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Please join AmCham China for the unique opportunity to hear from former nuclear submarine commander David Marquet, author of the book "Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders", now celebrating its Chinese translation release.
See Captain Marquet's presentation on Greatness here (http://www.chinafoundations.com/davidmarquet/?preview=true#top).
In his award-winning book, Captain Marquet details the organizational model and leadership practices that turned the USS Santa Fe around from the worst into the best in the fleet. The challenges faced by Captain Marquet and the Santa Fe – lagging performance, low retention and poor morale – are many of the same challenges facing top business leaders and organizations in China today. In his presentation, Captain Marquet will share how businesses in China can successfully apply these winning leadership principles and practices to build a more highly effective team and foster long-term leadership through the development of people.
About the Book:
"Turn the Ship Around!" is the gripping story of how the USS Santa Fe rocketed to the top of the fleet and revolutionized the field of leadership. The book was named the #1 must-read book of 2012 and called the "best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution" by Fortune Magazine. The book details the innovative leadership framework that took the Santa Fe to the top and presents clear mechanisms for applying this winning model in any organization.
See Captain Marquet's presentation on Greatness here (http://www.chinafoundations.com/davidmarquet/?preview=true#top).
In his award-winning book, Captain Marquet details the organizational model and leadership practices that turned the USS Santa Fe around from the worst into the best in the fleet. The challenges faced by Captain Marquet and the Santa Fe – lagging performance, low retention and poor morale – are many of the same challenges facing top business leaders and organizations in China today. In his presentation, Captain Marquet will share how businesses in China can successfully apply these winning leadership principles and practices to build a more highly effective team and foster long-term leadership through the development of people.
About the Book:
"Turn the Ship Around!" is the gripping story of how the USS Santa Fe rocketed to the top of the fleet and revolutionized the field of leadership. The book was named the #1 must-read book of 2012 and called the "best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution" by Fortune Magazine. The book details the innovative leadership framework that took the Santa Fe to the top and presents clear mechanisms for applying this winning model in any organization.
Faced with commanding the worst submarine in the fleet, Captain David Marquet challenged the US Navy's traditional "leader-follower" approach and implemented his own "leader-leader" model, empowering each member of his crew to assume leadership and take responsibility for everything they did, from clerical tasks to crucial combat decisions. He struggled against his own instincts to "take control, attract followers" in order to achieve the vastly more powerful "give control, create leaders." By embedding goodness in the practices and the people, the Santa Fe has continued to win awards and promote a highly disproportionate number of officers to submarine command.
About the Author:
A 1981 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, David Marquet commanded the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe. Captain Marquet completely turned around the Santa Fe, taking its crew from being "worst to first." After riding USS Santa Fe, Stephen R. Covey said it was the most empowering organization he'd ever seen and wrote about Captain Marquet's leadership practices in his book, The 8th Habit.
Captain Marquet retired from the Navy in 2009. He teaches graduate level leadership courses at Columbia University and is the Captain of Human Capital Engineering at Next Jump, Inc., a leading e-commerce company in New York. He speaks to businesses and groups who want to create empowering work environments that release the passion, initiative, and intellect of each person. This bold and highly effective leadership approach can be summarized as "give control, create leaders." He has spoken in six countries, including major EO, Vistage, and Fortune Leadership Summit conferences. Watch Captain Marquet's presentation on Greatness here (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjM5OTQ0MDU2.html).
Captain Marquet is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jane.
About the Author:
A 1981 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, David Marquet commanded the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe. Captain Marquet completely turned around the Santa Fe, taking its crew from being "worst to first." After riding USS Santa Fe, Stephen R. Covey said it was the most empowering organization he'd ever seen and wrote about Captain Marquet's leadership practices in his book, The 8th Habit.
Captain Marquet retired from the Navy in 2009. He teaches graduate level leadership courses at Columbia University and is the Captain of Human Capital Engineering at Next Jump, Inc., a leading e-commerce company in New York. He speaks to businesses and groups who want to create empowering work environments that release the passion, initiative, and intellect of each person. This bold and highly effective leadership approach can be summarized as "give control, create leaders." He has spoken in six countries, including major EO, Vistage, and Fortune Leadership Summit conferences. Watch Captain Marquet's presentation on Greatness here (http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjM5OTQ0MDU2.html).
Captain Marquet is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jane.
