Accelerating Success in 2025: Secrets from the U.S. Army

Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. CT

Are you looking for new ways to inspire your team in the new year? Then join MSCI for an exclusive webinar with Colonel Thomas Magness, U.S. Army, Retired, P.E. on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

Col. Magness will discuss how the U.S. Army leverages a winning mindset to drive innovation and growth through a combination of empowerment, trust, discipline, and continuous learning. This discussion will provide a framework to prioritize mission success and will help you incorporate the Army’s characteristics of offensive operations into daily practices and behaviors.

Among the topics Col. Magness will cover are:

• A mindset for a “bias for action”: how to get it, keep it, and build on it;
• Understanding the Warrior Ethos: prioritizing the mission without leaving anyone behind;
• Integrating the key principles for offensive thinking and action, which are audacity, concentration, and tempo; and
• Recognizing the importance of trust, discipline, and continuous learning to gain freedom and empowerment.

Over a 26-year career, Col. Magness served in leadership assignments around the world. He was commander (CEO) for five different organizations, and each came with diverse responsibilities and missions. Col. Magness also served for four years as a teacher, coach, and consultant at the U.S. Army’s National Training Center, mentoring military leaders on fundamental elements of leadership. His last assignment in Afghanistan provided an opportunity to demonstrate his visionary, inspiring leadership. During a 12-month deployment, Col. Magness more than tripled the output of his organization by making people believe in the seemingly impossible and focusing not only on building projects, but on building people to be able to accomplish more than they ever thought possible.

Col. Magness has been with Thayer Leadership since 2011 and has given leadership presentations around the world to a wide range of audiences, helping more than 100,000 leaders understand what he calls, “Leader Business.”