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.
JOCKO WILLINKThe best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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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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Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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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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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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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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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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Don’t try to plan for every contingency. Doing so will only overburden you and weigh you down so that you cannot quickly maneuver.
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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.
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Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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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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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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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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