The Marine Corps Way: Using Maneuver Warfare to Lead a Winning Organization
Achieving a Rapid Tempo and Accelerating from There
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OODA: Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act
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Identify opportunities, make decisions, and implement plans faster than competitors do to seize the initiative and force them into a constant state of reaction.
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Constantly challenge yourself and those in your charge to make sound decisions as rapidly as possible.
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Be your own harshest critic.
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Position decision-making authority as close to the action as possible.
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Lead from the front or delegate.
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Decentralized decision-making breeds tempo.
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N-O Rule: reserve a third of the time remaining before a deadline for yourself and two- thirds for those in your charge who will be executing the task at hand. Give them time to plan and coordinate at their respective levels.
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Obligation to Dissent, Part 2: Always uphold the obligation to dissent, but only until the decision is made. Once it is made, execute it as if it were your own.
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Consider competitive encounters multiperiod , multiarena engagements.
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Train decision-making speed.
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Make the investment necessary to prepare your people to make sound and timely decisions under pressure.
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R2P2: make the commitment necessary to create an effective rapid response planning process in your organization.
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Use SOPs to free your people to focus their attention on situation-specific matters.
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Use technology to accelerate a process, not extend the time available before a deadline.
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Employ network operations and systems security measures to help maintain rapid tempo ”prevent your high-tempo organization from grounding to a halt.