Veteran Led: Military Leadership Lessons to Help Your Team Survive, Thrive, and Dominate

Leadership lessons from the trenches

There is no shortage of consultants, coaches, gurus, and authors who regurgitate lists of leadership principles. The deficit lies in the number of qualified leaders willing to share the truth about what it takes to lead a great team year after year. Fortunately, military veteran John Berry is one of those qualified leaders. Drawing from his experience as an army platoon leader and the CEO of Berry Law, John Berry shows mission-focused teams how simple military leadership lessons apply to any organization. He covers, among many other topics:

• Managing threats, opportunities, and constraints in business
• How to locate, secure, and develop high-performing team members
• Why a sense of urgency is critical in client relations and hiring
• How efficiency starts with resourcefulness
• Why you can’t execute the complex without first mastering the simple
• How to maintain a company battle rhythm

What is the leader’s responsibility and what is not

JOHN S. BERRY is a highly accomplished attorney, an army veteran, and a passionate advocate for empowering his fellow veterans. His multifaceted career has been defined by exceptional leadership, service, and an unwavering commitment to fighting for those who have served their country.
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Berry’s military journey began when he received his commission as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army after graduating from the College of William and Mary. He completed Airborne School and Ranger School and deployed to Bosnia in 1999 for Operation Joint Forge as a platoon leader. Berry also served as a company commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. He finished his military career as a battalion commander in the Nebraska Army National Guard, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. In 2019, Berry was inducted into the Nebraska National Guard Regional Training Institute Hall of Fame.

After transitioning from active duty, Berry applied the leadership skills he honed in the military to his legal career. A graduate of Creighton University School of Law and the prestigious Trial Lawyers College, he has been recognized as one of the National Trial Lawyers’ Top 100 trial lawyers for over a decade. Berry maintains an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected as one of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Lawyers.

Driven by his passion for serving veterans, Berry is the CEO of Berry Law Firm, a nationwide practice dedicated to recovering back pay owed to disabled veterans. Under his guidance, the firm has secured over $350 million for more than ten thousand veterans nationwide. Berry Law’s exceptional commitment to hiring and supporting veterans has earned numerous accolades, including the HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Pro Patria Award, recognition as a Military Times Best for Vets Employer, and the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Ethics.

Through his Veteran Led podcast, Berry continues his mission to inspire fellow veterans to become leaders in their communities by applying the skills forged during military service. His powerful storytelling as an author provides an authentic voice representing the struggles, triumphs, and persevering leadership embodied by America’s veterans.

To learn more about veterans’ disability benefits, see John’s other book, The Next Battle: A Guide to Veterans Disability Benefits. For more on the origins of Berry Law, check out Those Gallant Men: On Trial in Vietnam, by John’s father and the founder of Berry Law, John S. Berry Sr.