The Wisdom of the Bullfrog draws on these and countless other experiences from Admiral McRaven’s incredible life, including crisis situations, management debates, organizational transitions, and ethical dilemmas, to provide readers with the most important leadership lessons he has learned over the course of his forty years of service. In the ensuing four years, he served as Chancellor of the University of Texas System, with its 230,000 students and 100,000 faculty and health care workers.ĭuring those four decades, Admiral McRaven dealt with every conceivable leadership challenge, from commanding combat operations-including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Phillips, and the raid for Osama bin Laden. When Admiral McRaven retired in 2014, he had 37 years as a Navy SEAL under his belt, leading men and women at every level of the special operations community. Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in 2011 when he took charge of the United States Special Operations Command. The title “Bullfrog” is given to the Navy SEAL who has served the longest on active duty. McRaven’s new book, The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) will be released on April 4, 2023. He now lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Georgeann. After retiring from the Navy, he served as the Chancellor of the University of Texas System from 2015 to 2018. As a Four-Star Admiral, his final assignment was as Commander of all U.S. McRaven is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed and the New York Times bestsellers Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations and The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived. In his thirty-seven years as a Navy SEAL, he commanded at every level. This program will be held in-person in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium located at the LBJ Presidential Library.Īdmiral William H.

Updegrove, President and CEO of the LBJ Foundation. The conversation will be moderated by Mark K.

Join us on May 30th for an Evening With Admiral and former University of Texas Chancellor William McRaven, who will speak on leadership, drawing on the experiences he has accrued over the course of his remarkable career.

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