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  • Turn the Ship Around!

  • A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
  • By: L. David Marquet
  • Narrated by: L. David Marquet
  • Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (410 ratings)

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Turn the Ship Around!

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Captain David Marquet was used to giving orders. In the high-stress environment of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine, it was crucial his men did their job well. But the ship was dogged by poor morale, poor performance and the worst retention in the fleet.

One day, Marquet unknowingly gave an impossible order and his crew tried to follow it anyway. He realised he was leading in a culture of followers and they were all in danger unless they fundamentally changed the way they did things.

Marquet took matters into his own hands and pushed for leadership at every level. Before long, his crew became fully engaged and the Santa Fe skyrocketed from worst to first in the fleet.

No matter your business or position, you can apply Marquet's approach to create a workplace where everyone takes responsibility for their actions, people are healthier and happier - and everyone is a leader.

©2015 L. David Marquet (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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"David Marquet is the kind of leader who comes around only once in a generation...his ideas and lessons are invaluable." (Simon Sinek, author of Start with Why)

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A must read!

Excellent! A well paced and interesting leadership journey - inspiring. The narrative was easy to follow and the timing if voice is engaging.

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Awesome book about anti micromanagement

Awesome book about anti micromanagement and creating leaders all around. especially needed in bigger corporationd with loads of byroucracy.

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Clear, simple and inspiring

Having listened to David Marquet at a leadership seminar, and having researched some of the ideas of Leader-Leader, I chose to listen to the book. I’m very happy I did. Very clear, easy to understand and full of ideas to really help empower and then enfranchise a team. Highly recommended.

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Interesting leadership change

Very inspiring story of real life experience with long lasting benefits for all. Many strategies can be used in other areas outwith military.

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Positive action matters

I love this story and I think it’s one that’s told well it talks about thinking about things differently and ultimately empowering/emancipating individuals to act up and be their best in role. I was particularly struck by how this could be really useful in the work ideal and Neurodiversity in the workplace and would love to have a conversation with the author about expanding this work And bringing it into that space. Brilliant breed and well worth taking your time to listen to the lessons learn and how they could potentially be useful in context. As the author said this isn’t a copy me book it’s about an idea and thinking about how to use those same ideas in your contacts changing them so they’re appropriate and work well.

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Simply Excellent

The book was easy to follow and provided lots of excellent leadership tools, delivered in Nice bite sized chunks. I will definitely be taking the three word rule into my workplace!

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Very thought-provoking ideas for Command.

Far better than Gen Mattis' "Learning to Lead" this is a genuinely innovative look at command management.

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50% leadership manual, 50% context

A very good leadership manual.

L. David Marquet's narration made it easy to listen to.

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Different from Leadership is Language

Powerful firsthand account of change in demanding circumstances. Excellent case studies and good detail to work with.

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Engaging Listen

This was an engaging book to listen to with an interesting leadership concept and some very helpful techniques.

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