It's Your Ship: Management Tips from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by D. Michael Abrashoff (2002, Hardcover)

My work had been using this book as an inspiration to managing each field office. After several quotes from the book, I decided to get the book myself and read it cover to cover. I'm glad I did. Mr. Abrashoff explains well in It's Your Ship of how it took a ship from just another ship in the US Navy and turn it into "The best damn ship in the Navy". His insights and personal stories can easily relate to businesses outside the Armed Forces. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to manage their workforce in a more productive and modern proactive atmosphere.

Commander Abrashoff is excellent in person, but if you can't see him in person, this book has a lot to offer. The stories are great, but the message on how to manage and motivate people are empowering.

The Best Damn Ship in the Navy, didn't start that way. It got there from the techniques show in this book. This is a great story that we can learn a great deal about motivation of the work place.

Think about your business, what if you couldn't make the rules, choose your employee pool or define the budget for paying your employees, and buying supplies. The Military doesn't give those luxuries. It shows the private sector we don't have the same restricts, and we should revisits, what we feel are the factors holding us back from success.

This book will make me money, Thanks Capt. Mike!

I purchased this book because it was on the required reading list at my Fire Department to take a promotional Captain's exam.

I absolutely loved this book, I couldn't put it down and when I did I couldn't wait for the opportunity to get back to it. I put an overall rating at 5 stars even though I strongly disagreed with "one" statement he said. I won't quote that because anyone who reads this book will see that in what ever they do, the book will apply to them. So I don't want to make any assumtions about why you will read it or predispose you to any particular area that I didn't agree with. And it was only one sentence, which applied to me and my department.

Even if your not in the military service or a public sevant as I am you can apply this book to personal business and even your family.

On the other side of the coin if your a person who doesnt't believe in integrity or doing the right thing even if against the grain or protocol you will after reading this book. This book has made me a better man, and employee and role model at work! I now go out of my way to do the right thing and my personal moral has been boosted higher than it ever has and I'm 47 years old.

I strongly urge anyone who likes to read to get this book. Furthermore even if you HATE to read like I do, you will begin to read this and immediately get so interested in what comes next you won't want to put it down.

Fire Enginner,
Fire Department
Southern California

its just excellent. i loved it. I being a MBA student, really loved this book to gain an excellent overview of leadership. i appretiate the way the book is ..all about experiences and stories that has high impact on all of us. I recommend that this book can help all management students to learn modern management techniques. i look forward to read other books from the author.

Well written with good parallels between the Navy and the corporate world. Probably the best business management tool since "In Search of Excellence". I will be giving my boss a copy for Christmas. If he reads it, it will be a gift for me.