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First, Fast, Fearless: How to Lead Like a Navy SEAL
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SEAL-style leadership--your best weapon in today's complex business terrain
Beyond extreme physical and combat achievements, SEALs are known for mental toughness, bias for action, decisiveness, creative thinking, adaptability, and perseverance--all under extreme stress. They get things done through, by, and with others. SEALs have a unique way of approaching every challenge and opportunity that enables them to do what others can't--or simply won't.
Competing in the global economy isn't unlike guerrilla warfare. Your competitors come at you from unexpected places with surprising force, and the marketplace is constantly shifting. As a leader, what do you do to empower your business and your people not only to survive but to thrive--and win?
First, Fast, Fearless is a practical guide for the business leader who wants to learn from the best of the best how to build and lead effective teams in conditions of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and constant change. As one of the most experienced trainers in Navy SEAL history, "Iron Ed" Hiner reveals how to:
Develop your personal leadership brand--and make it your credo
Create mission-aligned teams that operate as true comrades
Establish and communicate crystal-clear goals
Enhance team innovation and problem solving under pressure
Combat the enemies of copious bureaucracy and inadequate resources
Rise to the call of leadership when it counts most
You may not be facing jihadists in the mountains of Afghanistan and the streets of Iraq like Hiner did. But just as his SEALs depended on him to lead them on successful missions and safe passage home, your people are counting on you to empower them, defeat the competition, and forge paths to greater success.
Be a First, Fast, Fearless leader!
SEAL-style leadership--your best weapon in today's complex business terrain
Beyond extreme physical and combat achievements, SEALs are known for mental toughness, bias for action, decisiveness, creative thinking, adaptability, and perseverance--all under extreme stress. They get things done through, by, and with others. SEALs have a unique way of approaching every challenge and opportunity that enables them to do what others can't--or simply won't.
Competing in the global economy isn't unlike guerrilla warfare. Your competitors come at you from unexpected places with surprising force, and the marketplace is constantly shifting. As a leader, what do you do to empower your business and your people not only to survive but to thrive--and win?
First, Fast, Fearless is a practical guide for the business leader who wants to learn from the best of the best how to build and lead effective teams in conditions of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and constant change. As one of the most experienced trainers in Navy SEAL history, "Iron Ed" Hiner reveals how to:
Develop your personal leadership brand--and make it your credo
Create mission-aligned teams that operate as true comrades
Establish and communicate crystal-clear goals
Enhance team innovation and problem solving under pressure
Combat the enemies of copious bureaucracy and inadequate resources
Rise to the call of leadership when it counts most
You may not be facing jihadists in the mountains of Afghanistan and the streets of Iraq like Hiner did. But just as his SEALs depended on him to lead them on successful missions and safe passage home, your people are counting on you to empower them, defeat the competition, and forge paths to greater success.
Be a First, Fast, Fearless leader!
305 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 11, 2015
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September 2, 2019
This book is written by a former American Navy SEAL Brian 'Iron Ed' Hiner and discusses in detail the way Navy SEALs function in hostile conditions all over the world. Hiner talks in great length about the rules of leadership which SEALs swear by and has expertly demonstrated how leadership lessons from the battlefield can be applied to almost any situation in business and boardroom. Hiner also punctuates his book, which is divided into three sections, with stories from his SEAL days. First, Fast, Fearless is a highly recommended book whether you are a CEO of a big company or just starting out in business/management. 4 stars out of 5.
March 29, 2019
Different the Extreme Ownership and The Dichotomy but better in some ways. The leadership principles weren’t elaborated on through long stories but simple short bursts.
Easy read and one to keep handy for immediate reference.
Easy read and one to keep handy for immediate reference.
February 6, 2022
Great book for Leaders
The author makes it easy to understand the concepts of leadership even for those with no military training or experience. A great read for anyone who is a part of any type of team.
The author makes it easy to understand the concepts of leadership even for those with no military training or experience. A great read for anyone who is a part of any type of team.
March 3, 2019
One of the, if not the single, greatest books I’ve read on leadership.
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