The retired four-star general and and bestselling author of My Share of the Task shares a powerful new leadership model Former General Stanley McChrystal held a key position for much of the War on Terror, as head of the Joint Special Operations Command. In Iraq, he found that despite the vastly superior resources, manpower, and training of the U.S. military, Al Qaeda had an advantage because of its structure as a loose network of small, independent cells. Those cells wreaked havoc by always staying one step ahead, sharing knowledge with each other via high-tech communications. To defeat such an agile enemy, JSOC had to change its focus from efficiency to adaptability. McChrystal led the transformation of his forces into a network that combined robust centralized communication (“shared consciousness”) with decentralized managerial authority (“empowered execution”). Now he shows not only how the military made that transition, but also how similar shifts are possible in all kinds of organizations, from large companies to startups to charities to government agencies. In a world of rapid change, the best organizations think and act like a team of teams, embracing small groups that combine the freedom to experiment with a relentless drive to share what they’ve learned. McChrystal and his colleagues explain their process for helping organizations embrace this model. They also share fascinating research and examples from settings as diverse as emergency rooms and NASA’s mission control center.Read by Paul Michael. Introduction and recaps read by General Stanley McChrystal.

Team of Teams

Stanley McChrystal

Leaders Myth And Reality

Jeff Eggers

Portfolio/Penguin

<p>We may not be able to see the future, but Control can teach us how to improve our resistance and build a strong defense against what we know -- and what we don't.\nRetired four-star general Stan McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat; he has seen how individuals and organizations, too often and to great cost, fail to mitigate risk. Why? Because they focus on the probability of something happening instead of the interface by which it can be managed.\nIn Control, McChrystal offers a new system of responding to risk, through ten dimensions of control we can adjust at any given time: narrative, bias, diversity, action, timing, adaptability, communication, technology, structure, and leadership. By monitoring these controls, we can anticipate, identify, analyze, and act when things do not go as planned. Drawing on compelling examples ranging from military history to the business world, and offering practical exercises to improve preparedness, McChrystal illustrates how these ten factors are almost always in effect, and how by considering them, individuals and organizations can exert mastery over every conceivable sort of risk that they might face.</p>

Risk: A User's Guide

Reference

Penguin Business

Risk: A User’s Guide

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Penguin (General UK)

Leaders: Myth and Reality

Jay Mangone

Portfolio

Team of Teams New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World By General Stanley McChrystal & Never Split the Difference By Chris Voss, Tahl Raz 2 Books Collection Set

Chris Fussell

Chris Voss

Penguin/Random House Business

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