Managing Managers and Leading With Candor: Jason Allen on Practical Leadership

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Jason Allen is an executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning supply chain, operations, and human resources. He currently serves as Vice President of Corporate Supply Chain for Twenty-Six Defense, a U.S. aerospace and defense company, where he focuses on building resilient supply chains, strengthening organizational performance, and preparing teams to meet increasingly complex mission demands.

A U.S. Air Force veteran, Jason holds an MBA from Colorado State University and a bachelor's degree in organizational management and human resources from Colorado Christian University. His leadership philosophy centers on clarity, accountability, healthy teams, and the belief that sustainable performance begins with getting the people and the culture right.

Jason lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Nicole. He is a husband, father, grandfather, committed Christian, fitness enthusiast, and his family believes that if he were on Survivor, he'd get voted off halfway through the season.

A Few Quotes From This Episode

• "People don't dislike change. They dislike uncertainty and ambiguity. Many people enjoy change, but what they don't like is not knowing their part in it."
• "It means nothing to be excellent in my function if it's hurting the enterprise."
• "My motives were vertical, which is the definition of a silo."
• "Feedback is a blessing. Just because it's a blessing doesn't mean it doesn't hurt to go through that process."
• "Sometimes we believe something at our core, but when we're tired, when we're under stress, we don't show up the way we intend to."
• "People depend on you to be excellent and get better every day so that they can have a job. Leadership costs people jobs."

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

• Jason Allen's Personal Leadership Materials

About The International Leadership Association (ILA)

• The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in studying, practicing, and teaching leadership. Attend The Global Conference in Toronto, October 28-31.

About  Scott J. Allen

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