In this episode, we are joined by David Marquet, who was the Captain of the USS Santa Fe from 1990 to 2001 and now works as a leadership expert with businesses worldwide. We cover his book, Turn The Ship Around! A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking Rules, which has been recently re-released with a new companion workbook.
What Is Covered
- Why it is essential to have a longer-term perspective in your people development processes. Because while achievement scorecard runs while you're at an organization, your leadership scorecard starts counting the day you leave
- Why leadership should be centered on ‘leaning back’ and inviting your team to ‘lean forward’
- Why David believes it is important to alternate between two sets of behaviors, languages, and mindsets to optimize between production and decision-making scenarios
Key Takeaways and Learnings
- How pausing – and fighting the urge to take immediate action – is essential to developing the ‘leadership muscle’ of a team
- The differences between a ‘prove’ and ‘improve’ mindset and how to signal to your team which mindset should be adopted in different situations
- Actions to create a system thinkers and leaders at every level, how this develops organizational resilience and inoculates it against stupid decisions
- How leaders need to ‘flatten the power gradient’, to make themselves accessible and create the environment for others to contribute
Links and Resources Covered in this Episode