A practical leadership manual for the world of business, the armed forces, and everyday life.

The battlefield, the most difficult and demanding environment one can find themselves in, offers the toughest leadership lessons for those situations where everything is on the razor's edge. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin experienced this reality firsthand in the most violent and dangerous battlefield of Iraq. Leading SEAL Team Three's Bruiser Task Unit, their mission seemed theoretically impossible: to help U.S. forces retake Ramadi, a city that had plunged into violence and was considered by most to be "completely lost." Through harrowing experiences of heroism, tragic losses, and hard-fought victories, the authors learned that leadership—at all levels—is the most significant factor in victory or failure.

Returning to the U.S. after the war, they established SEAL leadership training to impart the eye-opening leadership lessons they learned in battle and to help forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After leaving the SEAL Teams, they founded a consulting company, Echelon Front, to teach the same leadership principles to business, corporate, and organizational leaders. Since then, they have trained countless leaders in hundreds of companies, in virtually every productive sector in the U.S. and internationally, teaching them how to develop their own high-performance teams and lead them more effectively to dominate their own battlefields.

Since its publication in October 2015, Extreme Ownership has revolutionized the art of leadership by setting new standards on the subject. Now a fundamental read for many of the most successful organizations, it has become an integral part of official leadership training programs for business teams, military units, and emergency response teams. Analyzing the mindset and principles that enable SEAL units to carry out the most challenging combat missions, Extreme Ownership explains how any team or business can apply them in their field. A compelling narrative with detailed and immediately applicable instructions, Extreme Ownership pushes leaders wherever they are to fulfill their ultimate purpose: to lead and win.