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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807482003321

Autore

Murphy James D. <1954->

Titolo

Courage to execute : what elite U.S. military units can teach business about leadership and team performance / / James D. Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporation, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-84132-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/01

Soggetti

Management

Leadership

Success in business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Military Response to a Complex World: The New Value of Effective Execution; Chapter 2 Basic Training: Indoctrinating Your People with Values and Skills; Organizational Identity and Imperatives; The Training Imperative; The Trust Imperative; The Leadership Imperative; Chapter 3 Team Alignment: Connecting the Troops with the Leader's Intent; Situational Awareness; High-Definition Destination and Leader's Intent; The Building Blocks; Developing Leaders

Chapter 4 Mission Preparation: Moving from Strategy toward Accountable ActionsCritical Leverage Points; Business Leverage Points; Levels of Planning; The Flawless Execution Engine: Plan, Brief, Execute, Debrief; Elements of Successful Planning; Developing Leaders; Chapter 5 Battle Rhythm: On Track, On Target, and On Time; Briefing; Execution Rhythm; Checkpoints; Task Saturation; X-Gaps; Developing Leaders; Chapter 6 Continuous Improvement: The Debrief Imperative; The Stealth Debrief; Root-Cause Analysis; Core; Planning; Team; Execution

Chapter 7 Leadership on Purpose: Developing Teams and Leaders from Day OneLeadership; Organization; Communication; Knowledge; Experience; Discipline; Chapter 8 The Courage to Execute: A Smart Bias toward the Right Action; Appendix: Mission Checklists; Planning Overview; Planning Questions; Eighty Percent Planning; Six Steps to



Mission Planning; Decision Point: Go/No-Go Decision; Brief Checklist; Execution Checklist (Task Saturation Remedies); Stealth Debrief Checklist; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How to build a culture of high performance within your organization The U.S. military in general, and its many elite organizations in particular, possesses a culture of high performance. Courage to Execute outlines the six basic principles that operate at the foundation of high performance, which include leadership, organization, communication, knowledge, experience, and discipline, known together as LOCKED. When all are practiced effectively, teamwork emerges. But the most elusive quality that exists at the heart of all elite military teams, the element that organizations and