Dean Hohl
| Dean Hohl | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dean Douglas Hohl June 5, 1968 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 🏡 Residence | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| Other names | Dean Hohl |
| 💼 Occupation | Author, Speaker, Consultant, Business Owner |
| Known for | Co-founder Leading Concepts, Inc. Co-Author Rangers Lead the Way |
| 🌐 Website | www.leadingconcepts.com |
Dean Hohl (born June 5, 1968) is an American author, public speaker, coach, consultant, and business owner. He is a former U.S. Army Ranger, having served with the 3rd Ranger Battalion. He, with partner Shane Dozier, founded training organization Leading Concepts, Inc. in 1993.
Education
Hohl attended Aquin Central Catholic High School in Freeport, Illinois. He graduated with honors from Ranger School (Class of 6–90), having attained the rank of sergeant. He was awarded the Merrill's Marauder Award.[1]
After passing the Ranger Introduction Program, Hohl was assigned to the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, headquartered at Fort Benning, Georgia. He served with the 3rd Battalion from 1988 to 1992. On December 20, 1989, the 3rd Battalion was committed to Operation Just Cause, the operation to remove Manuel Noriega from power in Panama.[2] Hohl recounts that when he jumped into Panama, he landed about a mile and a half from where he needed to be to meet up with the rest of his unit. In the process of getting to the meeting location, and under fire, he met up with several other Rangers, some from different Ranger teams. He noted that, "Immediately we began working together as a tactical fire team..... We knew where to employ our weapons. We knew who was going to be the Team Leader. We knew the commands. There's not always time for consensus and debate. Under fire, you need to shoot, move, and communicate."[3]
Career
Hohl is president of Leading Concepts, Inc., the company he co-founded in 1993. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, the company offers training in Louisville. The course, Ranger Teams/The TLC Experience, is a four-day, eighty-six-hour training exercise where participants execute simulated Ranger missions under the hardship conditions imposed by deliberately remote locations and little sleep. The goal of the course is "to remove learning barriers, ensure retention, accelerate application,[4] and train leaders in a world where competition is so intense that business feels like war.[5] Participants are formed into a squad and face an enemy known as the MODD, an opposing group of Leading Concept employees given the mission to "make our day difficult."[6] The harsh conditions are designed to bring to the surface the kind of conflicts teams typically experience at work, in a situation which compels cooperation.[7]
Leading Concepts' strategy is built on Tuchman's stages of group development—forming, storming, norming, performing. As Hohl has noted, the idea is to remove people from their traditional, comfortable environments, putting them in relatively unfamiliar territory where everyone starts from the same level."[8]
Publications
In 2003, Hohl published, Rangers Lead the Way: The Army Rangers' Guide to Leading Your Organization Through Chaos, with co-author Maryann Karinch.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ [1] Ranger Course selection criteria and awards. Accessed March 31, 2010
- ↑ The United States Army[permanent dead link] Fort Benning, '"75th Ranger Regiment, 3rd Battalion" Accessed March 31, 2010
- ↑ [2] Curtis Sittenfeld, "'War Is Hell Too", Fast Company Magazine, Issue 16, July 31, 1998 Accessed March 31, 2010
- ↑ [3] "Training Programs, Leading Concepts website. Accessed April 5, 2010
- ↑ [4] Curtis Sittenfeld, "Leadership is Hell', Fast Company Magazine, Issue 16, July 31, 1998. Accessed April 5, 2010
- ↑ [5] Ed Brown, "War Games To Make You Better at Business', Fortune Magazine, September 28, 1998. Accessed April 6, 2010
- ↑ [6] Curtis Sittenfeld, "Leadership is Hell", Fast Company Magazine, Issue 16, July 31, 1998. Accessed April 6, 2010
- ↑ [7] Admin, "Nontraditional Leadership Training," Plasticstoday.com, May 31, 1997. Accessed April 29, 2010
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