![]() ![]() This chapter focuses on how leaders can practice Extreme Ownership by taking accountability for everything that happens under their direction. After their military careers, they helped companies apply the same tenets in a corporate context through their business consulting firm, Echelon Front. Willink and Babin honed the leadership principles of Extreme Ownership while serving in Ramadi, Iraq, the deadly and hostile center of enemy insurgency, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. As Willink and Babin warn, the concept is simple but not easy. Extreme ownership requires a leader to own her team’s mistakes and failures - without blame or excuses - and objectively assess what works and what doesn’t in order to constantly improve. ![]() Navy SEALs Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, authors of Extreme Ownership, argue that the best leaders take responsibility for every aspect of their team and every task they’re working to accomplish.Įxtreme Ownership is total accountability over everything that happens under a leader’s direction. What is the key to being a great leader? Is it about having the right personality type, training, or team? Former U.S. Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. Shortform has the world's best summaries of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform summary of "Extreme Ownership" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. ![]()
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