Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business

Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business

by Marty Strong
Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business

Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business

by Marty Strong

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Overview

'Be Nimble, How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business is the testimony of leadership and success written by a highly effective, well-respected Navy SEAL officer and world-class business leader. The book is instructive, full of brilliant ideas, and provides a clear and straightforward approach to decision-making that can be employed regardless of personal or business objectives. Marty Strong’s vision, his strength of purpose, and focus are clear as he outlines his effective business lessons and principles. He provides the reader with a rare opportunity to gain proven advice, unlike anything available in the conventional business world, that can be utilized by any person or organization approaching significant challenges and/or when building strong and effective teams.' Don Mann New York Times bestselling author of Inside SEAL Team SIX, author of Reaching Beyond Boundaries: A Navy SEAL’s Guide to Achieving Everything, world class adventure racer, author, retired SEAL, entrepreneur Marty Strong's direct and compelling message is focused on business but in truth, its leadership tenets are agnostic as to industry, marketplace, private or public setting. This is not a textbook. It is a personal conversation between a high-performance business leader and professionals searching for actionable insights that deliver results. Be Nimble provides mentorship, tips, tools, and useful examples to help drive home its valuable leadership insights. Marty Strong has an accomplished leadership career spanning four decades. He worked his way from enlisted SEAL Team member to the SEAL Officer corps, retiring with twenty years service in that highly-decorated and esteemed military unit. He is the author of the Time Warrior Sagas and the SEAL Strike Series.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789048407
Publisher: Business Books
Publication date: 01/01/2022
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 1,100,708
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Marty Strong is an accomplished leader and an active corporate CEO and Chief Strategist. He is was a member of the elite NAVY SEAL Teams for twenty years, leading combat missions and helping to design and test new special operations capabilities. Marty coaches and mentors business and other organizational leaders in the areas of strategy, organizational design, leadership, crisis management, and coping with the dynamic nature of market disruption. Marty lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Forward 2

Acknowledgments 6

Chapter 1 My Leadership Journey 7

Chapter 2 Are You Ready? 18

Chapter 3 Mission Focus 29

Chapter 4 The Talent Show 41

Chapter 5 Training, Coaching, and Mentoring 52

Chapter 6 Volume, Velocity, and Complexity 62

Chapter 7 The 85% Rule 72

Chapter 8 Wisdom Through Experimentation 83

Chapter 9 Creative Planning 94

Chapter 10 The Black Swan 104

Chapter 11 Strategy and Timing Your Pivot 116

Chapter 12 Two is One and One is None 127

Chapter 13 The Hero Complex 138

Chapter 14 Crisis Reveals Character 149

Chapter 15 Crowdsource Insights-Not Decisions 160

Chapter 16 Blank Slate Leadership 169

Chapter 17 Leading Through Adversity 179

Chapter 18 The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday 189

Chapter 19 Be Well 199

Chapter 20 Go Ahead, Be Nimble! 209

About the Author 212

Note to Readers 213

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