Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.
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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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We wrote this so that the leadership lessons can continue to impact teams beyond the battlefield in all leadership situations—any company, team, or organization in which a group of people strives to achieve a goal and accomplish a mission.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.
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Decisively engaged?
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All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that singular purpose.
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If the plan is simple enough, everyone understands it, which means each person can rapidly adjust and modify what he or she is doing. If the plan is too complex, the team can’t make rapid adjustments to it, because there is no baseline understanding of it.
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Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.
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Don’t fight stress. Embrace it. Turn it on itself. Use it to make yourself sharper and more alert. Use it to make you think and learn and get better and smarter and more effective. Use the stress to make you a better you.
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In the business world, and in life, there are inherent complexities. It is critical to keep plans and communication simple.
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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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