The milestone 50th of We are Open Circle’s Beyond Listening Podcast saw Adam and Brandon join in conversation with kindred spirit Phil Kornachuk, uncovering his purpose and values-based approach for developing individuals, teams and inspiring great leaders.

Phil has a conversation with Dustin Diefenderfer, Founder of MTNTOUGH, to discuss the origins of MTNTOUGH and the links between fitness, mental toughness, and leadership.

After serving with both the 2nd Battalion Rangers and the Green Berets, being deployed 12 times, and receiving a Silver Star – the 3rd highest award for valor in combat – Phil decided to leave his military career behind and channel his experience into a new kind of mission: helping people and businesses forge high performance leadership skills.

Building top performing leaders and teams has been a critical part of Phil Kornachuk’s life for the last three decades.

He leverages over 22 years of experience serving, leading and developing elite teams within the US Army Special Operations Community. Phil brings his unique, proven brand of forging high performing leaders, teams and culture to organizations that partner with StoneWater Training.

An inspiring story about how Phil went from high school drop out to a private in the Canadian Military, to the US Army and elite service as a Special Forces Green Beret, then through transition out of the US Army to found his leadership development company LEAD 406 - all while being a husband and father to 8 incredible kids. A must-listen Episode

Philip Kornachuk is the managing director for the Allegro Group. He is a 22-year special ops veteran, he did 12 deployments in Eastern Europe, Afghanistan, Irag, and the Philippines, and now he works with businesses in creating strong leadership teams.

Listen to this episode to learn more about Philip, what he has learned from his time serving in the military, and how he is able to translate that into what he does with leaders today!

After 24 years of combined experience as a special operations veteran in both the Canadian and US militaries, Phil Kornachuk uses proven leadership principles to foster exceptional performance for individuals, leaders and teams from a variety of fields.

From his days working as a kid on a rural Ontario dairy farm to over two decades of elite service in the Canadian and U.S. Militaries, Phil Kornachuk understands what it means to rely on your inner grit to get through life’s most challenging times.

In this episode of Taking The Initiative Podcast, we had the opportunity to have Phil Kornachuk, a high school dropout who became a leader in the special forces, share the secrets of self-leadership.

Episode Summary: At 17 years old when he dropped out of high school, you maybe wouldn't have guessed that in the future that Phil Kornachuk would be world class at teaching leadership! Out of high school, Phil joined the Canadian Army, then he joined the U.S. Army and became an officer, then a Ranger, then a Green Beret, and then another classified special operations group. After 12 deployments, some of his accolades are Silver Star(3rd highest award for Valor in combat), Army Commendation..

Remi brings on former Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel Phil Kornachuk to speak about developing a MTNTOUGH Mindset to make you a more complete hunter.

Montana State Bobcats football utilizes retired special operations officer to change up practice