Turn the Ship Around!

Archival Summary & Scope

*Turn the Ship Around!* by David Marquet, hailed by *USA Today* as "one of the 12 best business books of all time" and by *Fortune* as "the best how-to manual anywhere for managers," presents a revolutionary model of leadership. As a veteran Naval officer, Marquet took command of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear submarine suffering from abysmal morale, performance, and retention. Confronted with a dangerous incident that exposed the fatal flaw of his traditional "command and control" approach—where orders were followed without question—Marquet radically inverted the leadership paradigm. He empowered his subordinates, fostering "leader-leader" environments where control was distributed, not centralized. This transformation propelled the Santa Fe from the fleet's worst to its most successful submarine. Marquet's actionable methods offer any organization a clear path to fostering engagement, achieving excellence, and "turning their own ship around."