Muddy Boots Leadership

Muddy Boots Leadership
Author: John E. Chapman
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780811701662

Leadership, especially military leadership, has many purposes to build effective organizations, to successfully complete often dangerous tasks in a risk environment, and to mold teams that operate like successful athletic teams. Today's military leaders at the unit level can learn much from their predecessors in what works and what doesn't. Author John Chapman is a superb observer and chronicler of leadership events over many years, and now shares his observations and the lessons that are learned from this most practical military art. Emphasis is placed on practical applications of leadership, coupled with real-life vignettes add the real spark to the leadership lessons learned and relearned by each generation of America's warriors.

A Philosophy of Muddy Boots Leadership

A Philosophy of Muddy Boots Leadership
Author: Alan Preizer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2022-03-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781685173784

A Philosophy of Muddy Boots Leadership presents a Bible-based leadership philosophy. These thoughts (some original, most not) are not rocket science. They are basic common sense and as applicable to everyday life as they are to the battlefield, classroom, or boardroom. Most are drawn from those who have influenced the author the most-pastors, military leaders, and football coaches. In this uncertain and dynamic environment, there are a few constants. In this book, you will find a clear and concise set of principles and fundamentals that will assist leaders in maintaining mission focus and focusing on the team. Why will it help? Today, there is no shortage of leadership books, consultants, and experts. We hear terms like servant, authentic, transformational, adaptive, etc. These concepts are valid and important, but they are focused on the conceptual, not on the actionable. A Philosophy of Muddy Boots Leadership provides a set of biblically-based, actionable principles for leaders. The goal of the book is to provide overwhelmed, understaffed leaders or mid-level managers a set of techniques and processes that in times of stress and uncertainty will act as a blueprint for success. This is not a checklist but a thought-provoking set of guiding biblical principles that can be used every day.

A Philosophy of Muddy Boots Leadership

A Philosophy of Muddy Boots Leadership
Author: Alan Preizer
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2022-04-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1685173799

A Philosophy of Muddy Boots Leadership presents a Bible-based leadership philosophy. These thoughts (some original, most not) are not rocket science. They are basic common sense and as applicable to everyday life as they are to the battlefield, classroom, or boardroom. Most are drawn from those who have influenced the author the most--pastors, military leaders, and football coaches. In this uncertain and dynamic environment, there are a few constants. In this book, you will find a clear and concise set of principles and fundamentals that will assist leaders in maintaining mission focus and focusing on the team. Why will it help? Today, there is no shortage of leadership books, consultants, and experts. We hear terms like servant, authentic, transformational, adaptive, etc. These concepts are valid and important, but they are focused on the conceptual, not on the actionable. A Philosophy of Muddy Boots Leadership provides a set of biblically-based, actionable principles for leaders. The goal of the book is to provide overwhelmed, understaffed leaders or mid-level managers a set of techniques and processes that in times of stress and uncertainty will act as a blueprint for success. This is not a checklist but a thought-provoking set of guiding biblical principles that can be used every day.

BOOT Leadership

BOOT Leadership
Author: Caleb Vaden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2020-09-16
Genre:
ISBN:

Have you ever felt like you are on an endless journey to a "leadership peak" that seems unattainable? Well, this is the perfect trail guide for your journey! Listen, leadership is so simple, if like a treacherous trail, we have a guide that has been the way and that can show us the way. This book is a simple, guide that lays the foundation, and then focuses in on eight waypoints that are critical to reaching your leadership peak.

Iron-Sharpened Leadership

Iron-Sharpened Leadership
Author: John L. Gronski
Publisher: Fidelis Publishing. LLC
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2021-06-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1735856371

Iron-Sharpened Leadership, Transforming Hard Fought Leadership Lessons into Action is a leadership book the reader will find valuable and inspiring. This leadership book is based on real-world operational experience including life and death decisions from the caldron of fierce combat. The book is peppered with inspirational stories along with actions one can take to become a more effective leader. Each chapter stands on its own and a leader will find valuable life-changing leadership lessons with the turn of every page.Gronski takes a values-based approach to leadership effectiveness and the book is oriented along the lines of his leadership philosophy which includes character, competence, and resilience.

BOOT Leadership

BOOT Leadership
Author: Caleb Vaden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2020-09-14
Genre:
ISBN:

Have you ever felt like you are on an endless journey to a "leadership peak" that seems unattainable? Well, this is the perfect trail guide for your journey! Listen, leadership is so simple, if like a treacherous trail, we have a guide that has been the way and that can show us the way. This book is a simple, guide that lays the foundation, and then focuses in on eight waypoints that are critical to reaching your leadership peak.

Saltwater Leadership Second Edition

Saltwater Leadership Second Edition
Author: Robert Wray
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2021-05-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1682476383

Saltwater Leadership, Second Edition is about leadership in the maritime environment. The unforgiving, dynamic, and unconquerable nature of the sea requires direct leadership, often with very little margin of error. The unique and common nature of professional life on the sea applies not only to junior naval leaders but also officer and enlisted leaders from the Marines, Coast Guard and Merchant Marines. Based on decades of leadership experiences, Saltwater Leadership covers a wide variety of topics, including basic junior officer leadership, taking care of people, providing forceful backup, leadership and culture, and professional competence. ​ ​

Saltwater Leadership

Saltwater Leadership
Author: Robert Wray
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612512135

Designed for busy junior officers in the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine, this primer teaches the basics of leadership in five sequential steps. It begins with a useful overview of major leadership studies, followed by an informative summary of the wisdom of 380 senior sea-going officers regarding those leadership attributes required of the junior officer. One chapter includes sea stories from officers of varied backgrounds, each offering a leadership lesson that was learned the hard way. Along with this sage advice from experienced sea-service officers, the book offers a final chapter that helps readers build personalized plans to improve their own leadership skills. Such a practical guide is certain to turn young officers into successful leaders.

Leadership Lessons from West Point

Leadership Lessons from West Point
Author: Major Doug Crandall
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2010-03-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 047076869X

With Leadership Lessons from West Point as a guide, leaders in the business, nonprofit, and government sectors can learn leadership techniques and practices from contributors who are teaching or have taught at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and have served in positions of leadership that span the globe. These military experts cover a broad range of topics that are relevant to any leadership development program in any sector. The articles in this important resource offer insight into what leadership means to these experts—in both war and peacetime—and describe their views on quiet leadership, mission, values, taking care of people, organizational learning, and leading change.