Chapter 1The Boost of Change Leadership
When Captain David Marquet took command of a Navy submarine for the first time in 1999, it was both a dream come true and a leadership nightmare. David had always wanted to be a submarine captain. He graduated near the top of his class at the U.S. Naval Academy. He trained for a year to take the helm at the USS Olympia. But at the very last moment, he was instead assigned to take the command of the USS Santa Fe, a much newer and faster ship, but also a ship with the worst performance track record in the Navy. In his first stint as a submarine captain, David found himself leading a vessel about which he knew nothing.
Taking his command, he discovered another problem: he noticed that people blindly followed ...
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