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What is an employee's worst nightmare? Seeing Marcinko's (Rogue Warrior, LJ 2/1/92) latest on the boss's desk next to Wess Roberts's Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun (1986).
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Publishers Weekly" Bracing, gutsy, tough-talking, empowering...."Leadership Secrets Of The Rogue Warrior"(R) should be required reading for managers who want to weed out prima donnas, transform the lazy, and motivate the troops. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars No nonsense is colorful and interesting, Mar 18 2004

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This review is from: Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior (Paperback)

This is the first "rogue warrior" book that I have read and I was instantly hooked. The principles that the author puts forward are simple and effective, driving home the overall messages very well. This book has helped me to think differently about what I do, where I work, and how I allow people to impact my day-to-day activities. In short, the book has pointed out that YOU are the only one who is in control of your career...that through proper training and preparation, you can be ready for anything...and that true leaders disregard the political ramifications and take decisive and definative stances - in spite of the trials that they will face.

The author is rough and gruff in terms of the language he uses -- so if you are easily offended, you should probably stay away. If you can handle the strong wording, then this book may be a good choice for you to "lead the charge" and take back your career.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is the good one....., Mar 22 2002

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Mike "Squirrel Nutkin" (Fairfax, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

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Even if you are not the leader of your team/group/posse, whatever, this is a great book to help you to BECOME that leader. This is a straightahead, no nonsense book which makes you look at yourself and where you want to be, and what you want to do and best of all, makes you think. It is not an answer book, that is for sure, so be ready to think fast.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Dick is not a businessman, Nov 15 2001

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"sparky999" (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior (Paperback)

Sorry, but I know Mr. Marcinko (on a casual basis) and I know many of his former TEAM warriors on a more professional basis. Dick is an EXCEPTIONAL conflict commander, but this skillset does not transfer to a business environment.

As much as middle managers want to beleive (and in some cases dickweed executive management) that they are warfighters within their overblown egos...they are not. Warfighting and business are two totaly dicotomous activities.

Business, by its nature, is meant to further the business goals of an organization. War, on the converse, is designed to subjugate an enemy. Tell me, is there any commonality? Doubtful. And, if business leaders actually find common theology with 'Dick', Sun Tsu, or Causawitz, then they need to enter physco therapy as soon as possible... a serious Nepolianic complex

In war, combatants are able to achieve objects by 'any means neccessary'. This is not the case in business, if for no other reason than human decency with interject boundries... I am not a fan of any military doctrine being applied to 'making money'...wrong, wrong wrong.

Other than the core of this book. the stories are fun, but have nothing to do with business... if they do, then we (as a nation) have moved into a sorry state of "win at any cost" and, that is very depressing.

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