Turn the Ship Around!

L. David Marquet and Stephen R. Covey

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He felt if he required them to own the problem and the solution to it, they would begin to view themselves as a vitally important link in the chain of command. (Location 155)
Albert Einstein said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” (Location 175)
Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves. (Location 181)
Control, we discovered, only works with a competent workforce that understands the organization’s purpose. Hence, as control is divested, both technical competence and organizational clarity need to be strengthened. (Location 298)
One of the things that limits our learning is our belief that we already know something. (Location 433)