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I communicated across the command my thought process on decisions like airstrikes, and told them to make the call. Whoever made the decision, I was always ultimately responsible, and more often than not those below me reached the same conclusion I would have, but this way our team was empowered to do what was needed.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser March 27. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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I did not add tremendous value, so I changed the process.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser March 23. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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The wait for my approval was not resulting in any better decisions, and our priority should be reaching the best possible decision that could be made in a time frame that allowed it to be relevant.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser March 20. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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When they can see what's going on, leaders understandably want to control what's going on. Empowerment tends to be a tool of last resort.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser March 16. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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We had built an outstanding team bound together by the oneness of trust and purpose and capable of devising, in real time, brilliant, emerging solutions to complex problems, but we still required every player to get written permission from the coach before passing the ball.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser March 13. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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Paradoxically, the seemingly instantaneous communications available up and down the hierarchy had slowed rather than accelerated decision making.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser March 8. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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The requirement to consult me […] was symptomatic of a bureaucracy that, over the years, had grown slower and more convoluted as the world around it had become faster.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser March 4. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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Decisions that senior leaders a few decades prior would have been unable to oversee now required senior approval.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser March 2. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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I am the head of operations and a member of the executive management of an SME located in Switzerland, an alumnus of  the Open University (BA in Leadership and Management), and a conscript deputy batallion commander / chief of staff (OF-3) in the Swiss Armed Forces. During the past ten plus years, I have been leading people in different situations and organisations, ranging from small teams to large business and military units in the private sector as well as in peacekeeping missions abroad. Despite the variety, all these situations have one thing in common: the special feeling of accomplishment when a bunch of different people achieves a common goal thanks to skill, commitment, companionship, and… good leadership.

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