David Marquet
Retired US Navy Captain | Expert on Leadership and Innovation
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David Marquet
Biography
Student of leadership and organizational design, former nuclear submarine Commander, and named one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers by Inc. Magazine. David is the Author of the Amazon #1 Best Seller: Turn the Ship Around!, and The Turn the Ship Around Workbook. David's recently released book, Leadership is Language, is a Wall Street Journal Bestseller. David Marquet imagines a work place where everyone engages and contributes their full intellectual capacity, a place where people are healthier and happier because they have more control over their work-a place where everyone is a leader. A 1981 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Captain Marquet served in the U.S. submarine force for 28 years. After being assigned to command the nuclear powered submarine USS Santa Fe-then ranked last in retention and operational standing-he realized the traditional leadership approach of "take control, give orders," wouldn't work. He "turned the ship around" by treating the crew as leaders, not followers, and giving control, not taking control. This approach took the Santa Fe from "worst to first," achieving the highest retention and operational standings in the navy. After Captain Marquet's departure, the Santa Fe continued to win awards and promoted a disproportionate number of officers and enlisted men to leadership positions, including ten subsequent submarine captains. Stephen R. Covey said it was the most empowering organization he'd ever seen and wrote about Captain Marquet's leadership practices in his book, The 8th Habit. Captain Marquet is the author of Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders. Fortune magazine named it the #1 must-read business book of the year, and USA Today listed it as one of the top 12 business books of all time. He is also the author of The Turn the Ship Around Workbook, which is a companion workbook for implementing Intent-Based Leadership. David's new book, Leadership is Language, is the new playbook for leaders. "It's time to ditch the Industrial Age playbook of leadership." This book provides a structure as well as the specific language for dramatically improving decision-making and execution for teams. In addition to being a Wall Street Journal and Washington Post bestseller, Leadership is Language has been named the Business Book of the Month by The Financial Times of London. Captain Marquet retired from the Navy in 2009, and now speaks to audiences live on-line, recorded and in-person around the globe who want to create empowering work environments that release the passion, initiative, and intellect of each person. This bold and highly effective framework is summarized as "give control, create leaders."
David Marquet
Featured Keynote Programs
Turn the Ship Around! How to Create Leadership at Every Level
In this keynote, we share the origins and principles of Intent-Based Leadership®. We share our unique perspective as the ones who lived the story, influencing up and down the chain of command. We reveal how this submarine went from the worst submarine to the best submarine, achieving the highest retention and operational standings in the U.S. Navy.
This interactive keynote requires audience participation. We will take the audience inside a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine, using photographs and stories from the USS Santa Fe, to describe the challenges and frustrations of leading from the middle of the organization and the successes the team experienced.
While interacting with the audience, we cover the principles of this leadership movement by contrasting bosses and leaders. He will focus on these basic principles:
· Giving control and creating leaders
· Creating an environment that releases greatness
· Getting people to think instead of just do
· Using language that inspires collaboration
The in-person keynote by David or Andy is typically 75 minutes but is customizable depending on your needs. The live online keynote is typically 60 minutes but can also be customized depending on your needs. Both the in-person and online keynotes are engaging and interactive including polling (electronically or manually) to include the thinking of the audience into the event as well as immediately actionable take-aways that will put the event into practice.
Turn the Ship Around! (For Educators)
This session is focused on enabling the involvement of teachers with decision-making. A discussion that provides a framework for the motivation to give teachers more authority and how to do it while maintaining standards of instruction and good student outcomes. Includes activities school administrators and educators can use to move toward this objective.
Happiness Comes First!
Happiness Comes First! When David Marquet took over the worst morale and worst performing submarine in the US Navy, he thought he’d work to improve performance and that eventually happiness would improve. Turns out it didn’t happen that way as a series of serendipitous accidents resulted in first increasing happiness. This led to improvements in productivity and mission accomplishments that couldn’t be explained. In this keynote session David will share that story including what they did to improve happiness, the results and the lasting impact long after he departed.
MasterClass
A Masterclass with David is an intimate conversation where he goes into greater depth on the application of the tools and language of Intent-Based Leadership based on the WSJ Bestseller Leadership is Language. For in person events this includes three consecutive 75-minute sessions featuring high levels of interaction and detailed examinations of examples across industries and specific examples within your own organization. In the online event we will do these conversations 3 weeks apart to allow for practice and reflection. The Masterclass provides a unique environment in which your teams can learn with one of the world’s most acclaimed leadership experts where instead of a transactional, one sided event you will have a transformational experience that can create real cultural change.
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