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Take command : lessons in leadership : how to be a first responder in business / Jake Wood.

by Wood, Jake, 1983-

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New York : Crown Business, c2014.

9780804138383 (hbk.) :

0804138389 (hbk.)

242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Introduction -- Prepare. Preparation: lessons from the Marines' most elite school ; Build a high-impact team ; Establish transparency, demand accountability -- Analyze. Find and prioritize your targets ; Create actionable intelligence -- Decide. Know, then accept, your risks ; Find the 80% solution -- Act. Improvise, adapt, and overcome -- Conclusion.

Explores "the ability to have clarity of mind and purpose when surrounded by chaos, to operate at peak performance under risk, to be able to see clearly when others are blinded by fear--and act when others are paralyzed, to craft plans even with incomplete information, then execute those plans decisively while still being nimble and adaptable enough to iterate as the terrain changes, to deliver in the clutch, [and] to build teams with high impact, and then inspire those teams to follow you into the fire"--Amazon.com.

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