It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Abrashoff Michael

Author:Abrashoff, Michael [Abrashoff, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9780446535533
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2007-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

TAKE CALCULATED

RISKS

THE U.S. NAVY IS NO MORE FOND OF PEOPLE WHO GO out on a limb than is any other bureaucracy. In fact, taking a risk is seen as a danger to your career. But an organization that aims to stay alive and strong should make sure to praise and promote risk-takers, even if they fail once in a while. Unfortunately, organizations all too often promote only those who have never made a mistake. Show me someone who has never made a mistake, and I will show you someone who is not doing anything to improve your organization.

As I have said, I never took a reckless risk in my Navy career. Each danger I ran was a calculated part of my campaign to create change without asking permission from higher authority. I took only the risks that I thought my boss would want me to take, risks I could defend within my job description and authority. For the most part, they produced beneficial results, and my boss got the credit for that, so he didn’t object.

Still, some risks are more dangerous than others. In general:

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