Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach (Paperback)

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Required reading for all present and future leaders, this classic is for those who have to "get the job done"--military or not.

Product Details

• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: Presidio Press (June 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891411739
• ISBN-13: 978-0891411734
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #24,619 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most USEFUL leadership book. Bar-none., May 25, 2005

By	Rick Bateman (Victoria, BC Canada) - See all my reviews

I have read dozens of leadership books over the years including many from both business and military perspectives. This is bar-none the best. I currently have four managers, about thirty staff and multiple projects I am responsible for and this is the book that I repeately reach for because it is a "how to" book. I reach for it to solve problems and I reach for it to teach my staff and managers "how to".

This is the best book on the nuts and bolts of practical leadership. It provides and excellent model and goes on to tell you how to do it. Mr. Malone apporaches the subject like a mechanic; his book explains how the machinery of direct leadership works, then provides you with a set of tools and finally tells you how to use those tools.

I have applied or implemented a number of the authors ideas and my staff and managers love it. Yet I will still be learning from this book for many years to come.

None of this is rocket science. Like the title says, its common sense, but the magic is in the authors clarity of communication combined with your ACTUALLY DOING IT.

I recommend you read it through twice before beginning implementation because parts will be much clearer on the second reading.

If you want to be a leader and you want people to see you as a leader, at any level of an organization, this is the book.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Book on Leadership, April 16, 2005

By	T. Hooper "thdizzy" (Osaka, Japan) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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This book was written for officers in the United States Army. It gives officers an idea of how to manage and develop the soldiers under them. Particularly it gives good advice on how to recognize and deal with certain types of soldiers based on a skill, will, and teamwork scale. To tell the truth, I'm not in the army, but I bought this book to gain some insight into the army's way of managing and developing soldiers. I believe that if you are a businessperson or a teacher, you can learn a lot about how to treat different employees or students. Each person has individual needs that need to be handled in different ways, and I think this is something that this book does a good job of introducing. If you're in the army, you definitely need this, and if you're not, you can still gain a lot of knowledge by reading this.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Realistic Information, June 6, 1999

By A Customer

At last, a leadership book that doesn't have alot of corporate stuff in it. I get really tired of those volumes that have the samurai way, or the military way, or whatever, and then start talking about sales figures and meetings. This one literally is about leading military units, with specifics and an explanation of the broader concept of what leadership is for and how each leader in the chain of command fits together to achieve the goals of the army.

I am a squad leader in the police academy, a para-military outfit, and the ideas and advice in this book helped me out alot. I heartily recommend it for anyone facing an NCO billet of any kind.