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Adolphus, Ek & Combined Arms: A Deep Dive Into Spotify's Strategy — TobyMather.com
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As he had done at every engagement at which it had been my privilege to observe him, the king stripped and worked alongside his warriors, shirking nothing, but pausing to address individuals, calling by name those he knew, committing to memory the names and even nicknames of others heretofore unknown to him, often clapping these new mates upon the
... See moreSteven Pressfield • Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
THE PROBLEM What Do You Want Me to Do?
Stephen Bungay • The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results
FDR gave Admiral King a direct order to transfer sixty B-24 Liberator bombers from the Pacific theater to the Atlantic to combat German U-boats. Until that time, the Navy had resisted the transfer and the U-boats had gone largely unchallenged. After the transfer, the Battle of the Atlantic was quickly won.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
So Gorham and Evans decided to use specially selected liaisons from across the company’s functional teams to populate the content of MICs and be physically emplaced within different product groups in the company. The first “tranche” of liaisons was handpicked by March and VK, with the input of the various product group leaders, such as Ege and Van
... See moreChris Fussell, C. W. Goodyear, General Stanley McChrystal (Foreword) • One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams
That character will be exemplified by moral and spiritual courage, trust and trustworthiness, respect and respectability, excellence through self-leadership and adaptability, persistent growth, resiliency, and alignment around a shared purpose, vision, and mission. These are the seven commitments that will lead to total team engagement.
Mark Divine • Staring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams
The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
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Of all of Germany’s senior commanders, including Rommel and von Rundstedt, few were more eager to attack than Kesselring, and none had his ability to combine air and ground operations.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
‘Yes. Yes, it was. It appears to me that these coups can be brought off only by enormous pains, forethought, preparation, or by taking them on the volley; and for that a very particular quality is required, a virtue I hardly know how to name. Baraka, say the Moors. He possesses it in a high degree; and what would be criminal temerity in another man
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