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Business-Ship to Ship Book Review
It 's Your Ship:
Management Techniques from the
Best Damn Ship in the Navy
Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff
Warner Books, 2002

Author 's Page Captain D. Michael Abrashoff is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, and was a military assistant to the former secretary of defense, Dr. William J. Perry. He served as Commander of 310 men and women aboard the USS Benfold in the Pacific Fleet. Abrashoff left the Navy in 2001 and became the founder and CEO of Grassroots Leadership, Inc., in Boston.

www.grassrootsleadership.com
Other Books
Get Your Ship Together, 2005
Ship Happens, Coming 2006

It 's Your Ship Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Ch.1 Take Command 11
Ch.2 Lead by Example 32
Ch.3 Listen Aggressively 43
Ch.4 Communicate Purpose and Meaning 54
Ch.5 Create A Climate of Trust 63
Ch.6 Look for Results, Not Salutes 82
Ch.7 Take Calculated Risks 104
Ch.8 Go Beyond Standard Procedure 118
Ch.9 Build Up Your People 140
Ch.10 Generate Unity 168
Ch.11 Improve Your People 's Quality of Life 186
Ch. 12 Life After Benfold 199
Epilogue Beyond Benfold 208
Acknowledgements 211

Book Review Table of Contents
Title Page 1
Author 's Page 2
It 's Your Ship Table of Contents 3
Book Review Table of Contents 4
Executive Summary 5
Introduction 6
Take Command 6
Lead By Example 7
Listen Aggressively 8
Communicate Purpose and Meaning 9
Create a Climate of Trust 10
Look For Results, Not Salutes 10
Take Calculated Risks 11
Go Beyond Standard Procedure 12
Build Up Your People 13
Generate Unity 15
Improve Your People 's Quality of Life 15
Conclusion 17
Evaluation 18

Executive Summary

It 's Your Ship, by Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff is good read on understanding the basics of what he calls grassroots leadership he developed while a Commander in the

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