Chapter 12 Flashcards
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What is paramount to ultimate success and victory from any leader and any team?
Discipline
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Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in_______.
Freedom
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Discipline was not only the most important quality for an individual but also for
A team
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What was the dichotomy in the strict discipline task unit Bruiser used?
Instead of making them more rigid and unable to improvise, this discipline actually made them more flexible, more adaptive, and more effective. Discipline is the pathway to freedom
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What is the dichotomy of leadership?
A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Good leaders must welcome this, putting aside ego and personal agendas to ensure that the team has the greatest chance of accomplishing its strategic goals. A true leader is not intimidated when others step up and take charge.
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Why must a leader control emotions?
If not how can the expected control anything else. Leaders who lose their temper also lose respect.
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All confidence is contagious, a great attribute for a leader, overconfidence can lead to____.
Complacency, which is the ultimate set up for failure
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A leader is
Aggressive but not overbearing
Calm, in control of emotions, but not robotic
Confident, but not cocky
Brave, but not foolhardy
Competitive, but gracious losers
Attentive to details, but not obsessed by the them
Strong, but have endurance
Humble, but not passive
Quiet, but not silent
Close with subordinates, but not too close
Exercise Extreme Ownership, simultaneously employ Decentralized Command
Leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove
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Business application
CO kept electrical division open due to loyalty to a friend despite the fact that division was losing money and put the whole company in jeopardy. His dichotomy being close with subordinates but not too close was out of whack. In the end he decided to shut down the division.
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____ is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.
Discipline
Chapter 12 Discipline Equals Freedom – The Dichotomy of Leadership p272
_____ demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom
discipline
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What is one of the most powerful tools a leader has?
The recognition that leadership is about finding the right balance between many seeming contradictory qualities.
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explain the dichotomy: leadership and following
A leader must be ready to follow. Sometime another member has better idea/way of doing something a good leader welcomes this, putting ego aside. The leader puts aside personal agendas for the greatest chance of accomplishing strategic goals.
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explain the dichotomy: aggressive but not overbearing
Leader must be aggressive but at the same time must be approachable with concerns, ideas, thoughts, even dis agreements. Listen to them and come to a better understanding of what we are trying to do. Just don’t complain about hard work.
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explain the dichotomy: calm but not robotic
showing some emotion is good, just have to control them
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explain the dichotomy: confident not cocky
leader must be confident, confidence is contagious but overconfidence causes complacency which is a set up for failure.
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explain the dichotomy: Brave not foolhardy
willing to accept risk and act courageously, but must never be reckless. Leaders job to mitigate as much risk as possible.
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explain the dichotomy: competitive spirit and gracious loser
drive team to push harder and perform at highest level but never let their own personal drive for success ahead of overall mission and success for the rest of the team. Leaders must act with professionalism and recognize other for their contributions.
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explain the dichotomy: attention to detail and being obsessed with details
Leader must not get bogged down in the minutia of tactical problems the expense of the strategic success.
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explain the dichotomy: Strong and endurance
not just physically but mentally, must be able to perform at the highest level and sustain that level for the long term.
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explain the dichotomy: humble not passive/quite not silent
Leaders must posses humility and the ability to control ego and listen to others. They must admit mistakes and failures, and take ownership of them. But a leader should also be able to speak up when it matters, stand up for the team and respectfully push back against decisions that could negatively impact overall mission success
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explain the dichotomy: close with subordinates but not too close
Leader must understand the motivations of their team members but not so close that one person is more important than the team or the mission. leaders must not get so close that they forget who is in charge.
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explain the dichotomy: EO and DC
Leader must exercise EO and DC, giving control to subordinate leaders.
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explain the dichotomy: Good leader has nothing to prove and everything to prove
A leader has nothing to prove in by virtue of his rank. but everything to prove in that the team must develop a trust and confidence that they will take care of the team and look out for their long term interest and well being
