The authors draw on their SEAL-team experiences to offer advice on the art of balancing the essential qualities of being a responsible leader with being a good follower. - (Baker & Taylor)
The #1 <I>New York Times<I> best-selling authors of <I>Extreme Ownership<I> draw on their SEAL-team experiences to counsel today's leaders on the art of balancing the essential qualities of being a responsible leader with being a good follower. - (Baker & Taylor)
<p><b>THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER<br><br>From the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling authors of <i>Extreme Ownership</i> comes a new and revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership balance crucial to victory. </b><br><br>With their first book, <i>Extreme Ownership</i> (published in October 2015), Jocko Willink and Leif Babin set a new standard for leadership, challenging readers to become better leaders, better followers, and better people, in both their professional and personal lives. Now, in THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP<b>, </b>Jocko and Leif dive even deeper into the unchartered and complex waters of a concept first introduced in <i>Extreme Ownership</i>: finding balance between the opposing forces that pull every leader in different directions. Here, Willink and Babin get granular into the nuances that every successful leader must navigate. <br><br>Mastering the Dichotomy of Leadership requires understanding when to lead and when to follow; when to aggressively maneuver and when to pause and let things develop; when to detach and let the team run and when to dive into the details and micromanage. In addition, every leader must:<br>· Take Extreme Ownership of everything that impacts their mission, yet utilize Decentralize Command by giving ownership to their team. <br>· Care deeply about their people and their individual success and livelihoods, yet look out for the good of the overall team and above all accomplish the strategic mission. <br>· Exhibit the most important quality in a leader—humility, but also be willing to speak up and push back against questionable decisions that could hurt the team and the mission.<br><br>With examples from the authors’ combat and training experiences in the SEAL teams, and then a demonstration of how each lesson applies to the business world, Willink and Babin clearly explain THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP<b>—</b>skills that are mission-critical for any leader and any team to achieve their ultimate goal: VICTORY.</p> - (McMillan Palgrave)