Sunday, April 29, 2018

Extreme ownership by J. Willink and L. Babin. Quotes VI

-Leaders must carefully prioritize the information to be presented in as simple, clear, and concise a format as possible so that participants do not experience information overload.
-If front-line troops are unclear about the plan and yet are too intimidated to ask questions, the team's ability to effectively execute the plan radically decreases. Thus, leaders must ask questions of their troops, encourage interaction, and ensure their teams understand the plan.
-The test for a successful brief is simple: do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
-Leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
-Those who will not risk cannot win. John Paul Jones.
-As our company grows we need a standardized process from planning, a repeatable checklist others with less experience can follow.
-Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
-As a leader, if you are down in the weeds planning the details with your guys you will have the same perspective as them, which adds little value. But if you let them plan the details, it allows them to own their piece of the plan. And it allows you to stand back and see everything with a different perspective, which adds tremendous value.

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