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Summary: No Bull Leadership
Review: If you are tired of books that are full of the latest fads in business management-- meaningless buzzwords and philosophies that only add a layer of confusion between a manager and his workers-- this is the book to read.Commander Marcinko knows that if you want to get people to perform toward a common result, they need a person they can trust, who knows the situations they're facing, and looks out for their welfare. In short, a leader. This is the kind of info that works-- always has and always will. Regardless of the industry or work enviroment you are in, these proven ideas apply. (If you don't think they will, then you better evaluate yourself as a leader!). Buy it, read it and read it again, and pass it around-- it's the perfect answer to those of you who feel they're living in a Dilbert comic strip.
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Summary: Inspired me to quit my job!
Review: If you can't decide whether your boss is an idiot or a true leader,you need to read this book.Marcinko tells it like it is even if you don't want to hear the truth.His book is really a fun read.Most people I know who bought it read it twice in under 3 days time.Marcinko described it to me at a 4 hour signing he did as "kinda like Sun Tzu,only with the F-word".It made me realize I was working for a boss on the road to nowhere.
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Summary: Sorting the Leaders from the Wanna-Bes
Review: In modern corporate America, we have a breed of people who talk tough at the bar or in their office, but rarely put any muscle behind the talk. The hardest lesson of Marcinko's book is in fact the best one: You must be ready to risk everything you've accomplished in order to succeed even further. The difference between the leaders and the wanna-bes who just play the game is that the leaders don't talk about their philosophy, they just live it and they aggressively confront those obstacles. The wanna-bes talk about their philosophy, but when it comes time for the show-down, they're nowhere to be found. This book forces you to take a look at how you do business and be honest with yourself about how you can do it better.
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Summary: Entertaining application of Marcinko's SpecWar learnings
Review: It's common enough for business leaders to resort to military metaphors for "conquering the marketplace", and rare enough for them to be able to speak with credibility in the same fashion. An interesting blend of military aphorism and business practice, this book will probably only appeal to those who have read other Rogue Warrior works - but take the rules to heart, for they are true on any battlefield you may face. Corporate and military organizations are both often plagued with politicking and similar counterproductive BS, and Richard Marcinko famously decries all that to focus on results - as any leader should.
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Summary: Entertaining application of Marcinko's SpecWar learnings
Review: It's common enough for business leaders to resort to military metaphors for "conquering the marketplace", and rare enough for them to be able to speak with credibility in the same fashion. An interesting blend of military aphorism and business practice, this book will probably only appeal to those who have read other Rogue Warrior works - but take the rules to heart, for they are true on any battlefield you may face. Corporate and military organizations are both often plagued with politicking and similar counterproductive BS, and Richard Marcinko famously decries all that to focus on results - as any leader should.
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Summary: You always knew this stuff was true.
Review: Marcinko puts uncommon wisdom and his own very uncommon experience together to look at how businesses are run, and run-into-the-ground. He compares true leaders to phonies (Chrysler's Lee Iacocca/GM's Roger Smith); creates his own salty 10 Commandments (# 6: I will treat you all alike - just like s**t!)and leadership rules (I will test my theories on myself first), and the prime directive for leaders (Lead from the front!). Marcinko makes it clear that success is achieved by those who have the yaytsas (look it up!) to take personal responsibility, put themselves into the thick of the battle, and risk the mistakes, blunders, bruises, and pain (Commandment #5 - If thou hurteth in thy efforts and thou suffer painful dings, then thou art Doing It Right.) Buy this book
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Summary: Navy SEAL Strategies for the Businessman
Review: Marcinko spent over 30 years working with and leading Navy SEAL special warfare units. His best selling "Rogue Warrior" series shared some of his experiences and the successes and struggles he experienced throughout his career. In this book, Marcinko re-visits successful (and unsuccessful) leadership techniques that are surprisingly just as applicable to the everyday business world as they are to the jungles of South East Asia. Not unlike the "suit and tie samurai," Japanese businessmen who read the "Book of Five Rings" (warrior strategy written by legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi in the 1500's)and apply the lessons to business life, the reader of this book can find ways to fight the "battles" of the business world. One example from the book is, "...People just blithely assume that the main reason they don't achieve their goal is that someone ELSE beat them to it. ...If you finish second it's not BECAUSE someone else finished first. That person's victory as just a "side effect" of your failure. If you lost, it was because you didn't sufficiently punish yourself in training, and didn't focus your full force of your being on victory." A refreshing perspective on the business "battlefield."
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Summary: excellent advice
Review: Marcinko's book is not only good advice for the business world, but for life as well. I suggest you purchase this book and follow Marcinko's example.
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Summary: Outstanding "Lead from the Front" advice
Review: Should be required reading for all managers. Lead from the front. Lead by example. Take care of your people. Great advice that - too often - goes unheeded. This should be a classic management text!
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Summary: Outstanding "Lead from the Front" advice
Review: Should be required reading for all managers. Lead from the front. Lead by example. Take care of your people. Great advice that - too often - goes unheeded. This should be a classic management text!
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