Lead Like a Marine

Run Towards a Challenge, Assemble Your Fireteam, and Win Your Next Battle

By: John Warren, John Thompson

Narrated by: Eric Altheide

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The U.S. Marines Corps is the greatest fighting force on the planet, but it’s so much more than that: it’s a factory for producing first-rate leaders, problem-solvers, and innovators.

In 2006, John Warren and John Thompson led Marines into combat in the world’s most dangerous city: Ramadi, Iraq. But when they got home, employers didn’t understand what they had to offer. Undeterred, they founded their own specialty mortgage company, growing it from scratch into a national powerhouse over the course of a decade.

When the two decorated veterans applied the values and training of the U.S. Marine Corps to build a thriving business, they defied corporate America’s expectations. That’s because they realized that, far from producing mindless drones, the Corps trains its warriors in adaptability, initiative, and courage—ideal traits for anyone in leadership.

In Lead Like a Marine, Warren and Thompson lay out the simple, universal rules that helped them succeed, from valuing grit and potential over pedigree, to condensing large groups into resilient “fireteams,” to cross-training team members so that anyone can step up to the plate in a crisis. While the corporate world is mired in maintaining the status quo, respecting status, and flattering ego, Warren and Thompson stripped away the fat that prevents organizations from innovating and excelling.

Full of smart, actionable advice, gripping combat stories, and entrepreneurial lessons, this book will give you the tools and the training you need to truly lead like a Marine.

©2023 John Warren and John Thompson (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

Great

Great read listen definitely a must to empower your self and team Semper Fi to my Brothers.

Leadership can still Save America!

John Warren and John Thompson have told their story compellingly, but each person who still believes in those three unalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, needs to read this book, and begin to realize that they can “Lead Like a Marine,” where God has placed them.

God told Abraham that He would not destroy Sodom if he could find just 10 righteous men.

America needs to find great men and women of character like John Warren to lead if we are to rediscover the greatness that our leaders have bartered away for personal gain.

Thanks for this amazing work.

If You Can't Hire a Marine, Lead Like One

There have been many books written about Marines and Marine Leadership over the years, but none have captured my attention quite like this one. 247 years of wisdom in one succinct volume that's every bit as applicable in the boardroom as it is on the battlefield. I purchased a physical copy for everyone on my team, and I listened on Audible. It's almost perfect, but the narrator consistently mispronounced Camp Lejeune saying (La Jern). As a Marine myself, who spend a lot of time there, it was distracting and not indicative of the type of attention to detail that I'd expect from a book by and about Marines. Outside of that, the book and the audiobook are outstanding. If you want to improve the effectiveness of your organization, hire a Marine. If you can't hire one, lead like one!