Operation excellence : succeeding in business and life, the U.S. military way / Mark Bender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bender, Mark C. (Mark Christian), 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success.

Military art and science--United States--Miscellanea.

Military art and science.

Physical Description:

xviii, 222 p.

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : AMACOM, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On your feet, soldier! Colonel Bender is going to see if you've got what it takes to excel -- at work, in your personal life-in any area where you're not reaching your full potential. If the strategies presented in this book can mean the difference between life and death in a battle situation-and they often do-then you can bet that they're powerful enough to help you achieve spectacular success in everyday challenges. What can the military teach you? Plenty. Military success demands the same things as daily life: loyalty, effort, honor, intelligence, teamwork, and execution. The difference is that in the civilian world, we've grown comfortable with taking half measures. We do what needs to be done, but the level at which we do it is passable at best.Passable doesn't cut it in the military, and from this day forward, it doesn't cut it in your life, either. Operation Excellence shows you how to harness the success strategies of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps and apply these strategies to every facet of your life.

Contents:

Operation motivation, you can't say no to the drill sergeant

Discipline, it's habit forming

Confidence, the ultimate lifestyle

Sacrifice, sorry, you really can't have it all

Endstate, understanding the mission

Learning, no such thing as graduation

Problem-solving, we're here to fix things!

Ethics, one dilemma after another

Organization, the structure of success

Execution, the art and science of high performance

Teamwork, with the emphasis on work

Leadership, something for everyone

Tactics, going for the win

Health, choose or lose

Wealth, leveraging the military mind

Relationships, the toughest game in town.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-281-80001-5

9786611800017

0-8144-2791-X

OCLC:

638850611