Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591846404 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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. David Marquet, a top graduate of the U.S. L. Naval Academy, commanded the nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe from 1999 to 2001. Since retiring from the Navy he has worked with businesses nationwide as a leadership consultant. He gives presentations around the world and has also writte
Many have applied his insights to their own organizations, creating workplaces where everyone takes responsibility for his or her actions, where followers grow to become leaders, and where happier teams drive dramatically better results.Marquet was a Naval Academy graduate and an experienced officer when selected for submarine command. Trained to give orders in the traditional model of “know all–tell all” leadership, he faced a new wrinkle when he was shifted to the Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine. When he asked why, the answer was: “Because you told me to.” Marquet realized that while he had been trained for a different submarine, his crew had been trained to do what they were told—a deadly combination.That’s when Marquet flipped the leadership model on its head and pushed for leadership at every level. Struggling against his own instincts to take control, he instead achieved the vastly more powerful model of giving control to his subordinates, and creating leaders.Before long, each member of Marquet’s crew became a leader and assumed re
-- Admiral Thomas B. If you're an Organizational Behavior or Leadership expert or enthusiast this book can have a substantial impact on you and your organization s ability to meet its goals. Marquet's thesis is a complete paradigm shift in leadership philosophy. Capt. He had the courage to operate counter-culture, reengineering the very definition of leadership accepted by the U.S. He encourages leaders to release energy, intellect, and passion in everyone around them. -- Michael P. Fargo (USN, ret.) Former Commander U.S. Turn the Ship Around! is the
"This is one book about leadership that you should read!" according to Srikumar S. Rao. I am skeptical about books on leadership. Most are written by persons who have reached positions of hierarchical authority in organizations and then anointed themselves "leaders." They don't talk about the political infighting and maneuvering that got them the job. Instead they wax eloquent about their skill in developing people - skills that frequently exist only in their imagination and the book they have written which book is often fiction parading as non-fiction. I was a contributing editor for one of the major business magazines and have met plenty of CEOs. I will leave it to you to guess h. "I'm impressed Marquet successfully codified the mechanisms and activities that turned his ship around" according to Kevin. First, I am a I'm impressed Marquet successfully codified the mechanisms and activities that turned his ship around First, I am a 30 year U.S. Navy veteran. I want to say I'm lucky I was never involved in the part of the Navy bent on blind followership that David Marquet describes as the starting condition of the USS Santa Fe but I don't think it was luck. Don't get the wrong impression of the entire U.S. Navy based on his experience. There are elements of the Navy that operate just as Marquet describes though and I am impressed that he could codify the mechanisms and activities that turned his ship around. I had successful tour after successful tour of duty in the Navy using many, not all, of the techniques . 0 year U.S. Navy veteran. I want to say I'm lucky I was never involved in the part of the Navy bent on blind followership that David Marquet describes as the starting condition of the USS Santa Fe but I don't think it was luck. Don't get the wrong impression of the entire U.S. Navy based on his experience. There are elements of the Navy that operate just as Marquet describes though and I am impressed that he could codify the mechanisms and activities that turned his ship around. I had successful tour after successful tour of duty in the Navy using many, not all, of the techniques . Ezra Josef said Very informative!. -Excellent book on how to empower employees to act as leaders so that they do their jobs with the proper care and thought. The author, David Marquet, is a Navy commander and was to take over a submarine, the Santa Fe, that had the lowest morale of the fleet. He wanted to try something new and his commander gave him the go ahead to do so.-In 6 months time he was able to tremendously improve the feeling of the men to the ship. Where before, no one wanted to re-enlist on that ship after their tour of duty was done, you had a high enlistment rate. The men were proud of their ship and what they were