It's Your Ship: Proven Management Strategies from the Navy's Most Successful Captain

gina: This book encourages you to look beyond tradition, challenge the way it has always been done, and makes you want to do more by empowering others! Great read highly recommended!

United States on Dec 01, 2023

Cliente de Kindle: Amazing book, exciting to read and with countless management and leadership lessons. Best book I have read in a long time. Thanks Captain for the inspiration and lessons!

Brazil on Dec 30, 2021

Hugo Eduardo: Simply one of the best books I have ever read, more than a book about 'leadership' it's a book about having a meaningful life, treating people with respect, doing stuff seriously but finding also the way to have fun. I can't but think that the crew under the command of such leader sure had an amazing life experience.

Italy on Dec 06, 2019

Cliente de Amazon: Recomiendo a cualquier persona que crea que el liderazgo es por nombramiento, el liderazgo es espontáneo y se aplica en cualquier lugar.

Mexico on Jul 18, 2019

K. Martinez: Zuerst war ich skeptisch, ob sich die Erfahrungen aus der US Navy in die Businesswelt übertragen lassen. Nach dem Lesen kann ich nur sagen, dass die Navy im Grunde einem Großkonzerne gleicht. Hatte mir das wesentlich zentralisierter Vorgestellt. Sehr kurzweilig geschrieben mit einem sehr persönlichen und authentische Stil.

Germany on Jul 13, 2019

Amazon Customer: This is an incredible book in which the author tells his incredible story I strongly recommend this book to those, like myself, who have aspirations of leadership in the services as well as young and old entrepreneurs. I can’t stress how good this book is and how much I have learned and hope to use in my future career and life.

To the author,
Thank you for this incredible advice I hope one day I could emulate your actions and improve the lives of people around be.

United Kingdom on Mar 26, 2018

Dr. Christi Hegstad: "We all feel satisfaction in a job well done, but the greatest satisfaction transcends personal achievement - it comes from helping others reach their potential." ~ Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

What does leading a ship in the U.S. Navy have to do with your workplace? You might be surprised!

It's Your Ship is not a book I would necessarily have picked up for myself but, on a friend's recommendation, I gave it a try. By the time I finished reading and obsessively highlighting the Introduction, I was hooked.

Taking command of the Navy ship, USS Benfold, Captain D. Michael Abrashoff quickly discovered his leadership skills needed refining if he was to succeed in his new role. It's Your Ship summarizes his lessons learned, which eventually set Benfold apart as an extraordinary model of efficiency, teamwork, and multifaceted leadership. Right from the start, Abrashoff puts into practice one of the most important leadership principles: In order to successfully lead others, you must first lead yourself - be the leader in your own life.

Abrashoff shares excellent tips highlighted by the context of his Navy experience. While you may think your organization...

United States on May 27, 2014

Alan L. Chase: On several occasions in the past, I have written about Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff, USN (Ret.). Mike has made the transition from being a decorated and acclaimed naval officer to offering his leadership insights to business leaders. His newsletter - available on his Website at [...] - is one I look forward to reading each month.

Capt. Abrashoff has authored two fascinating books that I have devoured and now look forward to sharing with you. I offer them as a one-two punch! In this posting I will review his first best seller: It's Your Ship - Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy. Later this week I will offer my thoughts on the sequel.

By his own account, Mike Abrashoff was dragged reluctantly to the enlightened conning tower where he now stands and from which vantage point he offers advice to those who desire to grow as leaders. As a young officer, Abrashoff was like many newly-minted Annapolis graduates, passing along the command and control ethos that he had absorbed and that has been the hallmark of military "leadership" for generations. As XO aboard the Shiloh, he learned a signal and indelible lesson in command when he unthinkingly passed down...

United States on Jan 12, 2006