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Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders QUOTES

Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders QUOTES

1 " Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

2 " One of the things that limits our learning is our belief that we already know something. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

3 " You may be able to “buy” a person’s back with a paycheck, position, power, or fear, but a human being’s genius, passion, loyalty, and tenacious creativity are volunteered only. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

4 " People who are treated as followers treat others as followers when it’s their turn to lead. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

5 " The leader-leader structure is fundamentally different from the leader-follower structure. At its core is the belief that we can all be leaders and, in fact, it’s best when we all are leaders. Leadership is not some mystical quality that some possess and others do not. As humans, we all have what it takes, and we all need to use our leadership "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

6 " Focusing on avoiding mistakes takes our focus away from becoming truly exceptional. Once a ship has achieved success merely in the form of preventing major errors and is operating in a competent way, mission accomplished, there is no need to strive further. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

7 " If all you need to do is what you are told, then you don’t need to understand your craft. However, as your ability to make decisions increases, then you need intimate technical knowledge on which to base those decisions. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

8 " Those who take orders usually run at half speed, underutilizing their imagination and initiative. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

9 " When the performance of a unit goes down after an officer leaves, it is taken as a sign that he was a good leader, not that he was ineffective in training his people properly. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

10 " The leader-leader model not only achieves great improvements in effectiveness and morale but also makes the organization stronger. Most critically, these improvements are enduring, decoupled from the leader’s personality and presence. Leader-leader structures are significantly more resilient, and they do not rely on the designated leader always being right. Further, leader-leader structures spawn additional leaders throughout the organization naturally. It can’t be stopped. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

11 " Leadership is not some mystical quality that some possess and others do not. As humans, we all have what it takes, and we all need to use our leadership abilities in every aspect of our work life. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

12 " The problem with specifying the method along with the goal is one of diminished control. Provide your people with the objective and let them figure out the method. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

13 " Don’t move information to authority, move authority to the information. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

14 " Control, we discovered, only works with a competent workforce that understands the organization’s purpose. Hence, as control is divested, both technical competence and organizational clarity need to be strengthened "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

15 " Begin with the End in Mind "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

16 " As you work with individuals in your organization to develop their vision for the future, it is crucial that you establish specific, measurable goals. These goals will help the individuals realize their ambitions. In addition, you as a mentor have to establish that you are sincerely interested in the problems of the person you are mentoring. By taking action to support the individual, you will prove that you are indeed working in their best interest and always keeping the end in mind. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

17 " Achieve excellence, don’t just avoid errors (this was introduced in chapter 7). Build trust and take care of your people. Use your legacy for inspiration. Use guiding principles for decision criteria. Use immediate recognition to reinforce desired behaviors. Begin with the end in mind. Encourage a questioning attitude over blind obedience "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

18 " Taking care of your people does not mean protecting them from the consequences of their own behavior. That’s the path to irresponsibility. What it does mean is giving them every available tool and advantage to achieve their aims in life, beyond the specifics of the job. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

19 " leadership is the enabling art. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

20 " Ultimately, the most important person to have control over is yourself—for it is that self-control that will allow you to “give control, create leaders.” I believe that rejecting the impulse to take control and attract followers will be your greatest challenge and, in time, your most powerful and enduring success. "

― L. David Marquet , Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders