The Extreme Ownership Rundown
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Power of Relationships
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Relationships are integral to your success and the success of any team in any arena. When you recognize that relationships are paramount, you will pri...
Influence
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We want to be able to influence others. Whether at work, home or in our community, we often think we know best and want others to GO WITH OUR PLAN. ...
Respect
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We want others to respect us. Whether at work, at home, or in our community, we want others to recognize our experience, perspective, and contribution...
Listen
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Human Beings Are Half-Duplex Machines Like a half-duplex radio, you cannot receive transmissions from anyone else whenever you are in transmit mode...
Watch Your Language
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first step in taking ownership is to acknowledge a mistake or failure. But when you do this, be careful to watch your language.
Caution: Tendency To Blame Others
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As human beings, we all tend to blame others. Something in our nature drives our immediate default response to blame anyone or anything other th...
The Highest Form of Extreme Ownership
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PRE-EMPTIVE OWNERSHIPWhen a leader accepts total responsibility for everything that impacts their mission, Extreme Ownership becomes not just retroact...
The Only Leadership Test That Matters
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the introduction to the book, Extreme Ownership, Jocko and I wrote: The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails...
Your Problems Are Not Unique
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At Echelon Front, we work with client companies and organizations in just about every industry. And we consistently hear the same or very similar thin...
HUMBLING YET LIBERATING
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all fall short of the mark at times. So you don’t have to pretend. People know you aren’t perfect because no one is perfect. There is no such t...
The 360 Degree Perspective
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool. Have unlimited patience. Never corner an opponent, and always assist [them] to save face. Put you...
How Often Are You Training?
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We know that leadership is a skill. Like any skill, no one is born with exceptional leadership abilities. They must be learned. While experience is a ...
You May Be Wrong
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Immortalized as Davy Crockett in movies and frontier folklore, David Crockett was a ‘coonskin cap-wearing former-U.S. Congressman from Tennessee. He...
The Indirect Approach: How To Influence Others
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“You’ve been brainwashed,” said Jocko. “The shortest distance between two points isn’t a straight line.” It may be true in geometry, ...
How to Work with Difficult Personalities
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Working with different personalities can seem like a challenge, but it doesn’t have to be. Learning how to work with different personality types is ...
Is Leadership A Skill?
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
No one is born with great leadership ability. Leadership is a skill that must be taught, learned, and developed over time through training, practice, ...
Why Losing Your Cool Is Weakness
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The power of self-control is an ancient concept This isn’t a new concept. Israel’s King Solomon wrote about this nearly 3,000 years ago: He ...
How To Think Strategically
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At a recent Extreme Ownership Muster, our two-day leadership conference, a participant asked Jocko: “How often should I be thinking strategically, a...
How to Lead Up The Chain of Command
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Often, when people think of leadership, they think of a senior person leading a team of people that report to them. That’s leading down the chain of...
Who Is A Leader?
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we use the term “leader,” people usually think of the CEO, the senior executive team, or those at the very top of an organization. Many peopl...
Accountability
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Often, leaders we work with demand more accountability for people with whom they work. “We need to start holding people accountable,” they tell us...
Check The Ego
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ego drives us to do extraordinary things. It makes people want to win; strive to be the best in their field or industry. But ego can also be the most ...
Leadership Capital
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Think of the amount of influence you have on the people around you as a bank account. Leadership capital represents the funds available in that accoun...
The Power of Detachment
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you handle multiple problems at the same time? The answer is DETACH. When you detach—when you pull yourself out of the details, it gives you ...
What Makes a Good Team Member?
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a good team member? “What makes a good SEAL?” Jocko asked a group of leaders at one of Echelon Front’s Field Training Exercises. H...
How Do You Create Buy In?
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you get others to accept your plan or course of action and execute it as if it were their own? We get this question all the time from a le...
How Do You Get Others to Take Ownership?
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to taking ownership, perhaps the most frequently asked question we get at Echelon Front is: How do I get others to take ownership? In t...
Intro
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Learn what The Extreme Ownership Rundown is