Lessons in Leadership with Stanley McChrystal

The challenges confronting business leaders have never been as varied and demanding as they are today. But what characteristics are required to lead in an environment of increasing uncertainty and complexity? Stanley McChrystal knows firsthand what it’s like to operate under difficult conditions. A retired four-star general, McChrystal is the former commander of U.S. and International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan and Joint Special Operations Command. McChrystal is a Managing Partner and Founder of McChrystal Group, LLC. He is the author of three best-selling books: My Share of the Task: A Memoir, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World and Leaders: Myth and Reality.

In conversation with Peter Spiegel, FT US Managing Editor, McChrystal will explain how to succeed in a rapidly changing environment, how leadership works in practice and challenge the myths that complicate our thinking about this critical topic.