Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
JOCKO WILLINKThe 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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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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In the business world, and in life, there are inherent complexities. It is critical to keep plans and communication simple.
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Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Get after it.
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There is no easy way.
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As a leader, it is up to you to explain the bigger picture to him—and to all your front line leaders. That is a critical component of leadership
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To not move around, observe, and analyze, in order to make the best decisions possible, was to fail as a leader and fail the team.
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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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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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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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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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