Marquet, L. David. Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You Don't. Portfolio Penguin. New York. 2020.
Essential reading to create space for self-managing teams and as fun to read as his submarine stories, the book is useful as a desk reference for using the '6 plays'. Marquet covers wise practices with background and examples.
Learn the fundamentals and become a decision evaluator among active, thinking, feeling people.
- One-page references
- David Marquet speaks with Jacob Morgan - hour-long interview
- Find 1-minute briefs about it among his 2020 Leadership Nudges
- Highlights on the Intent-based Leadership blog in 2020
- David Marquet with Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans - 51 minute interview
The 6 Plays for maintaining a thinking-doing (bluework-redwork) rhythm:
- Control the clock
- Collaborate
- Commit
- Complete
- Improve
- Connect
I hope my get-better self prevails over my be-good self.