For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
JOCKO WILLINKI had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do—the only thing to do. I
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Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
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Get after it.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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A good leader does not get bogged down in the minutia of a tactical problem at the expense of strategic success.
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Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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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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leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Once people stop making excuses, stop blaming others, and take ownership of everything in their lives, they are compelled to take action to solve their problems.
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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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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.
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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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So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.
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The greatest of these was the recognition that leadership is the most important factor on the battlefield, the single greatest reason behind the success of any team.
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Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.
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I can remember many times when my boat crew struggled. It was easy to make excuses for our team’s performance and why it wasn’t what it should have been. But I learned that good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done and win.
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Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.
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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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There is no easy way.
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