My EMBA Journey

Following is an excerpt from GrassRootsLeadership. I watched the below segment on ESPN and started to look for the book named "Its Your Ship" written by Mike Abrashoff who was selected to become Commander of USS Benfold at the time, the most junior commanding officer in the Pacific Fleet.




We all face similar situation in our life where we have to lead teams and be able to set an example as a leader. In my opinion everyone should read the ten principles of Mike.

TEN PRINCIPLES OF MIKE ABRASHOFF



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NFL Leaders Using Mike's Playbook
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ESPN Monday Night Football Transcript
Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Airtime- Sept 10, 2007 at 9:10PM Eastern

Mike Tirico: Here's Michelle Tafoya.

Michelle Tafoya: Well, let's talk about captains for a minute.

During the offseason, Carson Palmer's dad gave him a copy of this book. It's called It's Your Ship and it's by a naval captain who turned a mediocre ship into one of the best crews and best ships in the Navy. Now Carson read it cover to cover and he told me he took away two lessons from this.

Number One: If the people around you believe you care about them, they will follow you into battle

Number Two: The leader must be above the group but of the group.

And his teammates must believe in him. They voted him offensive team captain for the season, Mike. He said that was the single greatest honor of his career.

Mike Tirico: More important than the Heisman Trophy, he said. Kind of surprised us all when he said it.

You've seen that all kick-off weekend, those Captain C's, permanent captains, season-long captains by Roger Godell [NFL Commissioner], as part of the edict to increase the leadership and leadership awareness within each locker room. And the teams have voted for two captains. And we have seen alot of the familiar, big name players wearing those this week.
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