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What’s the secret to being a great leader? Whether you’re in a warzone or on the front lines of a corporate battle, Extreme Ownership argues that the best leaders take full responsibility for everything in their world: not only their actions, decisions, and failures, but also those of everyone on their team. By practicing Extreme Ownership, great leaders achieve victory by prioritizing the team above all else and focusing on constant improvement—and in this guide, we’ll show how you can, too.

Authors Jocko Willink and Leif Babin are former US Navy SEAL officers who served in one of the most dangerous areas of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. They honed the principles of Extreme Ownership on the battlefield, then applied the same tenets to the corporate world as business consultants. In this guide, we’ll add broader context from other leadership books such as Built to Last and Team of Teams to better illustrate how to apply Willink and Babin’s leadership principles to your life.

Leadership expert John C. Maxwell argues that today’s leaders must abandon traditional management practices and make leadershifts—changes in how they think, communicate, and act as leaders. In Leadershift, Maxwell shares lessons from a lifetime of leading organizations and coaching developing leaders, sharing common leadership mistakes, and providing guidance for becoming a transformative leader who can inspire great things from others. By making Maxwell’s leadershifts, you can maximize your leadership abilities and amplify the success of your team or organization.

In this guide, we’ll explore the leadership changes Maxwell suggests to run an effective organization. We’ll discuss how to improve your leadership mindset, manage a team effectively, earn the respect of others, and inspire new generations of leaders. We’ll supplement Maxwell’s advice with insights from other leadership experts and share additional practical tips for making Maxwell’s leadershifts in your work.

If you want to accomplish anything on a large scale, you have to learn to lead a team. What makes leadership difficult, however, is the fact that every quality of a good leader becomes a hindrance when taken to the extreme: At a certain point, courage, discipline, and empathy all become deficiencies like recklessness, rigidness, and emotional paralysis. Thus, leadership requires a delicate balance of various dichotomies: You must be compassionate yet pragmatic, humble yet confident, bold yet cautious. The Dichotomy of Leadership teaches you to master such dichotomies.

As former Navy SEAL commanders and corporate leadership consultants, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin have extensive hands-on leadership experience. In this guide, we’ll explain where Willink and Babin’s expertise overlaps with the ideas of other popular writers on leadership, such as Reed Hastings (No Rules Rules) and Ray Dalio (Principles). We’ll also offer actionable ways to put the authors’ ideas into action, whether you’re leading a team of professionals or just looking to discipline yourself.

Unlock your employees' full potential with insights from behavior management expert Aubrey C. Daniels. In Bringing Out the Best in People, Daniels challenges traditional management methods, which often fail to consistently improve performance, and instead proposes an approach grounded in science. Using behavior analysis, Daniels examines how employees’ actions are influenced by their environment—and how managers can create a work environment that encourages employees to give their all, leading to better business outcomes and more engaged employees.

In this guide, we explore common ineffective management strategies and outline Daniels’s five-step approach for cultivating a healthier, more productive work environment. In our commentary, we’ll explore tips from other experts in management, psychology, and behavioral change.

How do business leaders create engaged, motivated, and coordinated teams? In The Way of the Shepherd, Kevin Leman and William Pentak use a fictional story to show how, by adopting a shepherd’s mindset, managers can foster loyalty, trust, and high performance among their "flock" of employees.

Leman is a psychologist, educator, and radio and television personality. Pentak is a business consultant, columnist, former pastor, and speaker. These authors use a narrative format to make leadership concepts accessible and memorable for readers seeking to improve their management skills in various organizational settings. In this guide, readers will discover how to build trust, organize teams effectively, and lead with purpose, all while learning to embody the compassionate yet firm nature of a shepherd-leader. Through our commentary, we'll explore some of the research behind Leman and Pentak's strategies, while comparing their advice to other business leaders' ideas.

Become a great boss through the straightforward, deeply human lessons of Radical Candor. These techniques maintain high employee satisfaction and drive stellar results that you’d never be able to accomplish otherwise. With the two guiding principles of radical candor—caring personally and challenging directly—you’ll build stronger relationships within your team and create a culture of sincere and helpful guidance, inspiring your team members to bring their best and most motivated selves to their work and their collaborations, every day.