EP 201: Major Matina Jewell - The Front-line of Leadership, Resilience and Change

<div>Major Matina Jewell joined the Army at age 17.  After 15 years of service, 5 missions, 9 war medals and being badly wounded in combat as a Peace Keeper for the UN in Lebanon, Matina shares her views on courageous decision making and values-based leadership to empower teams. Having served in some of the toughest environments on earth Matina provides a life-changing perspective from the front-line of leadership, resilience and change.</div> <ul> <li>What exactly does a Peace Keeper in Lebanon do?</li> <li>When promoted to captain of the HMAS Kanimbla the largest warship in the Australian Navy Fleet, how did Matina's identity change?</li> <li>As a leader was there ever a time when Matina tried too hard to earn trust from her team? </li> <li>How do you earn trust?</li> <li>When Matina joined the military, her parents said her language changed. How did it change?</li> <li>How did Matina handle her insecurities as a leader?</li> <li>Doubt and fear show us where the edges are. Did Matina ever find the edge?</li> <li>What’s your internal dialogue when you leave the helicopter on a fast rope and you are ripping towards your target down below with no safety harness?</li> <li>In difficult times that's when your training kicks in. How do you actually know your training will kick in?</li> <li>A moment of crisis that Matina carries with her even today?</li> <li>The day when Matina is thrown into a bullet-proof windscreen which broke her back in five places. What does Matina remember about that day?</li> <li>While in hospital in Cyprus Matina got the news. There was a direct hit in Khiam where 4 team mates were killed in action. What happened? </li> <li>Does Matina carry survivors guilt?</li> <li>Did Matina ever think to herself "I wish that had of been me.. I wish I could have replaced one of the four and it was me?"</li> <li>What would Matina say to those men in a quiet moment?</li> <li>Why did Matina have the feeling that she had been let down by the people who had sent her to do that mission?</li> <li>After getting hom