Jocko Willink
10 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2018 by Jocko Willink · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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Jul 20, 2018 positive
Jocko Willink: Companies should test all job candidates as 90-day contractors
“The only way to figure out who's going to make it through is to put them through it. That's the only way. Now, so what I recommend to companies all the time is when you know, yes, you want to do a thorough interview. Yes, you want to give them scenarios. Yes, …”
Jul 20, 2018 positive
Jocko Willink: A weak manager provides an opportunity to operate with autonomy
“People ask me, what do you do when you have a weak leader? I'm like, I'm happy. If my leader's weak, I'm stoked. I'm going, hey boss, you know, I got this. Hey, thanks for your support. We're going to keep over. We're going to be over here doing what we do. I'…”
Jul 20, 2018
Jocko Willink: Every single problem a company faces is a leadership problem
“Every single problem that companies face, every single problem that companies face is a leadership problem. And if you can come up with an example, if someone wants to text me or hit me up on Twitter with an example that's not a leadership problem, like, oh, w…”
Jul 20, 2018
Jocko Willink: Controlling CEOs cannot scale micromanagement from ten to 100 people
“Well, if you've got a CEO that's a good, solid leader, and he likes to control things, with 10 people he can pull it off.
For sure.
With 10 people he can pull it off.
He's a workaholic, he's working 22 hours a day, 20 hours a day, 18 hours a day, he's on, he's…”
Jul 20, 2018
Jocko Willink: Teams excel with two solid leaders regardless of formal rank
“If you had two good leaders in a SEAL platoon, the SEAL platoon was going to do awesome. And it didn't matter where they were. If they happen to be the platoon commander, great. If it happened to be the platoon chief, great. If it happened to be the leading pe…”
Jul 20, 2018
Jocko Willink: A manager's span of control depends on their team's competence
“If you're running a team, and everyone on the team is A players, guess what, you can control more of them, because you don't have to give them as much direction. If you have a bunch of substandard players on your team, and guess what, they're gonna need more d…”
Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018
Jocko Willink: Frontline operators out-decision distant commanders 99.9% of the time
“If Mike's in the field with his platoon, and I'm back in the,
Forward operating base somewhere and he needs to make a decision.
Who knows to make a better decision?
Is it me or is it him?
It's him.
99.9% of the time.”
Jul 20, 2018
Jocko Willink: Writing daily preserves context and eliminates re-reading previous work
“If you write every day, you don't have to go back and read what you wrote the previous day, because you still remember it. For me, if I take two days, so if I write today, and then I don't write tomorrow, and then I go to write again, I gotta go back and read.…”
Jul 20, 2018
Jocko Willink: A leader's ego is the biggest hindrance to decentralized command
“The biggest hindrance to decentralized command is ego, is me going, you shut up, Mike, and do what I tell you to do, you don't know what you're doing, you're junior to me, you haven't been as long as me, you haven't been as long as me, you need to listen to me…”