leadership and influence
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leadership and influence
He also hosted the senior executives in a field visit to their frontline troops. It built camaraderie between the corporate leadership team and the field manager’s operations team on the ground. The face-to-face interaction helped the senior executives understand some of the field manager’s challenges. And the field manager’s time with the senior e
... See moreJocko Willink , Leif Babin • Extreme Ownership
Beware of this dystopian potential future at KMI
No man is a leader until his appointment is ratified in the hearts and minds of his men.
As Dan Sullivan says, don't ask "How" to accomplish something, ask "Who" can help you get there. Who Not How.
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People generally believe - and want to believe - whatever supports their worldview.
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According to Charlie Munger, one of the world’s best investors (and from whom I have borrowed this story), there are two types of knowledge. First, we have real knowledge. We see it in people who have committed a large amount of time and effort to understanding a topic. The second type is chauffeur knowledge—knowledge from people who have learned t
... See moreRolf Dobelli • The Art of Thinking Clearly
Perhaps the simplest and best definition of wisdom I’ve heard is “knowing what information is important.” This kind of knowing is not solely done in the intellect. Data is constantly being fed into your unconscious, then cross referenced against your experience.
thekcpgroup.com • The Attention Span. “Racehorses and Psychopaths.”
Had I not witnessed this amazing transformation, I might have doubted it. But it was a glaring, undeniable example of one of the most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders. How is it possible that switching a single individual—only the leader—had completely turned around the per
... See moreJocko Willink , Leif Babin • Extreme Ownership
The leader's attitude sets the tone for the rest of the team - and drives performance.