The Leadership Lessons of the Navy Seals: Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results

By (author): "Jon Cannon, Jeff Cannon"
Publish Date: 2002
The Leadership Lessons of the Navy Seals: Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results
ISBN0071408649
ISBN139780071408646
AsinThe Leadership Lessons of the Navy Seals: Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results
Original titleLeadership Lessons of the Navy SEALS: Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results
The authors of this book have reverse-engineered the leadership techniques and strategies used to lead SEAL teams in combat and applied them to the business world. The lessons they present - lessons that focus on the ability to create, manage, and lead effective teams - are as appropriate in the boardrooms of New York as they are on the battlefield. The book will teach leaders how to: . - Effectively communicate objectives in a way that builds loyalty, and educates and motivates your workforce. - Construct and re-enforce organizational structures that optimize communication and decision-making processes. - Acquire and keep essential team members without resorting to pay increases. - Train and maintain an effective, market-leading team. - Leverage team members to expand and contract a workforce rapidly without business risk. - Turn an employee into a profit entrustingg real-life stories from the front lines to illustrate their points as well as examples from the business world, the Cannons' book will provide valuable guidance to managers and leaders