Navy Times 3/6/2020
Safe to say that Navy SEALs are considered to be the most elite of special forces.
That heritage gives SEAL veteran Mark Divine, author of “Staring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams,†a near-instant credibility and audience to explore how his seven commitments can help make a business team military-strong. Who would argue that infusions of courage, trust, respect, growth, excellence, resiliency and alignment wouldn’t enhance any workplace?
Military culture and practices can be hard to transfer to civilian institutions, especially given the diminishing percentage of the population that claims some military service and therefore understands the military way.
Just 0.5 percent of the population has served in the armed forces since Sept. 11, 2001, compared with 9 percent who served during World War II. That means military culture is an abstraction rather than a reality to most Americans.
The “fear wolf†in Divine’s book is what is holding you back emotionally; the fear wolf must be stared down. Then you become the courage wolf, a “heart-centered, world-centric†leader serious about the seven commitments.
Difficult as transmitting the values Divine outlines into a civilian organization might be, the book nonetheless brims with practical asides that can be applied to any organization:
More:
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/03/06/review-seal-veteran-mark-devines-leadership-book/
