Leaders Eat Last Deluxe: Why Some Teams Pull Together and

Leaders Eat Last Deluxe: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

The Deluxe Edition of Leaders Eat Last includes over 30 minutes of exclusive video of Simon Sinek. He delves deeper into bookâ€™s themes and shares additional examples and insights not in the book.

TheÂ New York Times-bestselling follow-up to Simon Sinek's global hit,Â Start With Why.

Why do only a few peopleÂ get to say â€œI love my jobâ€?Â It seems unfair that finding fulfillment atÂ work is like winning a lottery; that only aÂ few lucky ones get to feel valued by theirÂ organizations, to feel like they belong.

Imagine a world where almost everyone wakesÂ up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valuedÂ during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled.

This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, inÂ many successful organizations, great leaders areÂ creating environments in which people naturallyÂ work together to do remarkable things.Â

In his travels around the world since the publicationÂ of his bestsellerÂ Start with Why, Simon SinekÂ noticed that some teams were able to trust each otherÂ so deeply that they would literally put their lives onÂ the line for each other. Other teams, no matter whatÂ incentives were offered, were doomed to infighting,Â fragmentation and failure. Why?

The answer became clear during a conversationÂ with a Marine Corps general.Â

â€œOfficers eat last,â€ he said.

Sinek watched as the most junior Marines ateÂ first while the most senior Marines took their placeÂ at the back of the line. Whatâ€™s symbolic in the chowÂ hall is deadly serious on the battlefield: great leadersÂ sacrifice their own comfortâ€”even their own survivalâ€”for the good of those in their care.

This principle has been true since the earliestÂ tribes of hunters and gatherers. Itâ€™s not a managementÂ theory; itâ€™s biology. Our brains and bodies evolvedÂ to help us find food, shelter, mates and especiallyÂ safety. Weâ€™ve always lived in a dangerous world,Â facing predators and enemies at every turn. WeÂ thrived only when we felt safe among our group.

Our biology hasnâ€™t changed in fifty thousandÂ years, but our environment certainly has. Todayâ€™sÂ workplaces tend to be full of cynicism, paranoiaÂ and self-interest. But the best organizations fosterÂ trust and cooperation because their leaders buildÂ what Sinek calls a Circle of Safety that separates theÂ security inside the team from the challenges outside.

The Circle of Safety leads to stable, adaptive,Â confident teams, where everyone feels they belongÂ and all energies are devoted to facing the commonÂ enemy and seizing big opportunities.Â

As he did inÂ Start with Why, Sinek illustratesÂ his ideas with fascinating true stories from a wideÂ range of examples, from the military to manufacturing,Â from government to investment banking.

The biology is clear: when it matters most, leadersÂ who are willing to eat last are rewarded withÂ deeply loyal colleagues who will stop at nothing to advance their leaderâ€™s vision and their organizationâ€™sÂ interests. Itâ€™s amazing how well it works.
Country USA
Manufacturer Portfolio
Binding Kindle Edition with Audio/Video
ReleaseDate 2014-01-07
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Portfolio
Binding	Kindle Edition with Audio/Video
ReleaseDate	2014-01-07
Format	Kindle eBook

Leaders Eat Last Deluxe: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

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