S5E160 LIVE with Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

S5E160🎙️ LIVE with Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ, Season 5 | Episode 160
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I’m honored to welcome Rear Admiral Mike Studeman, U.S. Navy (Ret.) to the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ for what promises to be a timely and thought-provoking conversation:

Leadership, Intelligence, and Integrity in an Age of Great Power Competition

📅 Date: Thursday, August 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 3:30 PM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 6:30 PM ET (Annandale, VA)
📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]

Rear Admiral Studeman retired after an extraordinary 35-year career as one of America’s foremost national security and intelligence leaders. He concluded his distinguished service as Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence, while simultaneously serving as Director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office and the Director of National Intelligence’s National Intelligence Manager for Maritime Affairs. Earlier, he served as Director of Intelligence (J2) for both U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Southern Command, commanded intelligence operations supporting U.S. Cyber Command, and was appointed by President George W. Bush as a White House Fellow. Today, he continues serving as an author, speaker, strategic advisor, and one of the nation’s leading experts on China, the Indo-Pacific, and leadership.  

Our conversation will also explore Admiral Studeman’s outstanding bestselling book, Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of Iron Integrity, and why character, trust, humility, and integrity remain the foundation of exceptional leadership in every profession.

🎯 What You Will Learn

✨ Why character is a leader’s greatest strategic advantage

✨ Leadership lessons from commanding thousands of intelligence professionals around the globe

✨ How great leaders make sound decisions when information is incomplete and uncertainty is high

✨ What business executives, cybersecurity leaders, and public servants can learn from today’s era of Great Power Competition

✨ Admiral Studeman’s insights on China’s long-term strategic ambitions and what leaders should understand about the evolving relationship between China and Taiwan

✨ Practical lessons from Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of Iron Integrity that every leader can apply immediately

✨ How to build high-trust, high-performing teams that thrive under pressure

✨ The legacy Admiral Studeman hopes to leave for the next generation of leaders

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🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?

💬 Got leadership, national security, China, Taiwan, cybersecurity, or networking questions for Admiral Studeman? Post them below—we’ll answer as many as we can LIVE!

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👇 Your Turn:

➡️ What are your three biggest takeaways from this episode?

➡️ What’s one leadership insight you’ll apply this week?

➡️ Tag a leader, colleague, military officer, executive, cybersecurity professional, or student who would benefit from this conversation. ❤️🙏🏾

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