The Need to Lead: A TOPGUN Instructor’s Lessons on How Leadership Solves Every Challenge

Author:   Dave Berke ,  Jocko Willink
Publisher:   Pan Macmillan Australia
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9781761778964


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   24 February 2026
Format:   Paperback
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The Need to Lead: A TOPGUN Instructor’s Lessons on How Leadership Solves Every Challenge


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A TOPGUN instructor's lessons on how leadership solves every challenge. The third book of the Extreme Ownership series, with a Foreword by Jocko Willink. The Need to Lead is an undeniable truth that Dave Berke experienced as a Marine Corps officer, fighter pilot, TOPGUN instructor, ground combat leader, husband, and father. This book, based on his experiences in combat and TOPGUN training as well as his teachings at Echelon Front, helps readers be better leaders and understand that leadership is a universal requirement for success, no matter the environment. By adopting the right leadership mindsets and behaviors, we gain the capacity to solve problems, support the people around us, and amend our mistakes. How do we develop these necessary skills? By embracing the principles imparted to Berke from each humbling moment in the cockpit. Good leaders aren't simply born. Leadership can be learned. Through compelling stories from TOPGUN training and combat to the boardroom and at home, Berke gives readers the necessary tools to lead and succeed.

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Author:   Dave Berke ,  Jocko Willink
Publisher:   Pan Macmillan Australia
Imprint:   Macmillan Australia
ISBN:  

9781761778964


ISBN 10:   176177896
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   24 February 2026
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

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Dave Berke is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, fighter pilot, and ground combat leader. A seasoned F/A-18 Hornet pilot, Dave deployed twice aboard aircraft carriers in support of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He became an Instructor Pilot at TOPGUN, where he qualified in the F-16 Fighting Falcon and served as the Training Officer, the senior instructor at TOPGUN. He went on to serve as a Forward Air Controller, become the only Marine ever to fly the F-22 Raptor, and command the world's first F-35B squadron. Since transitioning from the military, Dave has continued to apply his leadership expertise as the Chief Development Officer at Echelon Front, where he advises, instructs, and speaks on leadership and personal growth.

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