Episode 222: Slowing Down to Become Faster with Mark Ashby

Want to become more heart-centered? We invite you to join us on Deb’s Dailies (daily blog and newsletter), a daily reflection on living and loving life as a heart-centered leader.Mark Ashby is the founder of Mark Ashby Consulting, and a highly regarded specialist who assists multinational companies and their leaders in crisis awareness, cultural change & high-performance leadership.He has displayed an extraordinary ability to perform optimally under high-pressure & stressful scenarios through extensive experiences In the Australian Army as a member of the Elite Paratroopers. Mark also spent 11 years in Iraq as Team Leader in the highly dangerous private security sector ensuring the safety of senior US Military officials and Australian Diplomats.Mark was deployed to Middle East as a team leader in the highly dangerous Private Security sector for 11 years in Iraq, before returning to Australia to work as a senior risk & crisis awareness consultant in the corporate world for six years.Mark relied on rigorous training and discipline to carry out 40 operational rotations, consisting of 1600 hundred missions successfully completed during his time as a Close Protection Team Leader.Mark’s duties took him to high-threat, hostile situations on a daily basis, where he faced immense pressure to perform tasks in both covert and overt capacities with great emotional control, discipline and accuracy.Having been contracted to the U.S. military (attached to the Green Berets) & the U.S. Government in Iraq, Mark demonstrated a clear adaptability to extreme situations of crisis and armed conflict, which allowed him to oversee operations of the highest global, financial and geopolitical importance such as the first two independent elections in Iraq.Mark went on to spend four years ensuring the safety and security of the Australian Ambassador to Iraq, Residing Diplomats, Politicians & visiting Dignitaries as a “Tier 1” Close Protection Team Leader at the Australian Embassy in Baghdad.Since returning to the corporate sector & setting up own his consulting firm in Australia, Mark has been using his experience to assist senior members of multinational companies in high performance leadership, crisis awareness and cultural change so they can become more resilient and adaptable.Mark also recently completed his Master’s Degree in Counter Terrorism with Distinction from Macquarie University in Sydney.Connect with Mark at:* https://markashbyconsulting.com/* www.linkedin.com/in/markashbyconsulting This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit debcrowe.substack.com