What special forces units teach us about decision-making, pressure, and performance in business - Wojciech Wereszko

You can easily snap a single match, but ten together form an unbreakable structure. That is exactly how resilience is built in the most demanding environments: not alone, but through the strength of a team and a supportive environment.

In this episode of the "Company That Supports" series, Dr. Ewa Hartman talks to Wojciech Wereszka—a former officer of the GROM and Formoza special units, now a leadership expert and owner of True Leader—about what business can learn from special forces.

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We discuss:

1. how to avoid meeting overload by using the "bring solutions, not problems" rule
2. why a leader's authority based on a mask of omniscience crumbles when working with people for years
3. how a "user manual for yourself" shortens the time it takes to figure out team members from months to days
4. why mental resilience is not an individual superpower, but a quality of the environment that surrounds you

Technical expertise is necessary. But without the human component, it doesn't work. This is a lesson from a place where that principle costs lives.

1. 00:00 - Introduction
2. 01:27 - Guest introduction
3. 02:18 - What do special units actually do?
4. 07:00 - What can business learn from special units?
5. 08:55 - Anticipation and contingency planning
6. 10:20 - Meeting overload: how the military eliminates unproductive meetings
7. 13:51 - No meetings for the sake of meetings – concrete decisions or it makes no sense
8. 16:20 - "I am only as smart as the people I work with"
9. 17:23 - The trap of the omniscient leader
10. 18:36 - Transformational leadership: don't pretend, ask even if you know the answer
11. 19:06 - Delegating decision-making space – the responsibility remains with you
12. 20:03 - How to build a sense of agency in a team?
13. 22:45 - "Houston, we have a problem" – bring solutions, not problems
14. 24:35 - Strong ego, strong team – is it possible?
15. 27:47 - 12 months of training that breaks down egos and builds brotherhood
16. 31:50 - How to build self-regulating project teams
17. 35:50 - Soft skills – the hardest and most important competencies
18. 37:34 - A user manual for yourself
19. 43:53 - Always explain the "why" – the brain needs to know the consequences
20. 52:28 - Mental resilience: you are only as strong as your environment
21. 57:03 - The leader as a moderator of team dynamics
22. 01:03:30 - Comfort zone vs. zone of controlled discomfort
23. 01:09:21 - "A supportive company" – what does it mean to Wojciech Wereszko?

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