"An intense view into key leadership techniques that quickly translate into business solutions. An easy to read companion that is useful across all levels of leadership. Demarest and McGinnis bring valuable experience from diverse environments. A must-have for every office bookshelf."
-- Jesse Dauphinee, Director, Global Head of Training and Communications for City Security & Investigative Services (CSIS)
To An Elite Leadership Journey
Leadership is about people, pure and simple, and on the right training ground can be taught and learned.
With a combined 50+ years of military service, we’re both products of some of the best leadership laboratories anywhere: United States military service academies. As a U.S. Navy SEAL and graduate of the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, we’ve learned elite processes and tools used to build leaders from the ground up.
But that alone isn’t enough. In focusing on serving others through our combined military and corporate experiences, we then developed a compass for instilling leadership strategies in the lives of those we’ve worked with. And this is what we bring to the table for you, the reader, to help you become the leader you’ve always wanted to be.
This book serves as a foundational framework for leadership led by example in stories of battles and victories in our military experiences as a U.S. Navy SEAL and Air Force Fighter Pilot, as well as business and corporate engagements. It’s time tested and steadfast in building the leadership skills needed to navigate today’s choppy waters using focus, trust and communication as a foundation.
Our intent is to provide simple, practical, time, battle and board room tested tools you can use right now to improve your leadership skills. Within the stories and teachings in this book, you’ll answer simple questions and identify ways in which you can more effectively step into leadership roles and strengthen your resolve in your daily life. This transformational process can begin on day one, and with consistency and effective effort, will last a lifetime.
By experiencing impactful events through our eyes that led to understanding the value of these key elements in leadership and relationships with others, we are certain this book will help you to navigate the challenges and opportunities of your lifelong leadership journey.
Looking to gain a strategic advantage and lead by example
Focusing on growth and ready to gain a hidden advantage
Seeking to rise to victory and take the lead
Devoted to the highest level of success through leadership development
Purposeful in their approach to developing success in life
Intent on providing positive direction and sustained personal growth to their families
Seeking to improve their relationships in life and business, and ready to finally get ahead
Great book with clean, quick and mission/time proven lessons on leadership and operational excellence. Loved the real life examples/stories throughout (highly entertaining). Focus, Trust, Communicate. Lot of wisdom packed into this short book. Highly recommend the read.
A great quick, easy read. Boots & McGinnis use their own personal experiences to drive home military leadership principles that offer a new perspective on business leadership styles. The stories they tell are funny, unique, and make their advice a down-to-earth yet set larger-than-life example. Highly recommend for a new take on business leadership strategy and style!
a powerful guide to becoming the leader you've always wanted to be
