Intent-Based Leadership
by L. David Marquet
The expanded framework from Turn the Ship Around!: pushing authority to information, competence and clarity as prerequisites, and the language shifts that move teams from permission to intent. Overlaps heavily with the earlier books.
Read it if…
you want the framework laid out as a method rather than a story.
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Skip it if…
you have read Turn the Ship Around! and Leadership Is Language.
Try instead: About Face →
Three things you will actually use
- Move authority to where the information is.
- Competence and clarity make delegation safe.
- Change the language, change the behavior.
Do this first
Replace one 'request permission' process with 'I intend to' this week.
Our verdict
Method version of the story.
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Compare with other Leadership books
One Mission
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Team of Teams, operationalized.
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