Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (915 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00KWG9OF4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 427 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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The allied forces had a huge advantage in numbers, equipment, and training—but none of that seemed to matter.TEACHING A LEVIATHAN TO IMPROVISE It’s no secret that in any field, small teams have many advantages—they can respond quickly, communicate freely, and make decisions without layers of bureaucracy. Al Qaeda in Iraq was a decentralized network that could move quickly, strike ruthlessly, then seemingly vanish into the local population. The Task Force became a “team of teams”—faster, flatter, more flexible—and beat back Al Qaeda.BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD In t
Hard fought lessons created a new model Team of Teams offers insights into the modern practice of leadership and management required to navigate and succeed in this complex world. The book is not a military history, but instead a concise and exceptionally “fun to read” collection of insightful ideas told through entertaining stories ranging from industry to hospital emergency rooms. I recommend it for leaders and associates from all t. A must read for leaders of health care organizations I am writing this review from the perspective of a surgeon in an administrative leadership role at a large health system in the Midwest. I have no military background but found the details of military operations in Iraq riveting. The book is extremely well-written and easy to read, even for the militarily naive. In Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, General Stanley McChrystal does a. "Outstanding and cross-cutting insights into a complex world" according to Ayesha Khanna. No man better knows the meaning of the phrase “It takes a network to defeat a network” than Gen. Stan McChrystal. This book applies his new and successfully tested insights from counter-insurgency to a wide range of organizational problems— along the way contributing to both military and management thinking in a very enlightening synthesis.Previous books apply military principles to busine
Best leadership book I have read in many a decade, by one of our nation’s most gifted and iconic general officers.”—Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret), Supreme Allied Commander at NATO 2009–2013; dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University “The lessons and concepts outlined in Team of Teams provide a valuable blueprint for leadership across any industry or domain. Team of Teams makes this case in compelling ways. The principles of classical leadership struggle to deal with today’s pace of change, free-flow of information, and the entrepreneurial spirit of the digital generation. “In addition to being a fascinating and colorful read, this book is an indispensable guide to organizational change.”
. Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell are his colleagues at the McChrystal Group. He had previously served as director of the Joint Staff and as commander of the Joint Special Operations Command. The author of My Share of the Task, he is currently a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and cofounder of the McChrystal Group, a leadership consulting firm. and international forces in Afghanistan. STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL’s last Arm