Winning Under Fire: turn stress into success the U.S. Army way

Terms of Use......Page 5
Want to learn more?......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
1 Under Fire......Page 15
Mistakes Caused by Stress Can Be Fatal......Page 17
Why Didn't We Hold Up Under Stress?......Page 18
The Leader's Responsibility......Page 21
What Is Stress?......Page 22
Stress Causes People to React......Page 24
The Effects of Stress in the Corporate Setting......Page 26
The Army's Balance Between Positive and Negative Stress......Page 28
Detecting Stress......Page 29
What About the Stressed-Out Leaders from the Old French Fort?......Page 32
2 Stress Triggers......Page 35
Preparing for Stress......Page 36
What's Causing All of This Stress?......Page 37
Most Stress Is Unnecessary......Page 40
Controlling Stress at the First Sign......Page 41
Initial Relief of Major Stress Triggers......Page 44
Minimizing Stress Triggers......Page 51
What's So Positive About Positive Stress?......Page 53
Using Positive Responses......Page 54
Positive Stress and Corporate Life......Page 55
Using Stress to Succeed......Page 56
George S. Patton and a Pocket Notebook......Page 57
Sorting Them Out......Page 58
Listen to Your Own Advice......Page 62
4 Exposing Weaknesses......Page 65
Today's "Reviews" Are Different from Yesterday's "Reports"......Page 66
The Modern AAR......Page 68
Procedures for Doing AARs......Page 69
Using AARs in the Corporate Setting......Page 77
Complex Army Communications......Page 81
Technology Can Help, but Face-to-Face Is Better......Page 82
Combat Communications Strategies......Page 83
Steps to Reduce the Top Ten Communication Stressors......Page 86
Using One Technique to Control Seven Stressors......Page 93
6 Being Prepared......Page 99
Education and Training Are Fundamental in Controlling Stress......Page 100
Practice Is the Second Step in Being Prepared......Page 103
Confidence in Yourself and Your Employees Helps Control Stress......Page 107
Hard-Core Training......Page 111
U.S. Army Airborne School......Page 114
Corporate Team Building......Page 115
Corporate Crises—Weak Versus Strong Teams......Page 117
Developing Teamwork......Page 118
Ten Ways to Prepare Leaders and Teams to Meet Stressors Head-On......Page 119
Top Ten Obstacles to Successful Teamwork......Page 122
8 Practice......Page 125
Corporate Ambushes......Page 126
How Corporations Can Practice......Page 128
Practice Through Inspections......Page 131
9 The Ultimate Test......Page 135
Resiliency in Time of War......Page 137
Resiliency Versus Anticipation......Page 138
Four Ways the Army Strengthens Resiliency......Page 139
10 Channeling Fear into Focus......Page 147
Objective......Page 149
Offensive......Page 150
Mass......Page 151
Economy of Force......Page 152
Maneuver......Page 153
Unity of Command......Page 155
Security......Page 156
Surprise......Page 159
Simplicity......Page 160
Let the Principles of War Work for You......Page 161
Planning Tools in Business......Page 163
How to Get All the Information......Page 164
How to Be Better Informed......Page 165
Corporate Use of the Five-Paragraph Operation Order......Page 166
The Details Are Critical......Page 171
Planning Your Work and Working Your Plan......Page 175
12 Discipline......Page 177
Discipline Defined......Page 178
Discipline's Role in the Workplace......Page 180
Is Your Business Disciplined?......Page 181
Discipline and Leadership......Page 190
13 The Element of Surprise......Page 193
Plan for Action......Page 194
The Importance of Surprise......Page 195
Leadership in Action......Page 202
14 Leadership......Page 205
Initiative......Page 206
Agility......Page 208
Depth......Page 210
Synchronization......Page 212
Versatility......Page 214
Passing These Tenets to Your Team Members......Page 215
15 Strive for Excellence......Page 217
Excellence and Positive Stress Reactions......Page 218
Leaders Are Also Vulnerable to Stress......Page 224
Success Under Fire......Page 230
Index......Page 233
About the Author......Page 241