{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Visionary Leader with Jim Robinson","title":"Trust Your Instincts: How To Lead Under Pressure","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2751,"description":"Tim Keck — police chief turned threat management expert — breaks down what real mentorship looks like under pressure.\nIn this episode of Visionary Leader, Jim Robinson and co-host Lori Prust sit down with Tim Keck, a bestselling author and court-certified threat management expert, to dig into the mentors who shaped his path from beat cop to executive coach and speaker. \nTim shares how improv training made him a sharper leader, why laughter is essential in life-or-death work, and the two questions every leader should ask before they speak or act: does this create more clarity, and does this build more trust?\n⏱️ CHAPTERS\n0:22 – Meet Tim Keck: cop, SWAT leader, threat management expert\n2:48 – How improv training shaped Tim into a better leader and speaker\n6:06 – Balancing humor with heavy topics in threat management training\n7:56 – Tim's first mentors — his father and early law enforcement influences\n10:46 – Faith, empathy, and the first-grade teacher who started it all\n14:15 – Choosing mentors carefully: the \"John Wayne vs. Dirty Harry\" lesson\n19:44 – The mentor question — the mentor who taught Tim when to hold back\n25:48 – Meeting Bill: the mentor who moved Tim from policing into coaching\n32:28 – Coaching Bill through his final months\n40:10 – Guilty by association: choosing who surrounds you\n41:44 – Closing value bombs: trust your instincts, lead with clarity and trust\n---\nABOUT TIM KECK\nTim Keck is a bestselling author, top-rated speaker, and court-certified expert in threat management. Over a career that spans police officer, SWAT leader, and chief of police, he's testified before Congress, led multinational undercover investigations, and provided protection for celebrities and organizations around the world. Today he trains leaders and teams on threat management, mentorship, and decision-making under pressure.\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkeck/\nWebsite: https://www.gobulletproof.com/\n---\nABOUT VISIONARY LEADER\nLeadership insights for executives,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eTSI65qgkGn4v2osEA4V0WR_i7iDRsBNff2gy0u4pzM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wZWQx/ZDU1ODA4ZDYwNTk3/ZjNiNDg1MmFjYTgx/YWE2Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}