Exploring the differences in how people lead in companies vs. the militaryThe questions to ask on leadershipHow people confuse leadership and managementThe fallacy of our we talk about leaders and managersHow General Patton was a manager, not a leader“The job of a manager is not to take or evoke action”“The job of a manager is to create leaders who take and evoke action”“The only place micromanagers are necessary are on extremely disfunctional teams”As soon as you have positional authority (title), you have a responsibility to manageSEAL officers have the least experience and shouldn’t be fightingOfficers and Managers have a responsibility to create the environment where their people can leadLarry has never seen companies do a good job of managing peopleThe role of a manager is to create an environment that supports leaders to make great choicesWhy the US president is the “manager” of the free worldChanging the paradigm around leading and managingMost people like to be in action and evoke action in othersThe manager’s job is to ensure their people have clarity and are empowered to do their jobsThree key actions of a manager: Clarity, create and enable, and safety netTalking about the common qualities and feelings we get from great managersThe magic trick of my best managerAdvice: Make sure people are great followersThe job of a leader is to lead their managersThe importance of reporting all information as a leaderThe most powerful tool of a leader is to sincerely ask for helpThe challenge that comes from changing behavior without communication
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