Surfacing Leaders

At 12, Sarah Furness watched Top Gun and decided she’d be a pilot. Then she was told her arms were too short. She found a way in anyway and went on to fly helicopters for 21 years in the Royal Air Force.

In this episode, Sarah and Marc talk about the day she lost her confidence in fast jet training, the night in Kenya she had to abort a rescue mission in a snowstorm, and what a boss’s simple admission taught her about trust. She shares her “Practice Scared” framework, why the debrief may be the most underused tool in business, and why she believes courage is something we’re born with and have to keep relearning.

If you lead a team, or you’re about to, this one will make you rethink how you handle pressure.