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- (Willink, 2020) ⇒ Jocko Willink. (2020). “Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual.” ISBN:1250183863
Subject Headings: Organizational Leader, Organizational Ownership.
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... Discipline equals freedom. …
... It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. …
... The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win—you pass the test. If you are mentally weak for that moment and you let that weakness keep you in bed, you fail. Though it seems small, that weakness translates to more significant decisions. But if you exercise discipline, that too translates to more substantial elements of your life. …
... Implementing Extreme Ownership requires checking your ego and operating with a high degree of humility. Admitting mistakes, taking ownership, and developing a plan to overcome challenges are integral to any successful team. …
... the most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders. …
... Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame. …
... When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable—if there are no consequences — that poor performance becomes the new standard. …
... Leaders should never be satisfied. They must always strive to improve, and they must build that mind-set into the team. They must face the facts through a realistic, brutally honest assessment of themselves and their team’s performance. Identifying weaknesses, good leaders seek to strengthen them and come up with a plan to overcome challenges. The best teams anywhere, like the SEAL Teams, are constantly looking to improve, add capability, and push the standards higher. It starts with the individual and spreads to each of the team members until this becomes the culture, the new standard. The recognition that there are no bad teams, only bad leaders facilitates Extreme Ownership and enables leaders to build high-performance teams that dominate on any battlefield, literal or figurative. …
... Relax. Look around. Make a call. …
... Prioritize your problems and take care of them one at a time, the highest priority first. Don’t try to do everything at once or you won’t be successful.” I explained how a leader who tries to take on too many problems simultaneously will likely fail at them all. …
... Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom. …
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| Author | volume | Date Value | title | type | journal | titleUrl | doi | note | year | |
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| 2020 LeadershipStrategyandTacticsFie | Jocko Willink | Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual | 2020 |