First, Fast, Fearless: How to Lead Like a Navy SEAL by Hiner, Brian "Iron Ed";

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LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER

SEAL-style leadership?your best weapon in today?s complex business terrain

Beyond extreme physical and combat achievements, SEALs are known for mental toughness, bias for action, decisiveness, creative thinking, adaptability, and perseverance?all under extreme stress. They get things done through, by, and with others. SEALs have a unique way of approaching every challenge and opportunity that enables them to do what others can?t?or simply won't.

Competing in the global economy isn?t unlike guerrilla warfare. Your competitors come at you from unexpected places with surprising force, and the marketplace is constantly shifting. As a leader, what do you do to empower your business and your people not only to survive but to thrive?and win?

First, Fast, Fearless is a practical guide for the business leader who wants to learn from the best of the best how to build and lead effective teams in conditions of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and constant change. As one of the most experienced trainers in Navy SEAL history, ?Iron Ed? Hiner reveals how to:

• Develop your personal leadership brand?and make it your credo
• Create mission-aligned teams that operate as true comrades
• Establish and communicate crystal-clear goals
• Enhance team innovation and problem solving under pressure
• Combat the enemies of copious bureaucracy and inadequate resources
• Rise to the call of leadership when it counts most

You may not be facing jihadists in the mountains of Afghanistan and the streets of Iraq like Hiner did. But just as his SEALs depended on him to lead them on successful missions and safe passage home, your people are counting on you to empower them, defeat the competition, and forge paths to greater success.

Be a First, Fast, Fearless leader!

LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER

SEAL-style leadership?your best weapon in today?s complex business terrain

Beyond extreme physical and combat achievements, SEALs are known for mental toughness, bias for action, decisiveness, creative thinking, adaptability, and perseverance?all under extreme stress. They get things done through, by, and with others. SEALs have a unique way of approaching every challenge and opportunity that enables them to do what others can?t?or simply won't.

Competing in the global economy isn?t unlike guerrilla warfare. Your competitors come at you from unexpected places with surprising force, and the marketplace is constantly shifting. As a leader, what do you do to empower your business and your people not only to survive but to thrive?and win?

First, Fast, Fearless is a practical guide for the business leader who wants to learn from the best of the best how to build and lead effective teams in conditions of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and constant change. As one of the most experienced trainers in Navy SEAL history, ?Iron Ed? Hiner reveals how to:

• Develop your personal leadership brand?and make it your credo
• Create mission-aligned teams that operate as true comrades
• Establish and communicate crystal-clear goals
• Enhance team innovation and problem solving under pressure
• Combat the enemies of copious bureaucracy and inadequate resources
• Rise to the call of leadership when it counts most

You may not be facing jihadists in the mountains of Afghanistan and the streets of Iraq like Hiner did. But just as his SEALs depended on him to lead them on successful missions and safe passage home, your people are counting on you to empower them, defeat the competition, and forge paths to greater success.

Be a First, Fast, Fearless leader!

Table of Contents:

Foreword xiii
Acknowledgments xv

Introduction: Becoming a Leader of Leaders 1

CHAPTER 1
A Special Kind of Warrior 9

PART I: DO YOUR PART FIRST
The Brand of a True Leader

CHAPTER 2
What Do I Mean by ?Leader?? 33
CHAPTER 3
Owning Your State of Mind: The First Strike Mindset 43
CHAPTER 4
Power by Example: The Importance of Ethos 55
CHAPTER 5
Be It Ever So Humble:
There Is No Place Like Leadership 71
CHAPTER 6
Always On: Leadership in the Moment,
Every Moment 87
CHAPTER 7
Look, Listen, and Feel: Communication and
Charisma Fight Side by Side 99
CHAPTER 8
?Ya Got What Ya Got?: Leading Through
Bureaucracy and Limited Resources 113

PART II: RUNNING TO THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE
The Essence of Brotherhood

CHAPTER 9
The Guiding Light: Values and Shared Vision 129
CHAPTER 10
Powering Teams Forward with TRUST 141
CHAPTER 11
Two Is One, One Is None:
The Power of Swim Buddies 155
CHAPTER 12
Through, By, and With: Developing Teamability
and Shared Consciousness 167
CHAPTER 13
Developing a Perimeter: An Invisible Shield to
Clarify and Protect 179
CHAPTER 14
Leading from All Parts of the Line:
The Importance of Followership 193

PART III: BATTLE RHYTHM
Turning Brand and Brotherhood into Music

CHAPTER 15
No Man Left Behind 209
CHAPTER 16
Leading at the Speed of War 219
CHAPTER 17
Outside the Box: How to Enhance Team
Innovation and Problem Solving 233
CHAPTER 18
Thriving on the Rhythm: Seizing First, Fast,
Fearless Leadership Moments 245
CHAPTER 19
The Man in the Arena 259

APPENDIX
First, Fast, Fearless Leadership Maxims 263
Index 271