Summary of L. David Marquet's Turn The Ship Around!

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Get the Summary of L. David Marquet's Turn The Ship Around! in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Marquet acted like any other captain until, one day, he unknowingly gave an impossible order, and his crew tried to follow it anyway. When he asked why the order wasn't challenged, the answer was "Because you told me to." Marquet realized he was leading in a culture of followers, and they were all in danger unless they fundamentally changed the way they did things. That's when Marquet took matters into his own hands and pushed for leadership at every level.

Turn the Ship Around! is the true story of how the Santa Fe skyrocketed from worst to first in the fleet by challenging the U.S. Navy's traditional leader-follower approach. Struggling against his own instincts to take control, he instead achieved the vastly more powerful model of giving control. Before long, each member of Marquet's crew became a leader and assumed responsibility for everything he did, from clerical tasks to crucial combat decisions. The crew became fully engaged, contributing their full intellectual capacity every day, and the Santa Fe started winning awards and promoting a highly disproportionate number of officers to submarine command.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669343608

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#1

The greatest struggle for humankind is within ourselves. Whatever sense we have of thinking we know something is a barrier to continued learning.

#2

The United States had an impressive 41 ballistic missile submarines between 1958 and 1965, all built to deter the Soviet Union. Will Rogers was the last of the 41 boats and had been operational for nearly three decades. It was, however, a worn-out ship.

#3

The author was the officer in charge of the Blue Crew, which maintained and operated the nuclear reactor on board the Will Rogers. Although he was determined to change the way the submarine was managed, his plan was met with resistance and he was eventually replaced by another engineer.

#4

The author was the head of the engineering department on the Will Rogers, a ship that serviced oil platforms in the North Sea. One day, he was called to the bridge to meet the captain, who informed him that he had been selected for executive officer, the next rank below captain.

#5

The author was on the Will Rogers, which was a nuclear-powered attack submarine, for three years. He saw how an empowered crew could make a good ship, and an ineffective one bad.

#6

The author's experience on the Will Rogers convinced him

Reviews for Summary of L. David Marquet's Turn The Ship Around!

[Jim Park · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Repeats the phrase "The author was the commanding officer of the Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered
submarine," and variations suggesting that this product was not only generated by AI, but more importantly, was not edited to be any good.