029 The One with the Submarine Captain
Our guest today is Cpt. David Marquet of The United States Navy. David (now retired), was the Commander of the nuclear submarine Santa Fe \u2013 probably the most amazing job in the world! (in my opinion)\xa0 In addition to commanding nuclear powered submarines, David is also the author of Turn The Ship Around, which was written in 2013 and tells the remarkable true story of how David was able to turn the lowest performing submarine into the highest performing evaluation in the history of The Navy. David was able to do this by transforming his team with what he calls a \u201cleader-leader\u201d mentality, rather than the pervasive \u201cleader-follower\u201d mentality, which is typically how The Navy had always gotten things done!
In this episode, we learn more about this model of leadership and how you can transform a team by cultivating the creativity and independent thinking of its members. This is a book about how you can apply the 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People on an organizational level and why the legacy of a true leader is to bring out the leader in everyone else. An episode with a true hero \u2013 take a listen!
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Timestamps:\xa0
Find out how David came to be in the Navy [03:50]
Critiques of the \u201cleader-follower\u201d model of leadership [05:50]
Why David was re-assigned to the lowest performing submarine [07:15]
How to lean back so others can lead forward [10:15]
Developing leaders and an independently thinking team [14:15]
Introducing the \u201cI intend to\u201d technique in permission-based organizations\xa0[15:10]
Allowing your team to have more authority by thinking out loud [20:00]
The importance of team interaction in determining business success [27:10]
Writing procedures that support \u201cleader-leader\u201d thinking [27:49.]
The impact of the \u201cthree name rule\u201d on team building [34:43]
Building the ladder of leadership [43:20]
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Quotes:
\u201cThe leader fixes the environment, not people.\u201d - Cpt. David Marquet
\u201cCreating an environment where your people can go off and express the leadership they have inside them\u2026 that\u2019s the legacy of leadership.\u201d - Cpt. David Marquet
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Connect with Cpt. David Marquet:
Website: www.davidmarquet.com
Twitter: @ldavidmarquet
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Links Mentioned:
David finding inspiration in the bathroom
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Books Mentioned:
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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