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LEADERSHIP IS LANGUAGE

L. David Marquet

The Hidden Power of What You Say - and What You Don't

From the acclaimed author of Turn the Ship Around, former US Navy Captain L. David Marquet, comes a radical new playbook for empowering your team to make better decisions and take greater ownership.
As a leader in today's networked, information-dense business climate, you don't have full visibility into your organization or the ground reality of your operating environment. In order to harness the eyes, ears, and minds of your people, you need to foster a climate of collaborative experimentation that encourages people to speak up when they notice problems and work together to identify and test solutions.

Too many leaders fall in love with the sound of their own voice and wind up dictating plans and digging in their heels when problems begin to emerge. Even when you want to be a more collaborative leader, you can undermine your own efforts by defaulting to command-and-control language that we've inherited from the industrial era.

It's time to ditch the industrial age playbook of leadership. In LEADERSHIP IS LANGUAGE, you'll learn how choosing your words can dramatically improve decision-making and execution on your team.

In his last book, Turn the Ship Around, Marquet told the incredible story of abandoning command-and-control leadership on his submarine and empowering his crew to turn the worst performing ship to the best performer in the fleet. Now, with LEADERSHIP IS LANGUAGE, he gives businesspeople the tools they need to achieve such transformational leadership in their own organizations.

L. David Marquet, a top graduate of the US Naval Academy, commanded the nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe from 1999 to 2001. Since retiring from the Navy, he has worked with businesses as a leadership consultant and spoken to audiences worldwide. His "What is Leadership?" video on YouTube has been viewed a combined 2.5 million times.
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Published 2020-02-04 by Portfolio

Book

Published 2020-02-04 by Portfolio

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In Turn The Ship Around, Marquet challenged us to change the way we lead; Now, in Leadership is Language, he challenges us to change the way we talk as leaders dropping the archaic language of command and control and learning the language of creativity, collaboration, and commitment.

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Full of compelling advice on how to lead more effectively by choosing your words more wisely.

How do you motivate team and individuals to do their best, be their best? Marquet's latest illustrates the powerful intersection of communication and leadership, with simple steps to transform your thinking, your influence, and the lives in your span of care.

Another outstanding book from Marquet - and a truly unique take on leadership that re-engineers our language. Anchored in how teams actually talk, Marquet shows leaders how to leave the Industrial Age language behind and use a different, "more blue" model going forward.

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16 New Business Books You Need to Read in 2020: "Language is, arguably, the biggest leadership subject of all. Readers can apply lessons from Marquet,..., simply, immediately and every day. As Leadership Is Language demonstrates, Understanding distinctions between good and bad word choice and phrasing can improve the relationship between you and your team. For example: try delivering information ("I'll start again at 11 a.m.") instead of instruction ("Be back by 11 a.m.). See? Simple. Read more...

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Have you ever stopped and considered the language we use everyday? Most of what we say or do becomes such second nature that we never give it a second thought. But maybe we should. Listen to the interview... Read more...

UK / Commonw.: Penguin Business; Chinese (complex): Longstone ; Chinese (simplified): China Youth ; Hebrew: Trivaks ; Japanese: Toyo Keizai ; Korean: Booklogcompany ; Portuguese (Brazil): Alta Books ; Vietnamese: Happy Live

Author's "What is Leadership?" video on YouTube has been viewed a combined 2.5 million times. Read more...