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The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'. They understand their job to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but 'we' gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.

Peter Drucker

Fabio Walser June 14. 2020 Leading others, Leading yourself

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Effective adaptation to emerging threats and opportunities requires the disciplined practice of empowered execution.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser May 1. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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We had our leaders provide information so that subordinates, armed with context, understanding, and connectivity, could take the initiative and make decisions.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser April 17. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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Even as speed increased and we pushed authority further down, the quality of decisions actually went up.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser April 7. 2018 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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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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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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'EMPOWERED EXECUTION' = DECENTRALIZED DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser September 19. 2017 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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'SHARED CONSCIOUSNESS' = EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT INFORMATION SHARING.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser September 18. 2017 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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WE RESTRUCTURED OUR FORCE FROM THE GROUND UP ON THE PRINCIPLES OF 'SHARED CONSCIOUSNESS' AND 'EMPOWERED EXECUTION'.

Stanley McChrystal in 'Team of Teams'

Fabio Walser September 17. 2017 X-board: 'Team of Teams'

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It’s great to welcome you on my blog, where you find a variety of interesting articles, videos, quotes, and images on leadership, mostly in a business context. Look at it as my personal, growing collection that I like to share.

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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