Military Performance

The Program: Lessons from Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High-Performance Leaders and Teams offers a hands-on guide to the winning techniques and tactics of The Program, the acclaimed team-building and leadership development company. Drawing on the actual experiences of The Program's instructors from their personal combat stories to working with world-class athletic teams and successful corporations, the audiobook clearly shows how The Program's training operations can help to achieve life goals and ambitions.

Tom Sotis is this generation's most prolific instructor of knife fighting. Having taught over 1200 seminars in twenty-five countries, Tom has earned worldwide acclaim for his unique theories and coaching methods. The Way of Tactics is presented in three parts. “Life Lessons” is intended to entertain readers while offering valuable personal insights from the training and experiences of one of the world's most lethal men. A “Manifesto of Invincibility”, presented through the prism of knife fighting, has useful applications for warriors, executives, and athletes. It presents a ...

Former Navy SEAL commander, White House Fellow, and nonprofit and business leader Mike Hayes offers an inspiring playbook for understanding and achieving your most rewarding and purposeful life. Mission Driven offers a practical guide for transition points: young people, recent graduates...

Build elite tactical fitness and unbreakable resilience for high-stakes environments where failure isn't an option. Whether you are commuting to a grueling twelve-hour shift or gearing up for a volatile deployment, this high-energy audio guide transforms your physical and mental conditioning...

Updated and timed for the 60th anniversary (Thanksgiving Day, 1942) of this movie, this critically acclaimed book draws upon years of research, including access to Ingrid Bergman's personal acting diaries and the vast Warner Brothers archives, as well as interviews with many of those close to the film, including the late Paul Henreid, Lauren Bacall, and scriptwriters Howard Koch and Julius Epstein.

Why were the American POWs imprisoned at the Hanoi Hilton so resilient in captivity and so successful in their subsequent careers? This book presents six principles practiced within the POW organizational culture that can be used to develop high-performance teams everywhere. The authors offer examples from both the POWs’ time in captivity and their later professional lives that identify, in real-life situations, the characteristics necessary for sustainable, high-performance teamwork.

The US military in general, and its many elite organizations in particular, possesses a culture of high performance. Courage to Execute outlines the six basic principles that operate at the foundation of high performance, which include leadership, organization, communication, knowledge, experience, and discipline, known together as LOCKED. When all are practiced effectively, teamwork emerges. But the most elusive quality that's at the heart of all elite military teams, the element that organizations and businesses desire to perform more efficiently and effectively, is trust.

Military organizations are often portrayed as rigid hierarchies trapped by rules and bureaucracy. Do Look Down! reveals a different reality: institutions capable of cultivating trust, adaptability, ingenuity, teamwork, and decisive action under extraordinary pressure. Drawing on firsthand encounters with members of the U.S. military, Sorin Adam Matei presents eight memorable lessons in life, leadership, and organizational excellence. From a Marine Corps rappelling tower and an Army battlefield simulation to Coast Guard operations, drone aviation, emergency military medicine, and the ...

More than 60,000 books have been published on the Civil War. Most Americans, though, get their ideas about the war why it was fought, what was won, what was lost not from books but from movies, television, and other popular media. In an engaging and accessible survey, Gallagher guides listeners through the stories told in recent film and art, showing how they have both reflected and influenced the political, social, and racial currents of their times.

An inspiring personal development book that “can change your life” (Pete Hegseth, New York Times bestselling author and cohost of Fox & Friends) and help you obtain elite levels of success, from former Special Forces Green Beret Daniel Fielding. Thought-provoking, engaging, and accessible...

In an increasingly urbanized world, urban terrain has become a greater factor in military operations. Simultaneously, advances in military technology have given military forces sharply increased capabilities. The conflict comes from how urban terrain can negate or degrade many of those increased capabilities. What happens when advanced weapons are used in a close-range urban fight with an abundance of cover? Storming the City analyzes the performance of the US Army and US Marine Corps in urban combat in four major urban battles of the mid-20th century.

Unlock the Secrets of Military Strategy to Transform Your Business Leadership! Are you an entrepreneur or executive striving to build an unbreakable team culture and achieve lasting success? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the complexities of strategic planning and leadership in today's fast-paced business world? Discover how military tactics can revolutionize your business strategy and lead you to unparalleled success. Learn the foundational principles of military strategy and how they apply to modern business contexts. Create a comprehensive business strategy that mirrors military ...

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution, and its story during the Second World War is also our story. This was a period of remarkable voices: Churchill’s speeches, de Gaulle’s broadcasts from exile, Richard Dimbleby and Vera Lynn. Radio offered an incomparable tool for propaganda while at the same time eyewitness testimonies gave a voice to everyone, securing the BBC’s reputation as a purveyor of truth.

The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topics for the duration of the war, including neutrality and isolationism, racism and genocide, and heroism and battle fatigue. McLaughlin and Parry's work fills a significant gap in the history of theater and popular culture, showing that American society was more divided and less idealistic than the received histories of the WWII home front and the entertainment industry recognize.

Unleashing Firepower, Masters of Business Excellence has brought together experts from various corners of the world, spanning diverse disciplines, to breathe life into this book. How can a former Navy SEAL extract lessons from their experiences and apply them to thrive as a successful entrepreneur? Moreover, how can a former 3-Star General shed light on the crucial prerequisite of establishing the right team mindset before embarking on significant AI integration in today's business landscape? The term "Business Excellence" widely signifies the elevation of standards in the business realm. ...

What Makes Great Teams Consistently Outperform Everyone Else? Why do some teams thrive under pressure while others struggle when challenges arise? Drawing on proven leadership concepts inspired by the Israel Defense Forces, Blue Team Dynamics reveals three powerful principles that help leaders build trust, improve performance, and create resilient teams capable of achieving extraordinary results. Whether leading a business, managing a department, coaching a team, or navigating personal challenges, these practical lessons provide a framework for developing stronger relationships, clearer ...

First published as opinion pieces, the essays in Divining Duterte provide contemporaneous commentaries on the context, course and consequences of the policies Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pursued after his 2016 election.Duterte became the first president in seventy years to come from...

An SAS commander's practical blueprint for elite resilience, leadership and high-performance strategies, perfect for readers of Jocko Willink and David Goggins. Forge unshakeable resilience. Build elite teams. Thrive under pressure. Mark Wales served in the Australian Defence Force for 16 years...

If you are buying this book you probably know already know that the Army revolves around OER and NCOER bullets. There is a saying that money makes the world go round. The equivalent would be OER bullets make the Army go round. Think back in your career. Everything that didn’t make sense, everything that didn’t seem right, probably fed into an OER bullet. Iraq? Afghanistan? OER bullet. Standing in line for countless hours? OER bullet for something. Eating terrible food that animals reject? OER bullet. Ruck countless miles for no reason? OER bullet. This will help you to stand out and ...

Submarines glide along on their dangerous missions, their crews performing difficult tasks under arduous conditions. The mystique associated with these boats is evidenced by the number of movies and television shows dedicated to the subject. But nowhere else will you find the lighter side of submarine operations - childish pranks, retrieving lost sailors, and even humorous episodes involving the father of the nuclear Navy, Admiral Rickover.