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Operational Leader's Field Guide: Leadership Disciplines for Operating Under Uncertainty

by Jayson Coil
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798995905615
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Cogplexiti LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Cogplexiti LLC
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  • Pages: 498
  • Original Price: USD 74.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1153 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Leadership

"Leadership in complex environments is a set of practiced disciplines - not innate talent, not a function of rank, and not something experience alone reliably produces."

Complexity is outpacing the systems built to manage it. Plans lose relevance faster. Assignments last longer. Decisions carry greater consequence. Leaders are expected to make sense of incomplete information, communicate intent that survives contact with reality, adapt under pressure, and keep people aligned while the situation is still changing. Most leadership development does not prepare leaders for that work.

The Operational Leader's Field Guide is a working reference for leaders accountable for outcomes in environments they cannot fully control - from first-line supervisors preparing for greater responsibility, to mid-level leaders translating strategy into action, to senior leaders setting direction when certainty is unavailable. It develops the core capabilities that operating under uncertainty requires: clear intent, decentralized execution, structured challenge, decision quality, communication that survives the cascade, adaptation under pressure, and learning that is not captured by outcome alone.

Organized for three modes of use - read, diagnose, and apply - it draws on complexity science, mission command doctrine, and red teaming practice. It is built for the planning room, the field, the operations center, and the moment when a leader must think clearly before the situation gives them permission to be certain.

A companion volume, OLFG Companion: Quick Reference, turns these disciplines into field-ready prompts for decisions made under pressure, uncertainty, and constraint.

Coil, Jayson: - "Jayson Coil has nearly three decades of experience leading, supporting, and learning from complex incidents across the United States. He is a U.S. Army veteran, red team instructor, and founder of Cogplexiti LLC, where he advises government, military, and public safety organizations on red teaming, decision-making, and strategic planning. He has helped develop the systems agencies use to manage major incidents - from team-level performance evaluation to interagency planning structures - and has contributed to national-level policy on incident response. He has taught and presented at the National Fire Academy, the U.S. Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, FEMA, the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and Los Alamos National Laboratory."

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