76: Torpedoing the Commander of the USS Roosevelt: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

<p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>If someone is between the devil and the deep blue sea, they are in a difficult situation where they have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action.</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Capt. Crozier made a decision, and it wasn&apos;t &quot;stupid&quot; or &quot;naive.&quot; Trying to torpedo his career, however, turned out to be both.</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>U.S. Navy Captain Brett Crozier was fired after a leak of a letter he had emailed to Navy leaders detailing the service&apos;s failures in responding to a coronavirus outbreak on the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt.</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How will history view Captain Crozier’s decision? What lesson can other leaders take from this situation?</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>In this week’s episode, I’m dissecting the chain of events that define leadership in a time of global war on a virus.</span><span style='font-weight: 400;'><br/></span></p> <ul> <li><strong>[1:14] <span style='font-weight: 400;'>What was Captain Crozier’s “devil” and what was his ”deep blue sea?”<br/> <br/></span></strong></li> <li><strong>[2:00]</strong> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>Hear a clip from Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly’s press conference. <br/> <br/></span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><strong>[2:54]</strong> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>What is the chain of command in the military? <br/> <br/></span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><strong>[3:24]</strong> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>Learn why I’m sounding the alarm on this matter.<br/> <br/></span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><strong>[4:46]</strong> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>Here’s the message that the firing of Capt. Crozier is actually sending to the public, and how they’re reacting.<br/> <br/></span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><strong>[6:24]</strong> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>My new leadership theory due to the coronavirus.<br/> <br/></span></li> <li style='font