Leadership is always the problem and always the solution.
In fact and in the words of Jocko Willink… There are no bad teams. Rather, just bad leaders. That’s incredibly humbling, but also incredibly empowering. As the greater you lead yourself, the greater you can lead others. It starts with you. And once you accept this very difficult reality that your current leadership is the […]
Communication is an ally of Leadership
Communication is an ally of Leadership. The better communication skills you develop, the better leader you become. Why? At its root, Leadership is about creating clarity. Clarity for yourself, clarity for your team, clarity for your clients, clarity for your following. So the more effective communicator you are, the more clarity everyone has and consequently […]
No. 6 Default Aggressive – Effective leaders default aggressive
Simply put, effective leaders play to win. Thus, in order to win you must have a default aggressive. To provide some other perspective and in sales, there’s a famous quote saying “Timid Salesmen have skinny kids”. This is also true of leadership. This in mind, there’s many times as a leader it’s in the best […]
No. 5 Detach – Effective leaders can remove emotion by detaching
Just when you thought we were complete with Jocko’s 4 laws of combat and leadership, I am here to exceed expectations and provide the final 2 and a summary from the notepad.com Now on to lesson Number 5! In Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual, Jocko Willink compares two of his Platoon Commanders early in […]
No. 4 Decentralized Command
As a continuation from the last 4 weeks, I read the expert from MSP magazine and wanted to share its break down. Number is 4 Decentralized Command and this is the sole purpose of me sending this weekly message to better your leadership. Why? Because Decentralized Command means everybody is a leader. That’s what you […]
The 3rd Law of Combat (and leadership) is Prioritize And Execute
As a continuation from the last 3 weeks, I read the expert from MSP magazine and wanted to share its break down. No. 3 Prioritize And Execute When Jocko ran these SEAL Leadership trainings, he went to great lengths to make them as realistic as possible. “We had high-speed paintball guns like real guns. Set […]
The 2nd Law of Combat (and leadership) is Keep Things Simple
As a continuation from the last 2 weeks, I read the expert from MSP magazine and wanted to share its breakdown. We all overcomplicate things, especially when it comes to planning. Jocko would give his young SEAL officers an exercise where they had to craft a plan to assault a specific target. “They’d disappear for […]
The First Law of Combat (and leadership) is cover & move.
As a continuation from last week’s overview, I read the expert from MSP magazine and wanted to share its breakdown. The First Law of Combat (and leadership) is cover & move. It’s a straightforward concept. “Let’s say there are some bad guys in a building we want to take out. I’m going to start shooting. […]
Jocko Willinks 4 laws of combat
These are Jocko Willink’s 4 laws of combat listed in bold, which can be applied to your leadership. Next to the law, I listed a very simple description. In the next few weeks, we will be diving in on each law and how you can apply to enhance your leadership. Cover & Move – teamwork […]
Six ways to Make People Like You
Leadership is influence, nothing more or less. If you peel the onion of influence.. 1 “weapon of influence” is likability. And since leaders lead people, being likable is a very important quality. As such, I just re–read Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” which is absolute gold. So in todays lesson, I […]