Resources

The Leader’s Triad: Responsibility, Accountability, Authority

The Principles of Winning Operations

The 11 Rules of Leadership

The Power of Yes.

True grit, tenacity, and resilience.

The importance of balance.

Leadership is not a position, title, or rank. Leadership is a process of learning, caring, and giving in service to others.

Experience

What People Are Saying

  • "He was and continues to be a leader ahead of the time and makes positive impacts on the organization, personnel and culture. I would be honored to have the opportunity to work with Mr. Polanin again at any time."

    Ryan Anderson

    Yacht Sales Professional, Jeff Brown Yachts

  • “His focus on building an organizational foundation on trust and teamwork was unmatched. His grasp for organizational culture and understanding of human dynamics in the workforce gained success in our group that has yet to be surpassed."

    Robert Magee

    Commander, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation (Oklahoma City)

  • “Joseph Polanin is an extraordinary and dynamic leader. His passion as a Senior Leader is second to none and he was the best Commanding Officer I've ever served under as a member of a Navy Command in 26 years of service. He lives by a term he so often used, "ready and relevant" but much more striking is his honesty and the caring he put into the job of leading Sailors daily."

    Chuck Stansberry, MSM

    Franchise Owner

  • "I have had the pleasure of serving under Joe Polanin's command in a deployed environment. While serving under him I witnessed extreme organization, mission focus and a clear definition of purpose for our mission set. He enforced new standards for the deployed location that will last a lifetime."

    Jessica Johannesen

    Systems Engineer, Oxford Global Resources

  • "It is hard to put into words the energy that Joseph brings to a room. He is an inspiring leader, who is humble, brilliant, and driven to succeed. I am proud to have worked for him. He is empowering and inclusive and knows how to build a team. He develops high standards and helps organizations meet them. His desire to serve this great country, his family, and his community are unquestionable."

    Megan O’Keefe

    Leader, U.S. Army

  • "I have had the distinct pleasure to call Joe my friend for close to 30 years. Joe is an outstanding leader and a true professional. His biggest strength is his ability to build teams and network to accomplish any project. He is extremely articulate, leads from the front and is passionate about taking care of people."

    Rich Dromerhauser, PMP

    Operations Transformation Specialist, Deloitte Consulting

  • "Joe was an outstanding and vital partner on a high priority national security issue that our teams collaborated to initiate and advance. The progress we made and success we had building support for the initiative among senior DoD leaders was due, in large part, to our collaboration."

    Andrea Yaffe

    Director of Space Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense

  • "Joe Polanin consistently inspires and guides others toward goal accomplishments; consistently develops and sustains cooperative working relationships; fosters commitment, team spirit, pride and trust; shares leadership; and helps the team become interdependent by facilitating participation and group interaction. "

    Bill Brown

    Business Development Manager at R3 Strategic Support Group

  • "Joe is one of those rare leaders who is capable of building teams and bringing out the best in others. Level-headed and extremely passionate, he is as comfortable leading large organizations as he is small, specialized teams. Joe is an incredible talent with a proven record of delivering success - he is an asset to any organization."

    Glenn Thomas

    Principal Strategist, Throughline, Inc.

  • "There are few leaders you'll ever meet more passionate and energetic than Joe. His passion and enthusiasm for the task at hand is infectious. He can inspire any team while simultaneously keeping them focused to achieve results on required timelines."

    Joshua Bowman

    Commercial Pilot at Air Methods

  • "Joe took the time to get to know me, know my business, know my personal goals. He took my passion and love for nutrition and fitness and helped me develop the proper vision and proper means to get to my end result. He helped me clearly identify the markers I need in order to achieve my goals."

    Leslie Urbas

    Founder and CEO, Health Concierge

  • "From my first encounter with Joe, he has consistently been a valuable resource who goes above and beyond to create the highest quality service with genuine intent. While working with Joe on complex strategic initiatives, I can personally attest to his devotion to fluently conquer any challenge with elegance and purpose."

    Brittany Doulen

    Founder, B You

  • "Joe is a charismatic and decisive leader. As a deployed Task Group Commander in East Africa he led with a laser focused vision. We were separated by thousands of miles at times, but he supervised, coordinated and collaborated effectively with my team. Joe made effective battlefield rounds and motivated my team to succeed. Joe is a highly effective leader, mentor and coach."

    Thomas Radich, MBA

    Business Development Manager, Tomahawk Robotics

  • "It was inspiring to learn how Joe’s approach to making your thoughts become a reality is how real growth takes place. I was always so overwhelmed in how I could grow my business's vision, but he made it easy for me to understand!"

    Maggie Levy

    Founder, 7Pillars Bookkeeping Solutions

  • "Joseph Polanin has a personal mission to be a role model for his people, and part of that is to help them develop and grow. Joseph is an inspirational and humble leader. When his team sees this, they want to do the same and follow his behaviours. Highly effective leaders always remember that it starts with them, but it is not about them and that is Joseph."

    Tom Lawrence

    Thought Leader & Award-Winning Author

  • "Your exemplary commitment to our nation's defense and your unwavering dedication to upholding the values of honor, integrity, and selflessness have clearly left an indelible mark on all those who had the honor of serving alongside you. Throughout your distinguished career, you have and continue to display extraordinary leadership qualities that consistently inspire and positively impact others."

    Kevallyn Paskos

    Founder, KP Design Consulting

  • "If you need a peerless fractional CEO or COO, then you need Joe Polanin. He brings a warrior’s culture with business discipline from the battlefield to the boardroom, faster and better than anyone I’ve ever seen."

    Adam Fiore

    Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, Limitless AF

  • "His decades of leadership on the highest levels of government are a reflection of his work ethic, discipline, passion, dedication, and vision, and his missions accomplished are all exemplary. His leadership is defined by empathy and kindness as he empowers, motivates, and inspires others whose lives he touches. His humanity is defined by his humaneness."

    Maria Cecilia Conder

    Founder, CEO, Board Member, Philanthropist

  • “Joe has an exceptional ability to not only quickly analyze complex personnel, process and operational problems, but more importantly, build robust and resilient teams that deliver and implement lasting and highly effective solutions.”

    Dave Soldow

    Director, Advanced Development, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

Awards & Recognition