
76 ◾ The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence
a different strategy. You, as squad leader, will communicate with those above you
in the chain of command and request assistance. It does not matter how intelligent
you are, you need help in decisions, resources, technology, and expertise in this
situation. That assistance may take the form of aerial reconnaissance to provide
additional intelligence about the situation and to better assess the strength of the
threat, potentially followed by air support to augment the capabilities of your squad
and/or the provision of additional ground troops to assure the success of the mis-
sion. The decisions are n ...