Most leadership advice is a collection of stories and heuristics disconnected from any underlying theory. We use economics, psychology, and neuroscience to build a coherent framework for how leadership actually works.
After taking command in late 1943, Slim spent much of his attention, and his commanders', on getting soldiers to take their malaria tablets
Every act of leadership is a combination of the same handful of functions. Our framework is the lens that runs through every issue, every episode, and the book.
When a soldier complained that his commander rode while he carried a shield uphill, Xenophon got off his horse and carried it himself
When the gunboats could not suppress the guns at Grand Gulf in April 1863, Grant adjusted plans and crossed the Mississippi the next morning; he had learned of the landing just that night.
A few weeks before the Apollo 11 launch, a training exercise highlighted the lack of shared understanding
Aaron and Spencer look back at their conversations with Todd Howard, Jay Powers, Mike Yankovich, and Geoff Kent, and talk through what those episodes taught them about sharing information on a team, responsibility as a scarce resource, and why people care so much about fairness.
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