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Bridging Theory & Practice In 'The School House' with Dr Christian Breede
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Dr. Christian Breede (https://www.linkedin.com/in/h-christian-breede-09481415/) is a Research Analyst with the Department of National Defence working at the Canadian Defence Academy.
Quotes From Christian
• "Character work is not to be started in the attack position. You've got to do it before...You gotta have the sets and reps done beforehand so that when you're in those positions of having to make a quick decision, you can rely on your strength of character — your judgment is strong and you're going to make the right call."
• "Militaries privilege certain virtues over others, which leads to unbalanced character — and that can create problems...Almost every country [Five Eyes and Ireland] under emphasized temperance, collaboration, and — surprisingly — courage."
• "The proverbial one-and-done is better than nothing, but ultimately of little impact — what really sticks is some way we can build habituation into it — how can we make this habit-forming? That's where Virtuosity is really helpful, the daily cues to think about what you're already doing — just in a new way."
• "I really want to highlight just how universal this idea of character really is. Character transcends space and time in a way that I think few ideas really do."
Resources
• Character and the Five Eyes: A Review of Anglosphere Military Leadership Doctrine (coming soon)
• Character Quotient Assessment in Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/marycrossan/2025/03/26/from-good-to-great-10-ways-to-elevate-your-character-quotient/)
• Leader Character Framework with Culture, Virtues, and Vices (https://virtuositycharacter.ca/organization/storage_production_6e2934b8-3e20-47a7-aa79-59a612f967be/8505b936-d1fd-4b36-96ed-62663e1c5b9a.pdf)
• Seven Strategies for Character Development (https://virtuositycharacter.ca/organization/storage_production_6e2934b8-3e20-47a7-aa79-59a6
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Host, Dr Corey Crossan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreycrossan/), is a research and teaching fellow at The Oxford Character Project where she develops and facilitates character development programs for students, industry, and university partners. Corey’s love for elite performance developed as she competed in top-level athletics for most of her life, highlighted by competing as a NCAA Division 1 athlete. Corey translated her understanding of elite performance into a passion for helping individuals and organizations develop sustained excellence. She is also the co-founder of Virtuosity Character, a mobile software application created to support the daily, deliberate practice of character-based leadership development.
Chapters
1. Welcome (00:00:00)
2. Introduction to Christian (00:01:41)
3. Character Matters (00:03:56)
4. Christian's Background (00:09:48)
5. Character In The School House (00:13:59)
6. Military Character Research (00:28:01)
7. Character Development & Virtuosity (00:36:46)
8. Character Quotient (00:41:32)
9. Bye For Now (00:46:44)
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