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00 $4.86 $4.86. For any team organization to win and achieve big results. Its not my fault they arent executing it!I listened patiently.The plant managers, the distribution and sales teams dont fully support the plan, he continued. There is no one else to blame. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to dothe only thing to do. I had to take complete ownership of what went wrong. I felt that I deserved it.My e-mail in-box was full. You are still learning and growing. With little progress to show, the VPs job was now at risk.I arrived on scene two weeks before the next board meeting. "Hot damn!" And this is a lesson for you: if you reengage on this task, if you do a stern self-assessment of how you lead and what you can do better, the outcome will be different. The VP dismissed his distribution managers concerns as unfounded. One of my men was wounded. Then I assembled the list of everything that everyone had done wrong.It was a thorough explanation of what had happened. But you certainly arent perfect. This book shows how they did it. Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 national bestselling author of Lone SurvivorThe smartest, most revolutionary management approach since Jack Welch's Six Sigma. Don Imus, radio host, Imus in the MorningFinally, a leadership book that actually demonstrates how to truly lead. Leif and Jocko are the real deal. This particular QRF consisted of four U.S. Army armored Humvees, each mounted with an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun, and a dozen or so U.S. Total responsibility for failure is a difficult thing to accept, and taking ownership when things go wrong requires extraordinary humility and courage. You have to own it.The VP was not yet convinced.If one of your manufacturing managers came to you and said, My team is failing, what would your response be? Leading up and down the chain of command 11. The CMC stood ominously in the back. It outlined the critical failures that had turned the mission into a nightmare and cost the life of one Iraqi soldier, wounded several more, and, but for a true miracle, could have cost several of our SEALs their lives. Inside the compound, the SEAL chief stared back at me, somewhat confused. Beyond the literal fog of war impeding our vision, the figurative fog of war, often attributed to Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz,1 had descended upon us, and it was thick with confusion, inaccurate information, broken communications, and mayhem. Extreme Ownership is the practice of owning everything in your world, to an extreme degree. "One SEAL fragged in the face not too bad. I had heard the story of X-Ray Platoon from SEAL Team One in Vietnam. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Having fought in Ramadi for an extended period of time, they understood something we SEALs did not: blue-on-blue was a risk that had to be mitigated as much as possible in an urban environment, but that risk could not be eliminated. Choose Expedited Shipping at checkout for delivery by, Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, Marc's Mission (Way of the Warrior Kid Series #2), The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win, Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual, Way of the Warrior Kid: From Wimpy to Warrior the Navy SEAL Way (Way of the Warrior Kid Series #1), Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual Mk1-MOD1, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't, Together Is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration, EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches, The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness. I wished I had died out on the battlefield. Everything. Decentralized command Part III: Sustaining victory 9. INVESTIGATING OFFICER, COMMAND MASTER CHIEF, AND I ARE EN ROUTE." While there were not supposed to be any friendlies in the vicinity, there were many enemy fighters known to be in the area. When the .50-caliber machine gun opened up on their position, our SEAL sniper element inside the building, thinking they were under heavy enemy attack, called in the heavy QRF Abrams tanks for support. He understood what we had experienced and just how easily it could happen.But, while a blue-on-blue incident in an environment like Ramadi might be likely, if not expected, we vowed to never let it happen again. I had heard the story of X-Ray Platoon from SEAL Team One in Vietnam. Through the particle-filled air, I could see a smoky-red mist, clearly from a red smoke grenade used by American forces in the area as a general signal for "Help!". The operation continued. In the meantime, they directed me to prepare a brief detailing what had happened. These weaker commanders would get a solid explanation about the burden of command and the deep meaning of responsibility: the leader is truly and ultimately responsible for everything.That is Extreme Ownership, the fundamental core of what constitutes an effective leader in the SEAL Teams or in any leadership endeavor.PRINCIPLEOn any team, in any organization, all responsibility for success and failure rests with the leader. U.S. elements tried to decipher what was happening with other U.S. and Iraqi units in adjacent sectors. There were real bad guys out there, and even as we spoke, sporadic gunfire could be heard all around as other elements engaged insurgents in the vicinity. With that in mind, our SEALs had engaged the man with the AK-47, thinking they were under attack. They surmised it would also inhibit their ability to handle rush-order deliveries. The SEAL chief, one of the best tactical leaders I'd ever known, quickly got the rest of his SEALs and other troopers down to the front door. Are you serious? the VP asked in disbelief. With Extreme Ownership, you must remove individual ego and personal agenda. If anyone was to be blamed and fired for what happened, let it be me.A few minutes later, I walked into the platoon space where everyone was gathered to debrief. Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and When SEAL leaders were placed in worst-case-scenario training situations, it was almost always the leaders attitudes that determined whether their SEAL units would ultimately succeed or fail. I asked, wanting to find the U.S. Army company commander. Everyone else is OK, by a miracle.Roger, he replied, stunned and disappointed at what had transpired. They just didnt execute.But he hadnt led them, at least not effectively. It provides a powerful SEAL framework for action to lead teams in high-stakes environments. "The building is clear," I told him. "Where's the captain?" But doing just that is an absolute necessity to learning, growing as a leader, and improving a teams performance.Extreme Ownership requires leaders to look at an organizations problems through the objective lens of reality, without emotional attachments to agendas or plans. THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Ownership comes a new and revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership balance crucial to victory. Friendly fire was completely unacceptable in the SEAL Teams. Sure, I led many operations that went well and accomplished the mission. If one of my machine gunners engaged targets outside his field of fire, then I had not ensured he understood where his field of fire was. Extreme Ownership It is all on the leader.As individuals, we often attribute the success of others to luck or circumstances and make excuses for our own failures and the failures of our team. Our hands were clasped in a handshake. It wasnt your fault. Extreme Ownership

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