Courage to Execute: What elite U.S. military units can teach business about leadership and team performance

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Praise Page
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Preface
6. Acknowledgments
7. Chapter 1: The Military Response to a Complex World: The New Value of Effective Execution
8. Chapter 2: Basic Training: Indoctrinating Your People with Values and Skills
   1. Organizational Identity and Imperatives
   2. The Training Imperative
   3. The Trust Imperative
   4. The Leadership Imperative
9. Chapter 3: Team Alignment: Connecting the Troops with the Leader's Intent
   1. Situational Awareness
   2. High-Definition Destination and Leader's Intent
   3. The Building Blocks
   4. Developing Leaders
10. Chapter 4: Mission Preparation: Moving from Strategy toward Accountable Actions
    1. Critical Leverage Points
    2. Business Leverage Points
    3. Levels of Planning
    4. The Flawless Execution Engine: Plan, Brief, Execute, Debrief
    5. Elements of Successful Planning
    6. Developing Leaders
11. Chapter 5: Battle Rhythm: On Track, On Target, and On Time
    1. Briefing
    2. Execution Rhythm
    3. Checkpoints
    4. Task Saturation
    5. X-Gaps
    6. Developing Leaders
12. Chapter 6: Continuous Improvement: The Debrief Imperative
    1. The STEALTH Debrief
    2. Root-Cause Analysis
13. Chapter 7: Leadership on Purpose: Developing Teams and Leaders from Day One
    1. Leadership
    2. Organization
    3. Communication
    4. Knowledge
    5. Experience
    6. Discipline
14. Chapter 8: The Courage to Execute: A Smart Bias toward the Right Action
15. Appendix: Mission Checklists
    1. Planning Overview
    2. Six Steps to Mission Planning
    3. Brief Checklist
    4. Execution Checklist (Task Saturation Remedies)
    5. STEALTH Debrief Checklist
16. Bibliography
17. Index