Mark Divine, an ex-Navy Seal Commander, shares his approach to
leadership and building elite teams. I enjoyed his descriptions of
his failures in team-building as well as his successes. It underlines
the point that team-building requires learning both about yourself
and the skills to inspire others.
In the introduction
and first chapter, Divine discusses the personality characteristic
required to be an effective leader and includes an exercise at the
end of chapter one for you to assess yourself. I thought this was
exactly the right place to start. Staring down the wolf is a phrase
that says that you have to first conquer your fears before you can
inspire others. It’s an apt title for this book.
In the remaining
book, Divine devotes a chapter complete with exercises to each of the
concepts he feels are most important for leadership and
team-building: courage, trust, respect, growth, excellence,
resiliency, and alignment. The chapters are interesting and easy to
read partly because the author includes examples of his personal
experience.
I’ve read many
leadership books. I can’t say this one brings any earth-shattering
new concepts to the field, however, it does discuss the concepts in
an interesting an informative way. I particularly liked his action
steps and exercises. They give you a way to plan for team-building
and evaluate yourself.
I received this book
from St. Martin’s Press for this review.
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