. He served as the battalion executive officer for 24 months operating in every country in Europe from Spain to Bulgaria to Latvia. The pinnacle of his leadership experiences was as the Commander of 2nd Squadron 14th Cavalry in 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii. COL Leclair is a career military professional with over 29 years of active service. His most recent responsibilities were supporting the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa Florida. COL Leclair is now a senior Army fellow at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies. Next, he will assume command of the 196th Infantry Brigade, the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center at Ft. Shafter Hawaii.

COL Leclair credits these organizations and more importantly, the people in them who have inspired him to be the best leader, follower, father and husband he can be.

Why Teach Me to Fish?

Catch someone a fish, feed them for a day.
Teach them to fish, feed their family for life.

Our purpose is to help Leaders better understand what drives People to serve. In any organization, the core of recruiting and retaining talent revolves around leadership. And not just average leadership, but motivated, values-based, inspirational leadership.

Our Pursuit here is to get a little bit better every day.

Progress = Small Victories and stacking habits.

Habits like Getting up early, working your butt off, learning something new, Being positive and Surrounding yourself with phenomenal People.

Thanks for investing some time for yourself and thinking about the kind of People and experiences in your life that inspire you to be the best version of yourself.

I hope these conversations spark some ideas on what you can do to inspire People too.
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