Extreme Ownership: How U. S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (New Edition) (Hardcover)

from SCRH

This book is one of the finest I've read on the subject of leadership. As stated by the authors, "Leadership is simple, but not easy." (13, 286) I believe the authors succeed in identifying and explaining the key components and issues relating to leadership, and applying them to a setting that ma...

from hskey

I don't normally read books like this, but work gave us each a copy for our book club and I was pleasantly surprised. I appreciated the easy reading style, the identical formatting of each chapter, the harrowing war tales and the clear passion that Willink and Babin have for their comrades, their...

from Ophiphos

When this book was selected for the reading club at my new job, I almost rolled my eyes. Some hoo-rah Navy SEAL marketing wasn't going to fool me. I was raised by a combat veteran (Green Beret) and my disdain for media capitalizing on the machismo of elite military units is pretty well ingrained....

from msaucier818

This book was written by two Navy Seals who now own a company that is hired by businesses to give workshops and advice on leadership. The basic premise of their methods is that leaders take extreme ownership of all parts of a team (or business). The book is a series of principles explained by giv...

from paven

As I believe in team autonomy I thought this book would make a case for the opposite. But ownership is a requirement for autonomy. Read team if teams, then this.