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Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
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All the comments and stories posted to Hacker News that reference this book.Great feedback. Looking at my own experience and qualities as a leader then re-reading the title I agree. In my current position I'm very rarely the smartest person in the room.I've softened the title and added emphasis in the closing paragraph to 'leadership at every level' from "Turn the Ship Around!"[0] . One of the best books I've found on this topic)
Further reflecting there's an opportunity here for an article that dives deeper on this topic as to how one can build a culture of self sufficiency, initiative and independent decision making into organizations.
Thanks again for the thoughtful feedback!
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Ship-Around-Turning-Followers/dp...
I give these three books out to new managers in my org:* High Output Management by Andy Grove https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679762884/
* Turn the Ship Around by David Marquet https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591846404/
* The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591843472/
For interns I give out these two books:
* The Pragmatic Programmer https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Maste...
* The Passionate Programmer https://pragprog.com/book/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer
> Good managers are invisible geniuses who know how to fade into the backdrop, get out of your way, allow you to make decisions, and do not feel fear that they have to micromanage or create empty superficial artifacts to justify that they are working.I feel like this book discusses exactly the kind of Good Manager you are talking about: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Ship-Around-Turning-Followers/dp...
⬐ p4wnc6Thank you. I am addicted to good management philosophy books. I think Peopleware also discusses a lot about this rare kind of manager.On a less serious note, I really hope that for Turn the Ship Around! they went on a multi-city lecture tour and got Gloria Estefan to perform "Turn the Beat Around" but with "Ship" inserted, as the book's author ran up and down the aisles wearing chinos and a button down and high-fiving attendees. Then, slightly out of breath, he gets to the stage and the music awkwardly and abruptly cuts out, and he's like "Woo! Hello Peoria!! Are you ready to turn the ship around!!"