Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink

Two Navy SEAL officers who led Task Unit Bruiser in Ramadi take the leadership principles that kept people alive there and apply them to companies. Extreme Ownership is built on a single uncomfortable idea: when a team fails, the leader owns it — all of it, with no share left over for circumstances or subordinates.

What the book covers

• Extreme ownership as the root principle, and why blame destroys teams
• There are no bad teams, only bad leaders
• Believing in the mission, and being able to explain why it matters
• Cover and move, simplicity, prioritise and execute, decentralised command
• Planning, briefing, and leading up and down the chain of command
• Decisiveness amid uncertainty, and the discipline that produces freedom

How the book is structured

Each chapter opens with a combat account, extracts the principle, then shows it applied to a specific business problem the authors consulted on. The pattern is repetitive by design and makes the ideas stick.

Edition details

• Authors: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 978-1760558208
• Language: English

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