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The book "After you - leadership that creates meaning" by the outgoing Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi was published today (Sunday) and was presented on the website of the military publishing house "Systems", less than a day before it was replaced by Hertzi Halevi. The book is a collection of writings and commander's accounts written by Kochavi throughout his military service Kochavi wrote
in
his personal introduction that one of the reasons for writing the book is "the feeling that grew stronger in me, that my ability to convey my knowledge and experience on the subject to many of you is limited, and that this very important and central topic requires more time than is allocated to a 'commander's conversation.'
The conclusion was one: I must sit down and write my stories for you and offer you my experience.
I received a lot from the IDF, it is my duty to give," wrote the outgoing Chief of Staff. The chapters he wrote himself include topics such as empowering the individual; openness to criticism; initiation; backing; self-respect; commitment to the commander; discipline and initiative and unit pride.
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The cover of the book "After you" (photo: official website, Kyostom Publishing)
The outgoing Chief of Staff opens the first chapter with the story of the battle at Tel Fakhr in the Golan Heights, in the Six Day War. It is said that during the battle, soldiers lay on the barbed wire fences at the Syrian army post, so that their comrades would pass over their backs. He wrote that a personal example is "the learning mechanism is good and the most effective means of assimilating the desired culture," and said that at the end of Operation Pillar of Heaven, which occurred during his tenure as head of the Intelligence Division, he wrote a sub-chapter in the official investigation entitled 'Mistakes of the Head of AMN', in which he detailed "the five main errors I made while taking responsibility and marking them for improvement in the future. It was important for me to share these errors widely in Amn, also in the name of personal example," he wrote.
Kochavi also said that the Parachute Brigade established a new procedure for the reception of new officers who arrived from the 1st Brigade, and included an interview with the Major General, a brigade ceremony at the rank of Major Generals and Major Generals, a personal signing of the "Officer's Charter", a celebratory meal, and a message: You are important, you are significant, and we have high expectations of you." Under the title "To die for everyone", Kochavi wrote about the 51st Battalion in the Second Lebanon War, the TLS that was awarded to 17 of the fighters and commanders, including the Medal of Valor to SMGAD Major Roy Klein .
He published his first book.
Kochavi (photo: Reuven Castro)
Under the heading "Tips from the house", he mentioned his wife Yael.
"Once, in one of my conversations with my wife, we formulated for ourselves the central principle according to which we would educate our daughters," wrote the Chief of Staff. "The definition we established was simple, but in our opinion profound: to instill in the girls a sense of self-confidence and ability." In his book, Kochavi tells the stories of these Who "didn't give up": Oprah Winfrey, who was fired early in her career from television on the grounds that she was not suitable to be on the screen; Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Edison, Charlie Chaplin, etc.
The book was distributed to the general public on the "Systems" website
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