Dave Sanderson, the last passenger off US Airways Flight 1549, known as the Miracle on the Hudson, brings 37 years of sales leadership and hard-earned crisis experience to a conversation with Brendon Dennewill about what it actually takes to build resilient teams and make decisions under pressure. From the ASSESS Framework and the A-to-I Affinity Model to the VCR leadership structure developed with Chad Jenkins, Dave unpacks the systems that separate leaders who hold the line from those who collapse when pressure compounds. If your organization is navigating uncertainty, low trust, or execution breakdown, this episode is the blueprint you didn't know you needed.

What You'll Learn

• Why trust outranks competence in high-stakes hiring
• The three levers for managing your mental state under pressure
• Captain Sullenberger's unique ability, and what it means for your team
• The VCR Framework: Vision, Capability, Reach
• How the ASSESS Framework works in real-time crisis decisions
• The A-to-I model: Access to Influence to Affinity
• Why "proximity is power" is your fastest path to growth

Resources Mentioned

• Resilience Partners Group
• "Moments Matter" by Dave Sanderson
• "Never Split the Difference" by Chris Voss
• "Selling in a Post-Trust World" by Larry Levine
• Tom Hopkins
• "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" by Patrick Lencioni
• ASSESS framework

Is your business ready to scale? Take the Growth Readiness Score to find out. In 5 minutes, you’ll see:

• Benchmark data showing how you stack up to other organizations
• A clear view of your operational maturity
• Whether your business is ready to scale (and what to do next if it’s not)

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