But they had to be included in every mission. Remember the story about how horrible the Iraqi soldiers were.They were back on a path to success and growth.They hired a new CTO that took ownership. The CEO was allowing sub-standard performance from his CTO and his CTO wouldn’t accept ownership. Think about the story of the CTO who wouldn’t accept ownership.Every team must have junior leaders that can step up and take the role of leader if their bosses are absent.

Most people want to be part of a winning team, they simply don’t know how.

Tasks must be repeated until the highest level is achieved.

If sub-standard performance is accepted, then it becomes standard.

It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

There are no bad units, only bad officers.

There are no bad team members, only bad leaders.

Leadership is the single greatest factor in any teams performance.

Think about the story of SEAL training and boat crews 2 and 6 swapping leaders.

Chapter 2 – No bad teams, only bad leaders.

He needed to take responsibility for the failures.

Remember the story about the VP of manufacturing whose team was failing.

The leader’s attitude has more impact on the accomplishments of the team than anything else.

The best leaders take detailed notes for how to improve.

They give the accolades to their suboordinates and junior leaders.

The best leaders do not take the accolades for success.

The best leaders don’t just take responsibility for their job, they take ownership for everything that impacts their mission.

The best leaders must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.

All responsibility for success and failure must be owned by the leader.

The leader must own everything in his or her world.

Take complete ownership of anything that goes wrong.I wanted to share them with you so that you might get some value out of it as well. I like to reflect on those notes every so often depending on what is going on in the world and what other articles I’m writing. Every book that I read is turned into notes. This is one of my informal book summaries.

Jocko ownership