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DirFX - It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4092 EAN: 9780446529112 ISBN: 0446529117 Label: Business Plus Manufacturer: Business Plus Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2002-05 Publisher: Business Plus Studio: Business Plus
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Editorial Reviews: "The most important thing a captain can do is to see the ship from the eyes of the crew." This belief has successfully guided D. Michael Abrashoff, the captain of one of the U.S. Navy's most modern and lethal warships. Abrashoff has revolutionized how to handle such challenging problems as excessive costs, low morale, sexual harassment, and constant turn-over. Business managers will benefit from Abrashoff's guiding belief that focus should be on empowering your people rather than on chain of command. By shifting organizing principles from obedience to performance, managers will be rewarded with remarkable productivity. As Abrashoff explains, the more people enjoy the process, the better the results. Good leaders listen to the people under their command-and use their ideas to improve operating procedures.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: RIGHT ON THE MARK Comment: For those of us starting a career in a leadership position, it is absolutely necessary to get the prespectives of many people. This book is delightful in detailing the thought process of this ship's leader. Wonderul read! Customer Rating: Summary: Best Damn Book on Practical Leadership! Comment: As a Naval Officer, I'm aware of the challenges presented by working within a system that is as rigid and traditional as the Navy, or any military institution for that matter. What CDR Abrashoff has done is provide an outstanding roadmap for working within that system, or any organization with similar characteristics. Where he has succeeded, is by showing how to truly motivate and take care of his personnel, so that they are free to contribute in their own right. He has shown us how to work the system, with the ultimate goal of restoring ownership, (yes, empowerment), to those who breathe life into the organization. This book, along with his other books: "It's Our Ship" and "Get Your Ship Together" are recommended reading by the Chief of Naval Operations, and should be on the reading list of anyone who wants to know what servant leadership and striving for excellence is all about. In my doctoral program, I have focused on good leadership as the key to success in any endeavor. The military teaches leadership skills at all levels, from the new recruit to the highest Admiral or General, yet only those who put these principles into practice, as Abrashoff describes, become great leaders. The bite-size readability of this book and clear, concise examples only enhance the practicality and usefulness of this text. If you want to know how great military leaders think, read this series! Customer Rating: Summary: great book Comment: My husband loves this book and the others by the same author. He bought a copy for everyone in management on his staff. Customer Rating: Summary: Entertaining read, questionable value Comment: It's an entertaining read, but I found the practical use a little lacking. He gives a few good examples and he knows how to tell a good story. The book doesn't go very deep into the decision making or anything that might be ambigous or where there might be a trade off involved. It will make you feel good to read it but if you had to summarized what you really learned and internalized you will not come away with that much. Customer Rating: Summary: Common sense... not a common book Comment: As a ten year Navy veteran, I was riveted to this book for it's common sense approach to leadership. There are many books available today about management but damn few that focus on great leadership. That's where this book's niche is. It's a quick and very interesting read. As I was going through the book I kept thinking "why don't more leaders act this way"? The answer, unfortunately, is that to be a great leader you must set your course and then get out of your own troops way. I loved the book and highly recommend it to anyone who wants a quick course in leadership. More Reviews

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