THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme
Ownership comes a revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership
balance crucial to victory. More than three million readers of Extreme Ownership learned to
apply combat-proven leadership lessons from authors Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. Now in the
new edition of the sequel Willink and Babin dive deeper into the most challenging aspect of
leading people: The Dichotomy of Leadership. This most difficult-and essential- element of
leadership requires finding the balance between the forces that pull at every leader in
opposite directions. Humbling lessons learned in combat and in teaching leadership to the next
generation of SEAL leaders highlighted for the authors with crystal clarity what works and
what doesn't. As leadership consultants to over 1600 companies and organizations across the
U.S. and multiple countries they have worked with thousands of leaders across the full
spectrum of industries in the business world. Through dynamic examples from their combat and
training experiences in the SEAL Teams and vignettes from the business arena Willink and Babin
demonstrate how each leadership concept applies on the battlefield in business and in life.
With a new Foreword and Q&A section this revised edition of Dichotomy provides the crucial
insight and awareness necessary for leaders to understand when to lead and when to follow when
to focus and when to detach when to tighten the reins and when to let the team run when to
aggressively maneuver and when to be prudent. In The Dichotomy of Leadership the authors
deliver a book that rivals Extreme Ownership with life-changing guidance that should be
essential reading for every leader and every team for generations. Understanding how to
maintain balance enables leaders to most effectively lead accomplish their mission and
achieve the ultimate goal of every team: Victory.
