Empowering teams using mission command

E M P OW E R I N G T
E A M S U S I N G M I S S I O N C O M M A N D M I C H I E L R O O K @michieltcs

@michieltcs I N T R O D U C T
I O N

@michieltcs T H E WO R L D I S
C H A N G I N G

@michieltcs T H E WO R L D I S
V U CA

@michieltcs VO L AT I L E U N C
E RTA I N C O M P L E X A M B I G U O U S

@michieltcs "Today’s rapidly changing world ... organizations everywhere are now
facing dizzying challenges" – G E N . S TA N L E Y M C C H RYS TA L

@michieltcs P L A N N I N G I
N C O M P L E X E N V I R O N M E N T S

@michieltcs P L A N N I N G I
N N O N - L I N E A R E N V I R O N M E N T S

@michieltcs "No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the
ﬁrst encounter with the enemy's main strength" – H E L M U T H VO N M O LT K E

@michieltcs "There is only one way the plan can go
right, but any number of ways in which it can go wrong." – S T E P H E N B U N G AY

@michieltcs "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in
the mouth." – M I K E T YS O N

@michieltcs F R I C T I O N

@michieltcs "Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest
thing is diﬃcult. These diﬃculties accumulate and produce a friction." – CA R L VO N C L AU S E W I T Z

@michieltcs D I F F I C U LT I
ES

@michieltcs O P P O RT U N I T
I ES

@michieltcs C O N T E X T ? D
EC I S I O N - M A K I N G AU T H O R I T Y ?

@michieltcs

@michieltcs escalate 1° 2° 3° 4° escalate escalate or Context
Where are decisions made? Who can take action?

@michieltcs S H I F T- L E F T
D EC I S I O N M A K I N G !

@michieltcs M I S S I O N C O
M M A N D

@michieltcs TAS K BAS E D L E A D
E R S H I P

@michieltcs G OA L BAS E D L E A
D E R S H I P

@michieltcs "Say what you want people to achieve and, above
all, tell them why. Then ask them to tell you what they are going to do as a result." – S T E P H E N B U N G AY

@michieltcs D EC E N T RA L I Z
E D C O M M A N D

@michieltcs "I believe in a centralized vision, coupled with decentralized
planning and execution." – G E N . J I M M AT T I S

@michieltcs E M P OW E R I N G

@michieltcs I N I T I AT I V E
& I N D E P E N D E N T T H I N K I N G

@michieltcs E X P LO I T O P P
O RT U N I T I ES !

@michieltcs M Y S T O RY

@michieltcs YO U ?

@michieltcs A B R I E F H I S
TO RY

@michieltcs "But in case signals can neither be seen or
perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy." – A D M . H O RAT I O N E L S O N

@michieltcs

@michieltcs "I do not propose to lay down for you
a plan of campaign, but simply to lay down the work it is desirable to have done and leave you free to execute it in your own way." – G E N . U LYS S ES S . G RA N T

@michieltcs H E L M U T H VO N
M O LT K E

@michieltcs

@michieltcs AU F T RAG S TA K T I
K

@michieltcs M I S S I O N -T Y
P E TAC T I C S

M M A N D

M M A N D I N M I L I TA RY O R G A N I Z AT I O N S

@michieltcs – U S A R M Y "...the exercise
of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander's intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders."

@michieltcs

@michieltcs C L E A R LY D E F
I N E D I N T E N T

@michieltcs = E F F EC T TO AC H
I E V E

@michieltcs = R ES U LT TO AC H I
E V E

@michieltcs = E N D S TAT E TO AC
H I E V E

@michieltcs = W H AT S U C C ES
S LO O K S L I K E

@michieltcs " I F W E D O N OT
H I N G E L S E D U R I N G T H I S M I S S I O N , W E M U S T. . ."

@michieltcs " T H E S I N G L
E , M O S T- I M P O RTA N T T H I N G T H AT W E M U S T D O I S . . ."

@michieltcs 1st plt attacks to neutralize enemy observation post YANKEE
in order to allow supply column to safely reach forward line of troops

@michieltcs P U R P O S E M E
T H O D E N D S TAT E

@michieltcs P U R P O S E ( W
H Y A R E W E H E R E )

@michieltcs M E T H O D ( K E
Y TAS K S TO E X EC U T E )

@michieltcs E N D S TAT E ( D E
F I N I T I O N O F S U C C ES S )

@michieltcs P: neutralize enemy observation post YANKEE M: 1st plt
attacks to neutralize E: supply column safely reached forward line of troops

I N E D C O N S T RA I N T S

@michieltcs S H A R E D U N D
E R S TA N D I N G

@michieltcs M E 1U P 2 U P intent intent
plan plan 1 2 3 intent

@michieltcs M E 1 2 3 plan 1U P 2
U P intent intent plan plan

@michieltcs M I S S I O N M I
S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N M I S S I O N

@michieltcs C R U C I A L I N
G R E D I E N T S

@michieltcs E D U CAT I O N

@michieltcs T RA I N I N G

@michieltcs D I S C I P L I N
E

@michieltcs K N OW I N G YO U R
P EO P L E

@michieltcs T R U S T

@michieltcs "If senior commanders don’t suﬃciently train their subordinates so
they can trust their initiative, then those commanders have failed." – G E N . J I M M AT T I S

M M A N D I N B U S I N ES S

@michieltcs "There is no point in recruiting a specialist and
then trying to tell them how to do the job. So, hire the right people, for each role. Give them clear objectives." – C H R I S T I A N H O R N E R

@michieltcs "Then empower them, put them in an environment where
they can do best whatever they do best really well." – C H R I S T I A N H O R N E R

@michieltcs S P EC I A L I S T
S

@michieltcs K N OW L E D G E WO
R K E R S

@michieltcs I N D I V I D UA L
E X P E RT I S E

@michieltcs C O N T RAS T: TAY LO R
I S M

@michieltcs O U TC O M ES OV E R
O U T P U T

@michieltcs C L E A R O B J EC
T I V ES

@michieltcs V I S I O N

@michieltcs S T RAT EGY

@michieltcs I N T E N T

@michieltcs C L E A R C O N S
T RA I N T S

@michieltcs

@michieltcs S H A R E D U N D
E R S TA N D I N G

@michieltcs E M P OW E R I N G
S U B O R D I N AT ES

@michieltcs "Don’t move information to authority, move authority to the
information." – L . DAV I D M A R Q U E T

@michieltcs K E E P T H I S I
N M I N D

M M A N D I S N OT E ASY !

@michieltcs M I N D S E T

@michieltcs M U T UA L T R U S
T

@michieltcs C O N T R O L

@michieltcs M I C R O - M A N
AG E M E N T

@michieltcs A L LOW R O O M FO R
M I S TA K ES

@michieltcs B U R E AU C RACY

@michieltcs S U M M A RY

@michieltcs G OA L BAS E D L E A
D E R S H I P

@michieltcs S H I F T- L E F T
D EC I S I O N M A K I N G

I N E D I N T E N T

@michieltcs S U P P O RT ( D I
S C I P L I N E D) I N I T I AT I V E

T H A N K YO U FO R L
I S T E N I N G @michieltcs / [email protected] www.michielrook.nl

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