The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jacko Willink and Leif Babin

The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win – Available from Amazon.com

Connert Media has placed this book on their Must Read list. The military’s seal team training to the business world is the road map for the ultimate goal of leadership.

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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: [efn_note]Amazon.com – The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win[/efn_note]

  • Take Extreme Ownership of everything that impacts their mission, yet utilize Decentralize Command by giving ownership to their team.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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