Two retired Navy SEALs, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, recently published their book Extreme Ownership – How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win1, which presents the application of their leadership skills in the battle of Ramadi, Iraq, and then turning these skills into leading in business and organizational situations.
The authors simply state, “The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails. Leaders are either effective or ineffective. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.”2