Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Authors and Leadership Consultants

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin are former US Navy SEAL officers who served together in Task Unit Bruiser during the Battle of Ramadi. They co founded the leadership consulting firm Echelon Front and co authored the bestselling book Extreme Ownership.

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Books by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win

by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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The follow-up to Extreme Ownership, this book addresses the most common leadership challenge: finding the balance between opposing forces. Willink and Babin draw on their combat experience as Navy SEALs and business consulting work to show that leadership requires nuance, not just bold decisiveness.

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Most Recommended by Jocko

The books Jocko Willink and Leif Babin references, cites, and recommends most frequently.

Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink

Extreme Ownership

by Jocko Willink

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Willink and Babin argue that every leadership failure is ultimately a failure of ownership. Lessons from Navy SEAL combat translate directly: leaders must own everything in their world, no excuses.

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Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last

by Simon Sinek

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Sinek argues that great leaders create a Circle of Safety so teams can focus on external threats rather than internal politics, and explains the behavior through four chemicals: endorphins, dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin. He contrasts serotonin- and oxytocin-driven selfless cultures with the cortisol-soaked environments produced by fear-based management.

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

by Patrick Lencioni

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Lencioni uses a leadership fable to diagnose five interconnected failures that cripple teams: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results.

business
Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet

Turn the Ship Around!

by L. David Marquet

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Marquet transformed a struggling submarine by replacing command-and-control with intent-based leadership. Giving control to the people closest to the information unleashed extraordinary results.

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