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Week 7b Discussion--Make Your Bed

Week 7b Discussion--Make Your Bed

Q Some of the best lessons we can learn about leadership and building organizational culture come from the military. Please watch this video of Admiral McRaven's 2014 commencement speech at the University of Texas (Links to an external site.). What leadership lessons can we learn? How do the little rituals and hardships of the Navy SEALS contribute to their culture? How does that culture relate to the organization's purpose? Can business organizations build an effective culture? How? Any other thoughts? Initial Post Due: Saturday Midnight Two Reply Posts Due: Tuesday Midnight If you're looking for some enjoyable reading, Admiral McRaven has a great little book called "Make Your Bed" (Links to an external site.) which is based on his commencement address.

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The major leadership lesson to be learned from the video is that no task must be considered to be menial by any individual in this world. This is because there can be learning from any type of task assigned to an individual for accomplishing. Making a bed by an individual might be considered by the individual to be a menial task.