Ship Leadership

“One of the 12 best business books of all time…. Timeless principles of empowering leadership.” – USA Today "The best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution.” —FORTUNE Marquet was a Naval Academy graduate and an experienced officer...

The legendary New York Times bestselling tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today's uncertain business seas. When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, it was like a business that had all the latest technology but only some of the productivity. Knowing that...

Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, legendary commander of the USS Benfold, continues in the same vein of his bestselling book It's Your Ship with the knowledge he's gained from his speaking to and advising some of the top business minds in the world. The story of Captain Abrashoff and his command of...

Discover the Secret to Scaling Your Retail & Logistics Business with Generative AI and Agentic AI What if the difference between a struggling startup and a thriving empire came down to how you use Artificial Intelligence? In today’s hyper-competitive world, retailers and logistics providers can no longer rely on outdated systems. Enter Generative AI and Agentic AI—powerful tools that are reshaping decision-making, customer experience, supply chain efficiency, and long-term growth. In Building a Business Empire by Utilizing Generative AI, Marc Stanford and Carl Vincent Sutton reveal how ...

Brought to you by Penguin. TIMELESS PRINCIPLES OF EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP | OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD Captain David Marquet was used to giving orders. In the high-stress environment of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine, it was crucial his men did their job well. But the ship was...

The world as you know it is one bottleneck away from collapse. For decades, the global economy has obsessed over Just In Time efficiency, cutting costs to the bone and eliminating every safety margin. But as climate volatility, geopolitical conflict, and fragile maritime chokepoints converge, that lean machine is breaking. Prices are rising, shelves are emptying, and the invisible threads of globalization are snapping in real time. Choke Point reveals the hidden physical web that dictates your cost of living. From the drought stricken Panama Canal to the high stakes semiconductor labs of ...

A modern cruise liner. Calm seas. Land in sight. And one of the most avoidable maritime disasters in modern history. On 13 January 2012, the Costa Concordia struck rock off the coast of Giglio, Italy. What followed was not simply a shipwreck, but the collapse of command, the failure of truth under pressure, and the exposure of how fragile modern systems become when leadership breaks at the centre. In Costa Concordia: The Disaster That Exposed the Illusion of Safety, Gordon J. MacKenzie tells the full story of the disaster as a study in illusion, risk, and institutional failure. This is not ...

This book takes you on a journey from the early days of PCs, through the evolution of technology, to the assembly of teams that built the bedrock of today's digital world. Sinofsky shares firsthand experiences, revealing the challenges and triumphs encountered while navigating Microsoft's corporate dynamics, and how external forces like the press and partnerships influenced the trajectory of personal computing.

The Book on Partnerships is a practical guide on what partnerships are and how partners can help your startup beat the competition. The right partnerships can make or break your business. I learned this lesson the hard way when one of my first partnerships nearly ended in a lawsuit. Yet soon after, our company, Hopin, formed hundreds of successful partnerships that fuelled our meteoric rise. Within two years, Hopin was valued at $7. 75 billion, which earned us the title of “Europe’s fastest growing startup of all times”.

Stop Pulling the Ship! is an inspiring action plan for transforming your skills as a high-performing employee into those of a rock-star manager and leader. Overlund’s masterful system pushes you to retrain your brain to make self-improvements and expand your capacity. Empowered to implement proven techniques, you can focus your strengths and behaviors toward excellence as a true leader.

Dynasties of the Sea is the first audiobook to examine one of the most powerful forces in global trade and economic development: world shipping and the magnates who drive the industry. Operating from Monaco to Hong Kong, London to Athens, Singapore to Oslo, shipowners and their financiers have changed the world in every way.

A luxury ocean liner becomes an inferno. Passengers wait for direction. Command weakens. Escape turns into survival. In September 1934, the SS Morro Castle caught fire off the American coast. What followed was not just a maritime disaster, but a complete breakdown of leadership, communication, and evacuation under pressure. This book reconstructs the disaster as it unfolded in real time. After the sudden death of Captain Robert Wilmott, command passed to William Warms. But the system never fully recovered. As flames spread and smoke filled the ship, lifeboats were delayed, instructions were...

In January 1909, Ernest Shackleton stood ninety-seven miles from the South Pole — closer than any human being had ever been — counted his food, and turned around. He had spent eight years getting there. Four more days would have done it. He worked out that he could reach the Pole and that his party would not get home, so he planted a flag, took a photograph, and walked eight hundred miles back. He told his wife afterward that he thought she would rather have a live donkey than a dead lion. Shackleton is taught as a story about never giving up. The record shows almost exactly the reverse...

Shelburne, Vermont, nestled in a bay on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain has never been a large town. But in 1950, something rather miraculous happened there. A dozen boys were born in the town between April and September. Rumors ran rampant with their births. The United States had just put World War II behind it and was heavily involved in fighting another war in Korea. As such, the births of so many sons at the same time was viewed by some to be an evil omen – a harbinger of even more war to come when those boys came of age. The tiny town’s cemetery was already punctuated with more ...

Check out The Leadership Arena and unlock the secrets to unparalleled success as a leader! Leave behind mere theories and opinions, and embark on a transformative journey that will shape you into an exceptional leader. Richard Spector's captivating book challenges you to embrace the age-old art of learning through conditioning, empowering you to stand out in the crowded landscape of leadership.

When running an organization, things go wrong all the time. A lot of managers complain so much about the work they do because every working day of their lives is always a fight for survival. They feel like going to the office every day to try and rescue a sinking ship. Just like seafaring captains, our leaders go through the same kind of struggles every day. Managing a ship, especially a huge tanker or cargo vessel is such an incredible task, first of all, the captain has to make sure all cargo is carefully loaded onto their ship, secondly, they have to meticulously manoeuvre their ships ...

Your company has a senior engineer who ships features before lunch using AI. They understand the systems, solve the problems, and build the products that generate revenue. Your company also has a VP who attends six meetings a day, forwards status updates, and presents other people's work on slides. They haven't touched a system in years. They "drive alignment" and "set strategy" — which mostly means adding process to work that was already getting done. AI is about to make one of these people dramatically more valuable and the other one redundant. It's not the one you've been told. The ...

Today's tech unicorns develop software differently. They've developed a way of working that lets them scale like an enterprise while working like a startup. These techniques can be learned. This book takes you behind the scenes and shows you how companies like Google, Facebook, and Spotify do it. Leverage their insights, so your teams can work better together, ship higher-quality product faster, innovate more quickly, and compete with the unicorns.

Ship a real Autonomous AI Agent in one day. Not just a proof of concept. A working agent that completes one job safely and leaves an audit trail. You will follow a straightforward four-step process: select the correct workflow, connect two systems, add guardrails, and measure the results. The FAST framework keeps scope tight so teams finish fast and learn without chaos. What you will be able to do: Frame one job and one KPI in a single sentence that earns sponsor support. Map the happy path and connect two real systems using a connector or skill. Add basic guardrails, alerts, and a hold ...

Set sail for adventure with the bravest bird in the skies! Percy the Pirate Parrot is no ordinary bird! With his bright red feathers, stylish eye patch, and tiny pirate hat, he leads his loyal crew—Squawkbeard, Jolly Beak, and Polly Patch—aboard their magnificent flying ship, The Feathered Fortune. After discovering the legendary treasure of Black Raven on Skullwing Isle, Percy finds a mysterious map hidden inside the pirate king's crown. It leads to something even more valuable than gold—the Mystic Feather, said to grant its owner the power to command the winds themselves! But the ...