A Pirate Captains Guide To Leadership

A Pirate’s Guide to Strategy Leadership gives you an informative study on strategic leadership, blended with a unique theme of the Golden Age of Piracy. This book is a comparative study where readers are educated on the various facets of strategic leadership while comparing modern leadership with the work ethic and operational aspects of pirates in the 19th century. The book is an inclusive guide, taking readers in a progressive sequence upon discovering the treasured aspects of piracy and how modern leaders could draw inspiration from their lives. Pirates, although deemed to be adjudicated as having lived a nefarious and immoral life and highly romanticized in modern literature, there are lessons we could root out from their perseverance and tenacity.

Robbins: Leading the way in OB Organisational Behaviour shows managers how to apply the concepts and practices of modern organisational behaviour in a competitive, dynamic business world. Written and researched by industry-respected authors, this continues to be Australia’s most popular text for introductory courses in organisational behaviour. A new suite of learning and teaching resources that will excite future managers and inspire critical thinking, accompanies the text.

Sets tips for effective team leadership in the age of pirates, focusing on captain, crew, mission, strategy, and treasure.

A view of pirate life—from the crow’s nest. Pirate lore has captured our fancy for centuries. Here is the first series book that gives readers a comprehensive yet entertaining history of those swashbuckling brigands. It offers portraits of such infamous men and women as Blackbeard, Captain Anne Bonny, Captain Kidd, and Jean LaFitte, with a full history of pirates through the ages, even modern day, high-tech scavengers of the South Seas. For mateys young and old.

This book explains how to design classroom experiences that encourage students to take risks and explore their passions in a stimulating, motivating, and supportive environment where improvement, rather than grades, is the focus.

Leadership lessons from Captain Sandy Yawn, a renowned superyacht captain with over 30 years of international maritime experience, and star of the reality show Below Deck Mediterranean. Everyone experiences a moment in life when they need to lead. Sometimes it's a team, sometimes it's a company, a classroom, a patient ward, a family, or simply your own individual self. Based on the leadership lessons she's gathered from her resourceful and resilient life, Captain Sandy, a superyacht captain and star of Bravo's Below Deck Mediterranean, shares the leadership skills and critical thinking inherent to being a captain that can empower anyone to navigate their way to a successful life. Among some of the stories/lessons she'll share: How she selects and sizes up her crew even before embarking on a charter, deciding who to invest in and how to bring out their best. Things happen at sea. No matter how much you plan and train, so much can go wrong so she'll discuss the level of persistence and faith that's required in solving an especially knotty problem. Authority and discipline are required to lead, but they must be leavened with compassion, understanding, and a desire to see your crew succeed. She describes the seamless flow that happens in great teamwork and how she loves seeing the way her deckhands pitch in with the stews when needed. For Captain Sandy, this represents leading with empathy, figuring out who your teammates are and what motivates them, then communicating in a way that motivates and makes them feel understood. As a captain, Sandy is constantly upgrading her knowledge and skill set, which is as much a part of her job as steering a vessel. Sustaining excellence requires constant effort, whether you find yourself at the end of a journey, halfway through or at the start of a new one. And the learning never stops. Woven throughout her stories are Captain Sandy's optimism and abiding faith that, given the right tools and opportunities, individuals are capable of so much more than they realize, especially when they can find someone to believe in them.

Make leadership development an adventure. Join Captain Bob as he takes a team of twenty-first century managers back to the 1700's to experience the leadership model of successful pirate leaders. Witness the process of committing to a shared purpose. See strategies developed and applied both at sea and in a modern organization. Learn the significance of profit sharing pirate style. Grasp steps to peak performance. Be on deck when all appears lost and survival hinges on innovative thinking skills. You will come away from this book with a keen understanding of how successful pirate leaders used the winning combination of shared decision making, commitment to peak performance, and strategy built on innovative thinking. Most of all, you will have some fun!

Marcinko, former Navy SEAL and author of the nationally bestselling "Rogue Warrior" novel, now offers a book which shows how anyone can apply the leadership skills he has honed to the challenges of business.