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“Success in life is the result of several factors. My formula is simply education plus motivation plus perseverance.”
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I Have The Watch
When you’re a leader, you have the watch.
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Locked-On Teams
A Leader’s Guide to High-Performing Team Behavior provides leaders at all levels, from front-line supervisors to senior executives, holistic guidance to leading in the complex and volatile twenty-first century.
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Attacked at Home! A Green Beret’s Survival Story Of The Fort Hood Shooting
Attacked at Home: A Green Beret’s Survival Story of the Ft. Hood Shooting” is the amazing story about 2nd Lt. John M. Arroyo, Jr. Life story and life after he was shot in the throat.
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Enable Your Team’s Success
Learn how to “Enable Your Team’s Success” Succeed in Life and Business With a Strong Team
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Diversity and Inclusion The Submarine Way
A leadership book unlike any other wrapped around the unique hull of a submarine. Tapping into the power of behavioral change through inclusion it is a step by step guide to personal and organizational transformation.
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The Art Of Inspiring People To Be Their Best
The Winner of multiple awards and a #1 International Best Seller Craig Whelden’s Book Leadership vividly brings to life 50 years of leadership and life lessons, told in a compelling and sometimes very personal way.
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When The Tempest Gathers
From Mogadishu to the Fight Against ISIS, a Marine Special Operations Commander at War
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Deliberate Discomfort
Deliberate Discomfort: How U.S. Special Operations Forces Overcome Fear and Dare to Win by Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
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Why America Loses Wars
How can you achieve victory in war if you don’t know your objectives or what victory means? Donald Stoker reveals the flaws in US policy and strategy from the Korean War to the present and lays the foundations for a better approach to the wars of tomorrow.
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Trust Based Leadership: Marine Corps Leadership Concepts For Today’s Business Leaders
Corporate America is experiencing a leadership crisis as thousands of senior leaders reach retirement age. Competition for vacant leadership roles will be fierce, but if you desire to serve in a leadership role or serve in more senior leadership roles, there’s a high probability that the opportunity will be yours for the taking!
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The New Ministry of Truth: Combat Advisors In Afghanistan and America’s Great Betrayal
This is not a book about epic firefights. It’s not about battlefield heroics. No one will extract a blockbuster movie from these words. Rather, the purpose of this book is to use the story of a combat advisor’s deployment to Afghanistan to illustrate one of America’s gravest betrayals.
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Hardened To Hickory: The Missing Chapter In Andrew Jackson Life
Unpublished documents reveal an Andrew Jackson who committed mutiny and shed tears as he thought his mistakes would lead to the deaths of teenage soldiers under his command. Indians saved him. The backwoods Jackson, who had never commanded a battle, presumed to take on the mantle of General George Washington.
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A Hero Is An Everyday, Ordinary Person Who Has Done Something Extraordinary
General Ann Dunwoody’s memoir “A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America’s First Female Four-Star General” is so much more than just a re-cap of a remarkable career. While Dunwoody’s four decades in the U.S. Army would have made for a fascinating read in its own right, it’s the advice she gives that makes this book a must-read.
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Does Your Leadership Style Multiply or Diminish Talent Around You?
Leadership expert Liz Wiseman identifies five disciplines that distinguish talent Multipliers from Diminishers. How are you amplifying talent around you?
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