Narrated by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink has a runtime of 8 hrs 43 mins on Audible.
Publisher’s Summary
“These guys are intense. And they bring that same fire to their narration in the audiobook. Listen to these insanely competent SEAL officers tell you exactly how to make a team successful through their firsthand experiences in business and combat.” – The Hustle
An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership audiobook that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.
Combat, the most intense and dynamic environment imaginable, teaches the toughest leadership lessons, with absolutely everything at stake. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned this reality first-hand on the most violent and dangerous battlefield in Iraq. As leaders of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, their mission was one many thought impossible: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a violent, insurgent-held city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping, firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories, they learned that leadership—at every level—is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.
Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training to pass on their harsh lessons learned in combat to help forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After leaving the SEAL Teams, they launched a company, Echelon Front, to teach those same leadership principles to leaders in businesses, companies, and organizations across the civilian sector. Since that time, they have trained countless leaders and worked with hundreds of companies in virtually every industry across the U.S. and internationally, teaching them how to develop their own high-performance teams and most effectively lead those teams to dominate their battlefields.
Since its release in October 2015, Extreme Ownership has revolutionized leadership development and set a new standard for literature on the subject. Required listening for many of the most successful organizations, it has become an integral part of the official leadership training programs for scores of business teams, military units, and first responders. Detailing the mindset and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions, Extreme Ownership demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
- Length: 8 hrs 43 mins
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Release year: 2015
- Audible category: Biographies & Memoirs / Military & War / Business & Careers
Listener Ratings
Extreme Ownership holds an average listener rating of 4.8/5 from 76603 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.8/5
- Story: 4.8/5
- 5-star ratings: 83% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “Sound issues?”
The start of almost every sentence from Jocko sounded like the first half of the word was never recorded. I listened to this over Bluetooth headphones and double checked with the IPhone 6s speakers only.I can’t think of a better way to describe the issue. A scratchy start of sound that is missing the first half of the first word in the start of every sentence that followed any significant pause. The parts read by Leif did not hanged this problem and were delivered like you might expect.
Still worth getting us
— Michael S Lynn, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Exceptionally inspiring”
This book is as authentic as it gets. Narrated by the authors, the listener gets a candid, well-structured and deeply analysed account on how the authors grew as leaders on the battlefield, and how their hard-earned leadership lessons apply to business situations. The book’s candour & authenticity matches Stephen Covey’s work. Listening to the book feels like sitting on the first row of one of their workshops, or being coached in private. The fact that the authors narrate their book themselves adds tremendous authenticity, value and listening pleasure. It makes you feel humble, but truly inspires at the same time. Some passages read like a thriller, other passages makes you chuckle.— pat_glen007, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Great Content – Learn from our heros”
Amazing stories from these 2 heros. They do a masterful job at applying their qualities to the business world.— jswest, Audible listener
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