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Turn Your Ship Around with David Marquet

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 1 p.m.

In this episode, we are joined by David Marquet, who was the Captain of the USS Santa Fe from 1990 to 2001 and now works as a leadership expert with businesses worldwide. We cover his book, Turn The Ship Around! A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking Rules, which has been recently re-released with a new companion workbook.

What Is Covered

  • Why it is essential to have a longer-term perspective in your people development processes. Because while achievement scorecard runs while you're at an organization, your leadership scorecard starts counting the day you leave
  • Why leadership should be centered on \u2018leaning back\u2019 and inviting your team to \u2018lean forward\u2019
  • Why David believes it is important to alternate between two sets of behaviors, languages, and mindsets to optimize between production and \xa0decision-making scenarios
Key Takeaways and Learnings
  • How pausing \u2013 and fighting the urge to take immediate action \u2013 is essential to developing the \xa0\u2018leadership muscle\u2019 of a team
  • The differences between a \u2018prove\u2019 and \u2018improve\u2019 mindset and how to signal to your team which mindset should be adopted in different situations
  • Actions to create a system thinkers and leaders at every level, how this develops organizational resilience and inoculates it against stupid decisions
  • How leaders need to \u2018flatten the power gradient\u2019, to make themselves accessible and create the environment for others to contribute
Links and Resources Covered in this Episode

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