Whether you're engaging in supersonic jet combat at 48,000 feet or entering a tough sales battle with a cutthroat competitor, the goal is the same:absolute victory. In Business is Combat, former F-15 pilot James D. Murphy, an expert in both business and combat strategy, offers a full-scale training course in military techniques that have made the United States Air Force the most advanced air-combat force in the world. From nurturing teamwork to maintaining focus to planning and executing e...

Losing both his parents at a young age, he is left to be raised by his grandfather on the shores of the Georgia coast. As his only mentor, he teaches him the family's master trade in carpentry and knowledge of the ways of maritime living. His grandfather's solid military upbringing directs him to become a scholar in college. After graduating in the top percent of his class, he gets accepted into one of Chicago's top architectural firms and quickly becomes one of the leading commercial arch...

Military veterans prepare for the next mission in their careersWritten by veterans who have successfully made the transition, Down Range offers career planning guidance to U.S. military veterans coming off active duty. This is NOT simply a guide to transitioning from the military to the civilian world. This is NOT a guide to getting a job. This book IS a guide to developing a post-military career, not just for the first few days, weeks, or months after act...

How to build a culture of high performance within your organizationThe 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 emer...

The central theme and cornerstone position of this book is that the U.S. military in general, and its many elite organizations in particular, possesses a culture of high performance. The six basic principles that operate at the foundation of high performance are leadership, organization, communication, knowledge, experience, and discipline or L.O.C.K.E.D. When all are practiced effectively, team work emerges. But, there is something else, the most elusive quality that exists at the heart o...

A handsome, commemorative edition of Peter F. Drucker’s timeless classic work on leadership and management, with a foreword by Jim Collins.What makes an effective executive?For decades, Peter F. Drucker was widely regarded as "the dean of this country’s business and management philosophers" (Wall Street Journal). In this concise and brilliant guide to managing oneself, he looks to the most influential position in management—the executive.Th...

An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi,...

A Navy SEAL veteran reveals the leadership lessons he learned in the field—and how you can apply them in yours.Team Secrets of the Navy SEALs is written especially for business professionals in today's cutthroat business environment. From his learned wisdom as a veteran SEAL, author Robert Needham guides the reader through the keys to leadership success and the role of a leader in building a well-organized, competent, resourceful group of professionals who ...

Ideal for fans of Dave Grossman, Paul Howe, George Thompson, and other authors of police booksA brilliant military intelligence book that shares leadership and training for the fightIncludes riveting stories of military operationsIn Leadership and Training for the Fight, MSG Paul R. Howe, U.S. Army Retired, shares his thoughts on leadership that he has developed through extensive combat experience. Howe analyzes leadership concepts. He also...

Building a successful business doesn’t have to be mysterious, intimidating, or hit and miss. There is a certain order to events in combat, and in business building. Sometimes these events don’t look right when you’re down on the battlefield. By examining the parts that make up each operating state you can locate where you are in the building process and take the appropriate actions consistent within that state. The operating states become your preset business structure showing you where yo...

Golden Nuggets is a compendium of time tested, proven principles and best practices for leadership and management. While all of them have a theoretical basis, they are derived from the authors experience gained over a 45 year professional career with military and industry. They truly are reflections in leadership and management from a real practitioners perspective. Specific examples of how the principles and best practices were applied are presented, but generic lessons learned are derive...

Scott Klososkys manifesto will prepare any organization to withstand the high-velocity onslaught of a world now heavily influenced by technology usage. In this hands-on guide to helping leaders effectively steer their organizations through wrenching infrastructure and social changes author Scott Klososky details the actions that leaders must take to keep their digital plumbingthe all-important technological infrastructure of their organizationsup-to-date. Readers will learn that the surviv...