Turn The Ship Around!
A review of

Turn The Ship Around!

A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

L. David Marquet • Penguin Books • 2015
Debater

Motivation from Bottom to Top

by David Meyer

Captain L. David Marquet shares the leadership tactics he used to change the worst US submarine crew into the finest.

US Navy Captain L. David Marquet assumed command of the American Navy submarine USS Santa Fe at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1999. His innovative, “leader-leader” management system transformed the Santa Fe – a $2-billion nuclear submarine with a crew of 135 men – from a problem ship with the Navy’s worst rankings into its top performer. In this, his first book, he explains how he flipped the ship by empowering the crew.

Everyone’s a Leader

Top-down hierarchies can destroy employees’ initiative and undermine their motivation. Such disengagement costs US firms $300 billion annually. Author L. David Marquet has firsthand experience with disenchanted employees who perform at substandard levels, even under the sea.

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