PPSA Keynote McCormick (CONT’D FROM PAGE 1)
business has led to appearances virtually everywhere, in- cluding ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW, the Wall Street Journal and most recently, on the stage of a conference room at the Marriott Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida. Her personal development book, “The P.I.L.O.T. Meth- od: the Five Elemental Truths to Leading Yourself in Life,” is a “must read” along with her 19 other business books in the “Soar 2 Success” series on leadership and entrepre- neurial topics. Her many military awards include the Meritorious Ser- vice Medal and Humanitarian Service Medal, as well as the coveted Army Aviator “wings.” In 2011, McCormick re- ceived the U.S. Congressional Veteran Commendation for her service to her country and community as a disabled veteran. So what can a courageous woman who has served her country and spread her message of leadership success around the world teach an audience of health and safety managers? More than one might expect, especially given her less than glamorous beginning.
Elizabeth McCormick was an unemployed military wife who earned college degrees in art, math and engineering but couldn’t get a job because she and her husband were stationed in small army base in Louisiana and there was “not a lot” available in the way of job opportunities. After taking a desperation job in the town’s pizza restaurant, she realized she wanted more. Much more. The Coolest Job There Was Since the man she referred to as her “starter husband” had a job in the U.S. Army, McCormick thought she could get one, too. Only she didn’t want just any job. She wanted “the coolest job there was.” Turns out that job was being a helicopter pilot. And it turns out that job was hard. She also didn’t know that the Army had only been letting wom- en into aviation and flying helicopters about for about 13 years prior and was currently letting them in one at a time. “I didn’t know any of that but I knew that it felt right at the time,” McCormick said. “So I went to the base and went out to the helicopter line to do more ‘research’ and through a chain link fence saw the helicopters for the first time and said, ‘Yeah, this is it!’ In that moment I had the vision of myself on the flight line flying those helicopters.
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