Leadership style

Leadership lessons from the Royal Navy: the Nelson touch

A.N. Other · Jun 24, 2013 ·

By Andrew St. George This article was originally published in McKinsey Quarterly, www.mckinseyquarterly.com. Copyright 2013 McKinsey & Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission. The Royal Navy is a branch ...

Captain William Bligh, RN

Cavanagh, Paula, SBLT, RAN, RANC · Mar 21, 2010 ·

The Man and the Mutiny ‘Irascible, courageous, brilliant Bligh, because he had an ungovernable tongue and a short, explosive temper provoked rebellion where there was no justification and revolt where ...

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Louis Antoine de Bougainville and his Exploration of the Pacific

Dunstan, Timothy, SBLT, NEOC 39 RANC · Dec 21, 2009 ·

Introduction Usually in one’s lifetime, a person will witness or experience one event that will, or has the ability, to change the world. This event will stand out in history, ...

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Address to Trafalgar Night Dinner

Goldrick, James, Commodore, RAN · Dec 21, 2009 ·

At HMAS Penguin on Friday, 17 October 2008 I am not here to talk about a battle but to reflect on just what it is that makes Nelson the ‘immortal ...

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Leadership: Admiral Raymond Spruance, USN

Sutton, Andrew, Sublieutenant · Mar 21, 2009 ·

Admiral Raymond Spruance was one of the great Naval leaders of the 20th Century. His decisions at the Battle of Midway and subsequent battles in the Pacific theatre of World ...

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Leadership: Sir Ernest Shackleton – 1874-1922

Taylor, Megan, Midshipman, RAN · Dec 5, 2008 ·

‘Superhuman effort isn’t worth a damn unless it achieves results.’ Ernest Shackleton, 1916 ‘It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It ...

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Leadership: Captain Alfred T. Mahan USN

Waring, P.S., Midshipman, RAN · Sep 5, 2008 ·

Academic leadership, writings on the history of seapower and his influence on the international struggle for command of the sea pre-WWI (submitted as an entry in the RANC Graduation Naval ...

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Leadership: Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins

Dennard, Luke, Midshipman, RAN · Dec 4, 2007 ·

This essay will discuss the role of Sir John Collins in reference to his career in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres of World War II as captain and commodore in ...

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Leadership: Admiral Bruce Fraser, RN

Plater, Robert, Midshipman, RAN · Sep 4, 2007 ·

The aim of this essay is to examine the circumstances and life experiences which contributed to leadership qualities seen in Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser that allowed him to rise to ...

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Leadership: Louis Antoine de Bougainville

Dank, Matthew, MIDN · Dec 10, 2004 ·

The Naval Historical Society Naval History Prize for 2004 was awarded to MIDN Matthew Dank, Jervis Division. RANC students were required to write an essay on the subject of a ...

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