Shannon Polson 
Shannon Huffman Polson served as one of the first women to fly the Apache helicopter in the US Army. Her career as an Army officer and attack aviation leader around the globe spans almost a decade. In addition to her military service, she spent five years leading and managing in the corporate sector, at Guidant and Microsoft. As a dynamic, in-demand speaker, Polson reaches thousands of people a year at major organizations and large public venues on topics related to leadership, courage, resilience, and grit.
Polson is the author of THE GRIT FACTOR: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World.
Polson is the author of THE GRIT FACTOR: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World.
Web Sites:
www.ShannonPolson.com
www.ShannonPolson.com
Interviews with Shannon Polson»See all
Shannon Polson joins Jim Blasingame to share her advice for young women about feeling justified in owning their competence and being vocal about their ability to perform.
Shannon Polson joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what she’s learned about having grit, as well as that of three dozen other women she interviewed for her new book, and the three steps she’s developed.
Shannon Polson joins Jim Blasingame to report on her experience as a young military officer and how it sounded when a male superior officer told her to lower her expectations.
Books by Shannon Polson
At age nineteen, Shannon Huffman Polson became the youngest woman ever to climb Denali. She went on to reach the summits of Mt. Rainier and Mt. Kilimanjaro and spent more than a decade traveling the world. Yet it was during her experience serving as one of the Army's first female attack helicopter pilots that she learned the lessons of leadership that forever changed her life.
With insights from her own crucibles of experience – and from other women – The Grit Factor is both inspiring and pragmatic, a book that will energize and enlighten current and aspiring leaders everywhere.
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