What pressure can teach you about leadership with Don Faul

唐·福尔谈压力能教会你的领导力之道

WorkLife with Adam Grant

2026-07-28

45 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

A good leader is one who anchors and supports their team under pressure—and nowhere are the stakes higher than in the military. Don Faul spent five years as an officer in an elite unit in the Marine Corps. He then went on to become one of the most important operational leaders at Facebook, where he built and ran global teams during the company's most intense years of growth before he left to lead Google and CrossFit. In this episode, Molly and Don reflect on how Don’s time in the military shaped his approach to leadership, and unpack the lessons he absorbed as a young officer learning to lead under intense pressure. Don also emphasises the importance of humility and service as a leader, shares what he learned working under General Mattis, and recounts the strategies and philosophies he carried with him in his transition from military to civilian leadership.  Featured guest Follow Don Faul on Instagram, LinkedIn, and at https://www.crossfit.com/ Connect with the team Follow Molly on Instagram, LinkedIn, and at glueclub.com/Subscribe to Molly’s Substack LessonWatch WorkLife videos on YouTube at TEDPodsFollow TED on X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTokFor the full text transcript, visit https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife-transcripts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • This episode is brought to you by Scribe.

  • There's often a big difference between how leaders think work happens and how it really happens day to day.

  • Without real visibility, decisions about what to improve, automate,

  • or hand to AI end up being made based on assumptions, not data.

  • That's exactly what Scribe was built to solve.

  • Scribe Optimize passively captures how work happens across approved business apps and uses AI to surface workflows,

  • inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement with no interviews, no manual discovery,

  • and no extra work for your team.

  • What stands out about Optimize is its dashboard.

  • You can immediately see which workflows are happening, which tools they span,

  • and how much time they're taking, all based on what's happening right now, not a report from last quarter.

  • From there, Optimize surfaces your top issues, explains why they're happening,

  • and delivers AI-powered recommendations with estimated time savings.

  • And it's all private.

  • It anonymizes user data by default and never leaves your firewall.

  • To see Optimize in action, head to scribe.how slash worklife and mention worklife for a 30-day risk-free trial.

  • That's S-C-R-I-B-E dot H-O-W slash W-O-R-K-L-I-F-E.

  • This episode is sponsored by Kohler Smart Toilets.

  • The objects we interact with most are often the ones we notice least.

  • Kohler Smart Toilet changes that assumption.