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It's Your Ship

Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy (revised)

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It's Your Ship

Written by: Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
Narrated by: Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
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The legendary New York Times bestselling tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today's uncertain business seas.

When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, it was like a business that had all the latest technology but only some of the productivity. Knowing that responsibility for improving performance rested with him, he realized he had to improve his own leadership skills before he could improve his ship. Within months, he created a crew of confident and inspired problem-solvers eager to take the initiative and responsibility for their actions. The slogan on board became "It's your ship," and Benfold was soon recognized far and wide as a model of naval efficiency. How did Abrashoff do it? Against the backdrop of today's United States Navy, Abrashoff shares his secrets of successful management including:
  • See the ship through the eyes of the crew: By soliciting a sailor's suggestions, Abrashoff drastically reduced tedious chores that provided little additional value.
  • Communicate, communicate, communicate: The more Abrashoff communicated the plan, the better the crew's performance. His crew eventually started calling him "Megaphone Mike," since they heard from him so often.
  • Create discipline by focusing on purpose: Discipline skyrocketed when Abrashoff's crew believed that what they were doing was important.
  • Listen aggressively: After learning that many sailors wanted to use the GI Bill, Abrashoff brought a test official aboard the ship-and held the SATs forty miles off the Iraqi coast.
  • From achieving amazing cost savings to winning the highest gunnery score in the Pacific Fleet, Captain Abrashoff's extraordinary campaign sent shock waves through the U.S. Navy. It can help you change the course of your ship, no matter where your business battles are fought.
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It’s compelling to hear the stories and to learn from the experiences of the commander of the floating team/community that is a ship’s company. The stories make this book particularly interesting.

Leadership lessons from the USN

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Michael Abrashoff shares his outside the box leadership style, mindset, and strategies. There is a ton of great material in here that is applicable to work and everyday life.

Phenomenal leadership

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Loved this book, clearly demonstrates what can be accomplished when people are treated with respect and dignity. Well read by the author, make you want to be on that damn ship.

Great Read

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Amazing and super inspiring book - everyone should read and re-read it. Great lessons on transformation a culture, building and empowering a team and always looking to do better. Loved that it was the Captain's voice reading it, and I wish he would read more audio books because I loved his voice!

Amazing & super inspiring book - read it!

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This book is so good I listened to it twice within a month. It seems so easy when he says it however very few companies and people exercise these principles.

Must listen to

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