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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
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9 minute read
Published Nov 21, 2017
What you'll learn
Two members of the most decorated Navy SEAL team in history share stories about some of the most intense, sustained urban fighting and, more importantly, the lessons for leadership those experiences taught. Willink and Babin argue that these principles about responsibility and about achieving and sustaining victory are equally applicable to life in the civilian sector.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 There are many ways of assessing a leader, but only one measure is necessary: whether the leader is effective or ineffective.
- 2 The problem is not a bad team, but bad leadership.
- 3 “Cover and Move” is the most fundamental tactic in warfare and business.
- 4 In the face of life’s ever-changing battlefields, you have to determine the top priority and create tasks accordingly.
- 5 You don’t have to be at the top of a pecking order to act as a leader.
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