Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (Extreme Ownership Series Book 1)

An updated edition of the bestselling leadership book, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers demonstrate how to apply leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's SEAL task unit was sent to Ramadi, Iraq, to help secure a city deemed "all but lost." Through firsthand accounts from SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser, they learned that leadership at every level is the most important factor in team success or failure. After returning from deployment, Willink and Babin created SEAL leadership training for the next generation of leaders. They later founded Echelon Front, a company teaching these principles to businesses and organizations across industries, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Extreme Ownership details the mind-set and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish difficult missions in combat and shows how to apply them to any team, family, or organization. Each chapter focuses on a specific leadership topic—such as Cover and Move, Decentralized Command, and Leading Up the Chain—explaining what it is, why it matters, and how to implement it in any leadership environment.