Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
“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.”
Why we like it:
Jocko starts each day at 4:30 AM - Ready to get after it!I have personally become a huge fan of Jacko and Leif. They bring a no BS, no excuse attitude to everything. Extreme Ownership exemplifies how individuals should approach their work and their lives. In order for this mindset to be adopted, however, Extreme Ownership has to start at the top and exist at all levels. I too often see, business politics, team in-fighting, and protecting jobs and territory as the biggest blocker to innovation.
Jocko and Leif will give you the right mindset to change yourself and your team. Through riveting stories of the SEALs they’ll also make you more aware of how petty our day-to-day problems and tensions are. Reminding you to keep the business battle field in better perspective.