Marine Veteran George Council

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Marine Veteran George Council is an Experienced Senior Level Executive with a diverse business background that includes Commercial Corporate Real Estate Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Sales Operations and Finance He has an extensive background in Public Private Non-Profit and For-Profit Organizations from start-ups through multi-billion dollar fortune 100 companies He also has proven success in Operational Corporate Consultative and Cross-Functional leadership roles in both centralized and highly decentralized organizations He served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps from June 1987 to May 1992 George is the second-highest-ranking Disbursing Officer in the Hawaiian Islands responsible for payroll and travel reimbursements for over 10 000 Marines their families and other senior officers from other military branches In this episode Sgt Bereal talks to George about what he did when he s still in the Military and what he became after he transitioned They discussed the importance of giving more than 60 days to prepare for a new life as a civilian Join us on this episode of Veterans Be Real and learn the importance of your Military experiences and how you use it as a civilian We ll also understand how different the civilian world is to what you ve known in the Military Key Points Give yourself more than 60 days to prepare for a new lifeThe more time you give yourself to prepare in the civilian world and understand where you want to go the earlier the betterThere s a different mentality in the civilian world than there is in the Military worldWe tend even in the financial management world to use words that we won t probably use in the civilian worldChanged his mentality in managing his careerGet to an organization that s ether veteran-friendly or clearly looks at the value the veterans bringThe training and leadership skills that you learned in the Military you can help you be successful if you can change and adapt in the civilian worldBuild out your career and when you get to the senior-level position you can lean back to your Military experiences to kind of give you more of an edgeFailures as just as important as the successesSeek other veterans in an organization so you can build that brother and sisterhood upWe got to look out for each other because there s not many of usUse LinkedIn when you get out and create relationships Connect with George LinkedIn https www linkedin com in georgecouncil1 Link to Allied https www linkedin com company allied-universal Connect With Sgt 1st Class SFC John Valentine Website https veteransbereal com Facebook https www facebook com veteransbereal Apple Podcast https podcasts apple com us podcast veterans-be-real id1507792755 Please don t forget to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a 5 star written review on iTunes Click here to visit this podcast episode