405: Develop Leaders Before You Leave, with David Marquet
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
David Marquet: Turn the Ship Around!
David Marquet is the former commander of the U.S.S. Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered attack submarine. Under David’s command, the ship had an impressive turnaround, achieving the highest retention and operational standings in the Navy. David is the author of the bestseller Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders, a book USA Today called one of the 12 best business books of all time.
Key Points
- Accomplishment is the production, leadership is building production capacity in your team.
- Understanding the purpose of the organization is the key to unlocking empowerment.
- You’ll suffer the consequences of your behavior if you couple the behavior with the outcome.
Resources Mentioned
- Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders* by David Marquet
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People* by Stephen R. Covey
Book Notes
Download my highlights from Turn the Ship Around! in PDF format (free membership required).
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| 0:00.0 | In my first full-time management position, I was told that part of my evaluation |
| 0:04.8 | would center on how the team performed after I moved on to a new role in the company. |
| 0:10.0 | At the time, I just assumed that's how every organization evaluated leaders. |
| 0:14.0 | I know better now of course and virtually every leader can do a better job of |
| 0:19.3 | building talent that will do great work long after you've moved on. |
| 0:25.0 | Today David Marquet returns to the show to challenge us to develop the leaders of tomorrow today. |
| 0:31.0 | This is Coaching for Leaders, episode 405. |
| 0:35.0 | Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host, |
| 0:50.8 | Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born. They're made and this weekly show gives |
| 0:56.6 | you access to the practical wisdom that will empower you to become a better leader. |
| 1:02.0 | I know that many of us think about our leadership today, tomorrow, |
| 1:07.2 | maybe next quarter, but we don't necessarily think and have top of mind |
| 1:12.3 | how our leadership is going to be |
| 1:15.3 | influential to people after we leave our position or maybe even after we leave |
| 1:21.2 | the organization. |
| 1:22.5 | Today's guest is going to challenge us |
| 1:24.4 | to be thinking about how we build talent today |
| 1:28.0 | so that the folks that we have the privileged influence |
| 1:31.7 | are developing their own leadership for |
| 1:34.2 | sustainability for the entire organization. I am glad to welcome back to the show today |
| 1:39.0 | David Marquet. David is a retired United States Navy Captain and former commander of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered attack submarine. |
| 1:48.0 | At the time David took command, the Santa Fe was one of the worst performing ships in the Navy. Under David's command the ship had an impressive |
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