Courage to Execute: What Elite U.S. Military Units Can Teach Business About Leadership and Team Performance
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (631 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 111879009X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Trust is easily spent, but hard won. How to build a culture of high performance within your organizationThe U.S. Murphy, founder and CEO of Afterburner, Inc., which has trained over 1.5 million executives, sales professionals, and business people from every industry in Afterburner’s Flawless Execution Model, and its unique, high-energy programsCourage to Execute will help you develop effective leadership skills and build high-performance teams that out-compete your rivals every time.. Author James Murphy, an employer of approximately fif
From the Inside FlapHow can elite U.S. Author James D. Murphy, who leads a training and consulting firm of former military aviators and Special Operations officers, shares a multitude of personal leadership stories, along with examples from the battlefield and business. Together, they demonstrate how organizations, teams, and individuals can use a simple process based on military principles and tactics to develop the ability and confidence to achieve their goals.You'll learn:The value of effective executionHow to develop common values and skills in your peopleHow to align your troops with their leader's intent and the organization's goalsHow to move from organizational strategy toward accountable team and individual actionsHow to maintain your team's battle rhythm and your ability to execute, even in rapidly changing environmentsThe importance of regular debriefing and continuous improveme
Highly readable, fascinating examples, very applicable. I was struck by a recurring theme in Jim Murphy's latest book and I thought it to be true: no matter our education, the degree of our physical prowess or the type of homes we came from, given the right discipline and the right plan, it’s within all of us to achieve excellence in our own lives. Now, that’s easy to say, but Murphy lays it our chapter and verse and once again delivers the goods in a fast-paced, well documented case study approach to the military elite and how what they do translates into our own . "Good read with lots of stories from the Military" according to AJ. I found this book interesting. Examples from the military which can be used in businessI gained a lot of insight into military strategies and tactics which can be adapted to the business world. "A great book that helps defeat the complex with simple processes" according to A. Davis. Learn how to defeat complexity in business execution by learning simple processes, including plan, brief, execute, debrief. This is a great book to help organizations act in a very competitive environment.
A former Air Force F-15 pilot, he and his team of fighter pilots and Special Operations officers have used lessons distilled from the military's elite units to help thousands of major clients focus their strategy and adapt to change, improve team performance and business process, and develop leaders at all levels of their organization.. JAMES D. MURPHY is Founder & CEO of Afterburner,