Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Description
In Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin share hard-hitting Navy Seal combat stories that translate into lessons for business and life.
Key words: Leadership
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My Notes
Part One - Winning the war within
Own everything - as the leader you are responsible and accountable for everything
No bad teams, only bad leaders
Belief in the vision
No ego
Part Two - Laws of leadership
Cover and move
Simplify everything - clear communications, roles and actions, least risk, ensure the team get it, brief to ensure the lowest common denominator understands, get them to ask questions so they understand. So clear and in line with the mission.
Prioritise and execute
Decentralise command - delegate. Give them a basic set of principles to operate from or standard operating procedures (SOPs), then use those to let them make their own decisions. They must know their authority, their left and right. Maximum of four to six people in teams.
Part Three - Sustain that leadership
Planning - checklist, understand higher mission, my mission, personnel and time available, delegate planning process, determine specific and simple course of action, plan for contingencies, mitigate risk, re-emphasise mission intent, ask questions.
Managing up and down - take responsibility for leading everyone in your world, if someone isn't doing what you need them to do, look in the mirror first. Don't ask your leader what to do, tell them what you’re going to do.
Decisiveness amid uncertainty - keep your cool under pressure
Discipline = freedom
