The Importance of Culture and the Academy Advantage with Alejandro Villanueva

This is a mobile edition of the VMI Leader Journey podcast recorded live on the stage of Gillis Theater in Marshall Hall.

Our podcast hosts Emily Coleman and Derek Pinkham, staff members at the VMI Center for Leadership and Ethics, sat down with our first Courageous Leaders speaker from February of 2019 Alejandro Villanueva to discuss his insights on leadership based upon his experiences as a West Point graduate, Army veteran, and offensive lineman in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Our Center's mission is to enhance the VMI citizen-soldier journey with programming that educates, engages and inspires critical thinking, ethical decision-making, and leader development. For more information about our Center and its programs, please visit our website.

In this episode, we touch on the following leadership competencies of the VMI Leader Journey: teamwork, initiative, goals & planning, responsibility for personal behavior.