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It’s Your Ship
The story of how the USS Benfold was transformed into the best ship in the Navy inspires audiences to work together and make a difference. Each audience member walks away with practical tools and ideas they can put to use immediately. The readiness of a ship is a matter of life and death in conflict situations and every crewmember’s contribution matters. Mike Abrashoff’s It’s Your Ship philosophy empowered his crew to take charge and use ingenuity and initiative to improve every aspect of the way things were done. As Abrashoff shares the methods he used for creating successful change within the confines of a military operation, audiences see the possibilities for transformation within their own organizations. Participants learn how a grassroots leadership approach helps create a high performing culture by helping leaders see their “ship” from the eyes of the “crew.” Leaders will understand how small changes to their leadership style will allow employees to take ownership, be accountable, stay engaged and embrace innovation.
It's Our Ship
For organization’s who want a deeper understanding of grassroots leadership and want to take those principles to the next level, Mike Abrashoff addresses the challenges most on the minds of leaders in these challenging times. Collaboration, commitment, cohesion, accountability, engagement, rapid and continual innovation, engaging employees and dealing with generational differences in that workforce – these crucial issues are the ones that that successful leaders need to master. It's Our Ship is about creating a high performance culture where everyone takes ownership and responsibility using real lessons from the business world and focus on innovation, accountability and engagement.
About D. Michael Abrashoff
Leading an unprecedented turnaround story, Mike Abrashoff took command of the worst-performing ship in the fleet and made it #1 by changing the culture─not the crew.
When Mike Abrashoff took over the command of the USS Benfold, performance on the ship was dreadful─but in the Navy, he didn’t have the option to hire, fire or promote personnel. What he could do was change the culture to elevate performance─which meant breaking from the traditional command and control practices─and is exactly what he did, making his ship the Navy’s top performer. People at every level in business relate to the idea of being held accountable for results without having the ability to make the rules. Using a grassroots leadership approach, Abrashoff shows how to bestow a sense of ownership and create engaged and accountable teams that perform at high levels. Managers learn how to transform their own leadership style to enable their organizations to adapt, innovate and manage more with less. Publications from Fast Company to the Harvard Business Review have heralded the remarkable turnaround of the USS Benfold and business schools have made it a case study in organizational success. Abrashoff’s first book, It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, is a best seller with over 800,000 copies in print and has been followed by Get Your Ship Together and It's Our Ship.
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