Mickey's Rules for Leaders

By Mickey Addison

Developed over career spanning three decades, Colonel Mickey Addison gives leaders a "how to" rule book for leading at any level. The eleven rules in the book are excellent guidelines for relating to other people, correctly prioritizing work, and leading teams to high performance. Learn the secrets of leadership from a leader who's lived it! With Rules like "Don't Spook the Herd" and "The First Report is Usually Wrong", this is not your average handbook!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lead The Way Media
• Release date: Feb 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9780996019347

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Mickey's Rules for Leaders

Mickey’s Rules for Leaders

Mickey Addison

Lead The Way Media

Kailua, Hawaii

Mickey’s Rules for Leaders

Copyright © 2015 Mickey Addison

ISBN: 978-0-9960193-4-7

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or by any information storage or retrieval system except for brief excerpts in review articles, without permission in writing from the author.

Published by: Lead The Way Media, Kailua, Hawaii

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DISCLAIMER

The views expressed in this book are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.

Contents

Introduction

Rule #1: Have a Direction. Go There.

Rule #2: Don’t Spook The Herd.

Rule #3: Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Good

Rule #4: Can’t’ Never Gets Anything Done

Rule #5: The First Report Is Usually Wrong

Rule #6: Asking the Right Questions Is Better Than Knowing the Answer

Rule # 7: The Other Team Is Not the Enemy

Rule #8: Be Curious; Ask ‘Why?’ A Lot. Keep Asking Until You Understand"

Rule #9: Walk The Horses

Rule #10: Drink Your Water, Eat Your Lunch, and Make New Friends

Rule #11: Check Your Moral Azimuth

Summary

About The Author

Other Books by Mickey

Schedule Mickey to Speak

Mickey’s Programs:

Introduction

For years, I kept General Colin Powell’s Rules on a worn, typewritten sheet of paper somewhere on my desk. His Rules had been published in a news magazine article, and I thought they were fabulous, so I typed them up and added a few of my own to the bottom. Over the years, I developed my own Rules that gradually replaced Colin Powell’s Rules even though that worn piece of paper still adorns my desk.

I found these rules to be very useful to me, and I regretted it every time I have violated them. The