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The Grit Factor
- Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World
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At age 19, Shannon Huffman Polson became the youngest woman ever to climb Denali, the highest mountain in North America. She went on to reach the summits of Mt. Rainier and Mt. Kilimanjaro and spent more than a decade traveling the world. Yet it was during her experience serving as one of the Army's first female attack helicopter pilots, and eventually leading an Apache flight platoon on deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina, that she learned the lessons of leadership that forever changed her life.
Where did these insights come from? From her own crucibles of experience - and from other women. In writing The Grit Factor, Polson made it her mission to connect with an elite pack of tough, impressive female iconoclasts who shared with her their candid stories of combat and career. This slate of decorated leaders includes Heather Penney, one of the first female F-16 pilots, who was put on a suicide mission for 9/11; General Ann Dunwoody, the first female four-star general in the Army; Amy McGrath, the first female Marine to fly the F/A-18 in combat - and dozens of other unstoppable women who got there first, including Polson herself.
With its gripping narrative and relatable takeaways, The Grit Factor is both inspiring and pragmatic, a book that will energize and enlighten current and aspiring leaders everywhere - whether male or female.
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In this insightful and funny book, Scott Kelly shares how a distracted student with poor grades became a record-breaking astronaut and commander of the International Space Station. People think that astronauts are always perfect. "Failure's not an option", right? But as Scott shares in his deeply intimate book, he believes that it's our mistakes and challenges that have the potential to lead to greatness.
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- By Amazon Customer on 06-05-22
By: Scott Kelly
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A Higher Standard
- Leadership Strategies from America's First Female Four-Star General
- By: Ann Dunwoody
- Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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A Higher Standard takes a candid look at the exciting military career of US Army General Ann Dunwoody, who received her fourth star - a rank never before reached by a woman - in her fourth decade of service. From her first command leading 200 soldiers to her final one leading 69,000, Dunwoody reveals the challenges she faced and the changes she initiated by sharing both the smallest moments and the most pivotal events in her career.
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outstanding general, less than great author
- By Matt L on 08-03-19
By: Ann Dunwoody
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Stronger
- Develop the Resilience You Need to Succeed
- By: George S. Everly Jr. PhD, Douglas A. Strouse PhD, Dennis K. Strouse PhD
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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Professional athletes, surgeons, first responders - all perform remarkable feats in the face of intense stress. Why do they thrive under pressure while others succumb? What separates the two is attitude. Resilient people meet adversity head on and bounce back from setbacks. They seem to naturally exude an inner strength - but studies show that resilience is something that anyone can build.
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Inspiring stories but light on the science
- By Antony on 05-23-16
By: George S. Everly Jr. PhD, and others
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Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
- Six Characteristics of High-Performance Teams
- By: Peter Fretwell, Taylor Baldwin Kiland
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Why were the American POWs imprisoned at the Hanoi Hilton so resilient in captivity and so successful in their subsequent careers? This book presents six principles practiced within the POW organizational culture that can be used to develop high-performance teams everywhere. The authors offer examples from both the POWs’ time in captivity and their later professional lives that identify, in real-life situations, the characteristics necessary for sustainable, high-performance teamwork.
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well written
- By Anonymous User on 08-09-21
By: Peter Fretwell, and others
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Welcome to Management
- How to Grow from Top Performer to Excellent Leader
- By: Ryan Hawk, General Stanley McChrystal - foreword
- Narrated by: Ryan Hawk
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Every year, millions of top performers are promoted to management-level jobs - only to discover that the tactics that got them promoted are not the tactics that will make them effective in their new role. In Welcome to Management, Ryan Hawk provides practical, actionable advice and tools designed to ensure that transition is a successful one.
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- By JG on 10-15-23
By: Ryan Hawk, and others
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The Way of the SEAL
- Think like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed: Updated and Expanded Edition
- By: Mark Divine, Allyson Edelhertz Machate
- Narrated by: Mark Divine
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Blending the tactics he learned from America's elite force with lessons from the Spartans, samurai, Apache scouts, and other great warrior traditions, Mark Divine has distilled the fundamentals of success into eight powerful principles that will transform you into the leader you always knew you could be. Learn to think like a SEAL and take charge of your destiny at work, at home, and at life.
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IM AM SEAL.... UGH!
- By John A Frost on 05-14-21
By: Mark Divine, and others
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The Confidence Effect
- Every Woman's Guide to the Attitude That Attracts Success
- By: Grace Killelea
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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The Confidence Effect helps women speak out, take risks, and assume leadership positions with assurance. The book moves beyond research and statistics to focus on what's really important: how women can become more confident one step at a time. Practical strategies show how to turn job competency into the kind of authentic confidence that gets noticed. Women learn to practice the "Four Rs of Success" - relationships, reputation, results, and resilience....
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this book is about business, not confidence
- By Amazon Customer on 11-24-18
By: Grace Killelea
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Lead like a Woman
- Gain Confidence, Navigate Obstacles, Empower Others
- By: Deborah Smith Pegues
- Narrated by: Deborah Smith Pegues
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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Every day, whether they’re competing in the business world or serving in a nonprofit, women hear that they’re not enough. They’re too emotional to lead, and the way they act, speak, and even think is detrimental to success. But in Lead like a Woman, former Fortune 500 executive Deborah Smith Pegues shows that your uniquely female qualities can position you for success - if you know how to use them.
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Misleading due to faith
- By Lauren Craft on 05-24-21
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Managers as Mentors
- Building Partnerships for Learning (Third Edition)
- By: Chip R. Bell, Marshall Goldsmith
- Narrated by: Mark Peckham
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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Managers as Mentors is a rapid-fire listen and a provocative guide to helping associates grow and adapt in today’s tumultuous organizations. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. As with previous editions there is a fictional case study of a mentor-protégé relationship running through the book, but this is augmented with six actual case studies of top CEOs who relate key mentoring experiences in their lives. This hands-on guide takes the mystery out of effective mentoring.
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Great tips and tools on mentoring
- By Hello on 01-14-23
By: Chip R. Bell, and others
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The Love Stories of the Bible Speak
- Biblical Lessons on Romance, Friendship, and Faith
- By: Shannon Bream
- Narrated by: Shannon Bream
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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The Bible reveals not just butterflies and broken hearts. In Scripture, we see God’s beautiful design for the partnership of marriage. We witness friendships that cross all boundaries. We watch as families navigate the many seasons of life. Our guiding example for them all is the deepest, most abiding, foundational love ever known: God’s unconditional love for His people. In The Love Stories of the Bible Speak, Shannon Bream draws lessons from the good, the bad, and the ugly of Biblical romances, friendships, and families.
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Uplifting and motivational book
- By Joseph Sullivan on 03-31-23
By: Shannon Bream
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The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
- By: Oren Harari
- Narrated by: Chris Ryan
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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Colin Powell is the classic American success story. Born in Harlem to immigrant parents, Powell rose through the ranks of the US military to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a soft-spoken, steel-willed Desert Storm hero. Always seemingly one step ahead of both allies and competitors, he quickly became one of America's most trusted and beloved public icons. The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell recounts Powell's core beliefs on leadership, negotiation, self-knowledge, and more.
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A true leader
- By Barrett Hopper on 11-09-21
By: Oren Harari
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-09-20
Inspirational story with practical application
The audible book for The Grit Factor - Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World is a great way to consume this story. The reader does a wonderful job of adding the dramatic flair to the stories in this book - they are brought to life drawing you into the tales of extreme grit.
The information shared by the author about her career and those of other women in the military provides great examples of resilience. Although many of their stories are beyond what most of us will ever experience, the fundamental elements of how they faced their fears and managed to find their way through are the lessons for us all.
I found many nuggets of wisdom, but the one that really stood out was the description of the take off of the helicopter into the wind. The author suggests that, when facing your fears, to keep in mind that the force of the wind is what provides the lift for helicopters. In other words, you need this forcing function of the wind to successfully lift off. The analogy is that by facing your fears and heading right into them, rather than avoiding them, will provide this same lift to us as we tackle challenging situations.
Bottom line - Learning about the travails of the various women who have carved careers in the most male-dominated industry on the planet was extremely inspirational. The extreme mental, physical and emotional stress that they endured to come out on top of their careers provided great lessons in resilience, born from grit.
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- ALIKAT
- 01-15-21
Wonderful Book on Leadership
I really enjoyed and appreciated this refreshing, practical take on how leaders—especially women—can cultivate grit to achieve their goals and success in life. I highly recommend this book.
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