Get Yourself The Job

Jennifer Hill speaks with best-selling author and keynote speaker, Mike Abrashoff, about his book “It’s Your Ship.” Abrashoff discusses how to be a great leader and shares stories from his book. He offers tools for better listening and how any leader can make a good team great. mikeabrashoff.com Mike Abrashoff is at the center of one of the most remarkable modern day stories of organizational transformation. At 36, he was selected to be Commander of USS Benfold and was the most junior commanding officer in the Pacific fleet. The challenges of this underachieving destroyer were staggering, with low morale and the highest turnover rate in the Navy. Few thought the ship could improve. Yet 12 months later it was ranked #1 in performance -- using the same crew. How did Mike do it? By replacing command and control leadership with commitment and cohesion. The lesson was clear: Leadership matters and culture is everything. Since leaving the Navy, Mike has worked with over 1200 organizations instilling leader