His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.
JOCKO WILLINKThe test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Even the most competent of leaders can be overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously.
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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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In the SEAL Teams, the bond of our brotherhood is our strongest weapon. If you take that away from us, we lose our most important quality as a team.
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The most impressive thing about this improvement in performance was that it did not come from a major process change or an advance in technology. Instead, it came through a leadership principle that has been around for ages: Simple.
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The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.
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More than a decade of continuous war and tough combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan gave birth to a new generation of leaders in the ranks of America’s fighting forces.
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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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