Reddit mentions of It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, 10th Anniversary Edition

I highly recommend a book called It's Your Ship.

I was enlisted, and I wish that all my chiefs and officers had read and acted out the points in that book.

Aw! <3

Like, what books I'd recommend, or just....stuff to do underway that would be in the self-improvement area? The big two that jump out as underway activities are always "save money, and work out."

What platform are you floating on?

So the first thing I do with all my proteges is I hand them the grading sheet for Sailor of the Year/Quarter and a blank evaluation, and I ask them to grade themselves. Not everyone wants to be, or needs to be, Sailor of the Year or a 5.0 sailor, but if that's the standard the Navy has set as "the best," then at least we have a guideline of what we should be working toward, right?

One thing that was pretty big at my last command was the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. Instruction here. One thing that is a really easy way to gain community service hours while underway is to make blankets for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society's "Budgeting For Baby" class. You can crochet (that's incredibly easy, I promise) or you can google one of the thousand DIY no-sew blanket tutorials. If you belong to a Bluejacket Association or Enlisted Association or whatever, you may be able to get them to fund the cost of buying the material...or even ask the FCPOA if they'll give $50 to the cause. You can head over to Jo-Ann's or Fabric.com and check out their discount sections too. NMCRS offers 30 hours per blanket. Taking an hour out of your Holiday Routine for the entire float.....most of the DIY no-sew blankets only take an hour or two to make, sooooo. Collect those hours. Add in a COMREL or two, and there's no reason you can't end a float with over a hundred hours of community service. This is particularly great if you have a friend or two to make blankets with you....snag one of the TVs on the messdecks and watch a movie while you crochet. You can also contact a local homeless shelter and see if they need hats and crochet hats for them. Obviously not a good suggestion if you're stuck underway on a submarine with no space, but if you're surface side--good to go.

Books I'd suggest, well, hm, this could get out of control pretty fast, but off the top of my head:

• Personality Plus by Florence Littauer or her work specific version
  
  
• Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
  
  
• It's Your Ship by Capt Abrashoff
  
  
• Starship Troopers
  
  
• Ender's Game (Ender and Starship are obviously straight scifi but there are some really awesome leadership principles/concepts/ideas that are worth mulling over. They've both been on past CNO's recommended reading lists too....and they're just fun to read.)
  
  
• For money, while, like, 99% of his stuff is "Duh!" I can't discount the practical steps he outlines, so Dave Ramsey's books, particularly Financial Peace is worth reading. His whole book is basically the wiki in r/personalfinance, but if you're wondering how to get your finances straight I recommend picking up this book. Just, in general. Good basic information and a starting point. Not saying you need it, but "saving money" just happens underway by virtue being trapped out on the ocean =)
  
  
• Leaders Eat Last

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It’s your ship. Management techniques from the best damn ship in the Navy

https://www.amazon.com/Higher-Standard-Leadership-Strategies-Four-Star/dp/0738217794

A Higher Standard. Leadership strategies from the first female four star general

You mst learn how to see things from their perspective in order to be an effective leader. Harboring ill feelings toward them means that you are very far away from doing this. Try giving this a read.

100% This... I highly recommend a book called "It's Your Ship". This book has some great insight and stories that will help you begin your leadership journey. If you're like me and prefer audio books, it's also available on Audible.

Direct link to book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/145552302X/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_kh.czbY7G1TNK

I can recommend books.

• How to Win Friends and Influence People - required reading
  
• Behind Closed Doors - management and leadership
  
• Its Your Ship - management and leadership
  
• One Minute Manager - management and leadership
  
• Mythical Man Month - IT specific
  
• Peopleware - IT specific
  
  Don't look at this as something mandated, look at it as an opportunity to learn. If the class you mentioned covers general leadership and management you should consider it, direct reports or not. If it's just how to file HR paperwork and stuff, ya don't bother.

It's Your Ship.

Great book on leadership too.

It's your ship the best damn ship in the Navy by Michael abrashoff might apply to you more as it's from a naval officer..also good in general.

A lot of the tips seem obvious in these kinds of things but they are hard to apply effectively. For example one of the more important things is "listen aggressively" in my opinion...though this seems easy it's difficult to give your full attention to someone and actually listen and store those encounters.

https://www.amazon.ca/Its-Your-Ship-Management-Techniques/dp/145552302X

Read some books about management. Being good at tech work and being a good leader are completely different things.

This is a great starter book on it.

http://www.amazon.com/Its-Your-Ship-Management-Techniques/dp/145552302X