The essence of what Navy SEALs do?
SEALs remove enemy resources from the battlespace.
Aggressive? Yes. Efficient? Yes. Effective? Yes.
The ability to sustainably succeed in dynamic environments starts in a different place than you might think. SEALs are consummate and devout professionals who constantly seek to improve their craft.
It begins with mastering your Self. It begins with authentic humility. Intrapersonal.
Self-regulation comes before self-control, will, or volition. Self-regulation makes these things possible, not the other way around.
Also, to perform as part of a superior team requires understanding the human condition. Interpersonal.
Only then can you flourish in demanding situations. This is true in your social circles, your work, and your family.
I spent 20 years in the Navy’s SEAL Teams and then over two decades working with business professionals and studying Leadership and Organization Development. I have determined the behavioral traits, skillsets, and cognitive frameworks that have the most impact. I condensed the takeaways from scores of military and private-sector engagements and the subject matter of untold numbers of textbooks and professional research articles into their actionable core.
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Meet the Author
I’m Forrest Walker- a retired U.S. Navy SEAL, executive consultant, and organizational strategist. I’ve led high-stakes teams in the most demanding environments on earth, and I’ve translated that experience into helping organizations navigate the complexity, disruption, and dynamic growth demanded by today’s global marketplace.
Navy SEALs aren’t supermen. We are tested by the same challenges and struggles that everyone has. But we constantly seek out the best ways to do anything our mission requires, share it with others, refine it until it is truly a ‘best practice’, and then implement it across the whole of our organization. It then gets reinforced and perpetuated by the members, who have extremely high personal standards and hold themselves accountable. Only then does it become part of our culture. It includes tactics, technology, methodology, and interoperability.
You and your organization can benefit from this model. It translates. It scales.
I have spent significant effort to maximize my positive impact on the private sector. In addition to my experience, I hold a Master of Science in Global Leadership from the University of San Diego, and a Master of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University.
My mission is simple: help people navigate the abstract corporate battlespace without the confusion, frustration, chaos, or burnout that comes with most initiatives.
Take a look at our catalogues of eBooks. I am confident you will find several things that can help you with existing challenges right now.
Leadership That Delivers
How you show up in the workspace has a great deal to do with your ability to have the level of impact you want. Initially, your team sees you in your role rather than as a person. Changing that in specific ways has far-reaching benefits that you can’t see from where you are right now.
When new challenges arise, your people don’t care how far it is outside your wheelhouse, they just want the team to succeed. You have to know. You have to be the eye of that storm. Every storm.
You were great at your job and got promoted to a leadership position. Your people assume that you have the knowledge and skills to excel at that level too. They also think they know what capabilities that position should possess. Upper Management just assumes you will figure it out.
When was the last time you participated in leadership training? When was the last time you came away from any form of training and had a ton of legit knowledge and tools that you could immediately put into play?
The HR Director or the new CEO doesn’t know what you need. Theirs is an educated guess at best. You are the only one who truly knows where you might benefit from improvement. You know your strengths, and you are uniquely positioned to determine what you can leverage to elevate your performance.