{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Performance Intelligence","title":"#57 Commander Dean Thompson - Life at Sea, Enduring Nicknames, Changing Face of the Australian Navy and Benefits of Training Social Mastery","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4203,"description":"Commander Dean Thompson started his career in the Royal Australian Navy as a Maritime Warfare Officer. He has worked at the Ministry of Interior UAE for 6 years in Abu Dhabi, then Senior HR Manager for Navy Recruiting, Retention and Transition, Assistant Chief of Staff to the Chief of Navy, and is currently Human Resource Strategy Director - Maritime Acquisition and Sustainment.  \r\nStriveStronger (Andrew's consulting business) began working with the Navy over a year ago, piloting an innovative program training Social Mastery. The next phase was recently launched to employees across Navy, Air Force Army and APS. Andrew is regularly asked how this relationship developed and about results achieved. Rather than answering this himself, he went to the driving force behind the program.  \r\nCommander Thompson talks about his introduction to the Navy at the ripe age of 17, how he got his nickname, the balance between leadership and followership, learning to 'drive' massive ships, changing face of the Australian Navy, how StriveStronger fell onto his radar, why he started looking up Seek.com when we asked senior Navy leaders to take off their shoes and socks in our first session, and a bunch of amusing anecdotes along the way.   \r\nIn this episode Dean, Angela Poon (StriveStronger Operations Director) and Andrew discuss:\r\n4:00 Joining the Navy at 17, getting his nickname 'Tin Tin' and career progression \r\n11:45 Driving really big ships, Dean's biggest career influences and training mastery\r\n24:20 Dean's first overseas deployment, sense of family and the evolution of the Australian Navy\r\n29:00 StriveStronger’s partnership with Navy/Defence, evolution of the Social Mastery program and the impact of Andrew’s first keynote with the Navy leadership team\r\n29:30 When Navy leaders were asked to take off their shoes and socks (in Andrew's first workshop) and Dean thought his career was over \r\n34:20 How Social Mastery can help younger generations and the 4 areas of Social Mastery\r...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/iyfeF-qRl4DyXJ1DTXQz7nbQ4cUIZpOEMI-Pe2IchcE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNDNm/ODNiYWM1NzM3YTY0/ODIxYmZkOWU5YTZh/MTg2OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}