L. David Marquet

Former Nuclear Submarine Commander. Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of Turn the Ship Around, Leadership is Language. Creator of Intent-Based Leadership for organizations worldwide.

Greater Tampa Bay Area

About

I joined the navy to help win the cold war. Submarines "they hide from people" were my thing. I felt the structure of leadership diminished peoples' ability to think and speak freely. I changed that for myself and others. The story is in Turn the Ship Around! where we created Intent-Based Leadership. Fortune magazine called the book the “best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution.” Also author of The Turn the Ship Around! workbook, and Leadership is Language and Distancing. We turned the leadership techniques developed on the nuclear-powered submarine USS Santa Fe into a system called Intent-Based Leadership® for your organization to implement to create effective leaders at every level. We offer Culture Change Management, Keynote Presentations, Workshops, Coaching, Programs, Online e-courses and Certifications. Just imagine if everyone at your organization felt valued and had the tools necessary to have more control over their work - imagine a place where everyone is a Leader. Join over 10,000 leaders receiving our famous Leadership Nudges® by enrolling at davidmarquet.com or subscribe to the channel on YouTube. www.davidmarquet.com Student of: leadership, process improvement, organizational design, resourceful humans, management

Experience

  • Turn the Ship Around, LLC (14 yrs 6 mos)
    • Founder + CEO
      Jan 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 6 mos

      Creator of Intent-Based Leadership for organizations worldwide www.davidmarquet.com www.intentbasedleadership.com

    • Keynote Speaker
      Jan 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 6 mos

      www.davidmarquet.com www.intentbasedleadership.com

  • Author at Penguin Random House
    Sep 2012 - Present · 13 yrs 10 mos

    Turn the Ship Around!, Leadership is Language, Distancing

  • Intent-Based Leadership International (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Content Creator
      Jan 2021 - Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    • President
      Feb 2019 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs

      Enroll in our famous Leadership Nudges (TM) to build a better team and become a better leader in 75 sec a week here: www.davidmarquet.com. Leadership and Innovation | Bestselling Author of Turn The Ship Around and Turn Your Ship Around Intent-Based Leadership: Leadership is not for the select few at the top. In highly effective organizations, there are leaders at every level. Creating Intent-Based Leadership organizations results in a work place where everyone engages and contributes their full intellectual capacity. A place where people are healthier and happier because they have more control over their work – a place where everyone is a leader. Intent-Based Leadership organizations create an environment for people to contribute so that they feel valued. They set clear goals so their people know how to do their jobs. They push control and decision making down the organization so people take responsibility and rise to the occasion. They maintain unity of effort by ensuring the supporting pillars of technical competence and organizational clarity are in place. As a result, they achieve: -A highly effective organization with superior morale. -The capacity for greatness in the people and practices of an organization, and remove it from the personality of leaders. -An organizational culture that creates of additional leaders throughout every level of the organization. Turn followers into leaders - www.davidmarquet.com

  • Adjunct Faculty Member at Columbia University
    2013 - Dec 2013 · 1 yr

    Co-teaches "Leadership and Legacy" with Simon Sinek.

  • Commanding Officer at USS Santa Fe
    1999 - 2001 · 2 yrs