Interesting points

• Take Extreme Ownership of everything.
  • You are the only one to blame
• No Bad Teams, Only Bad Leaders
  • Good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to succeed.
  • If leaders tolerate substandard performance and don’t hold team members accountable, poor performance becomes the new standard. So, it’s up to the leader to enforce standards and unite the team together, with everyone focused exclusively on how to best accomplish the mission.
• Believe
  • Ask the Whys you're doing something. Understand the reason behind it. If you don't, yourself and subordinates are going to be confused.
• Check the Ego
  • Do not let your ego cloud your judgment. Always think about the main objective, and how you can add to it. To not think in a selfish way.
  • Be humble
  • Be prepared to give the control to the situation to someone more suited for the job
• Cover an Move
  • The focus should always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
  • The focus of the team must be to accomplish the mission. Each member of your team must work together to better achieve the goal.
• Simple
  • It is vital that you simplify concepts. Simplifying as much as possible will help increase your chances of success
  • The more complex a plan, the more errors can appear
  • Plans need to be: simple, clear and concise
    • Your instructions must be understandable by even your weakest member.
• Prioritize and Execute
  • When overwhelmed, fall back on this principle: determine the highest priority task and execute it.
  • Relax, look around, make a call.
• Decentralized Command
  • Human beings are generally not capable of managing more than six to ten people.
  • Teams have to be broken down into four to five operators.
    • Each of these operators must have a clearly designated leader.
    • Those leaders must understand the overall mission and the ultimate goal of that mission.
    • Every tactical-level team leader needs to understand not only What to do but Why they are doing it.
• Plan
  • A leader must identify clear directives for their team because a broad and ambiguous mission results in a lack of focus and ineffective execution.
  • While senior leaders supervise the entire planning process, they have to be careful to not get bogged down by the details.
  • An effective plan must have:
    • Clear objective, Simple plan, Delegated planning process, Post-operational debriefing
• Leading Up and Down the Chain of Command
  • Leading Up
    • Leading up the chain of command requires tactful engagement with the immediate boss.
    • Use this engagement to obtain the decisions and support necessary to enable your team to accomplish its mission.
    • To do this, a leader must push situational awareness up the chain of command.
    • This means building a shared understanding of the current environment and how to best move forward.
  • Leading Down
    • When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable—if there are no consequences—that poor performance becomes the new standard.
• Decisiveness Amid Uncertainty
  • Leaders cannot be paralyzed by fear. Fear results in inaction. It is critical for leaders to act decisively amid uncertainty. Leaders must make the best decision they can based on the immediate information available. There is no perfect solution to dilemmas. So, leaders must be comfortable with this and able to make decisions promptly.
  • Avoid being indecisive. Instead, Implement, Prioritize and Execute.