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Pink22 Spotlight: Former Navy Commander and Leadership/Teamwork Expert Michael Abrashoff
This year marks our annual conference’s Silver Jubilee! Join us at Pink22, the 25th International IT Service Management Conference and Exhibition, being held February 15-18, 2022 at the incomparable Bellagio in Las Vegas.
To mark this special milestone, we’re thrilled to welcome leadership and teamwork expert and New York Times best-selling author Michael Abrashoff, a former Navy Commander of the USS Benfold. Since leaving the Navy, he has worked with more than 1,200 organizations to help them instill leadership initiatives at every level – and achieve phenomenal change in unexpected places.
Abrashoff will deliver his Pink22 keynote address entitled Get Your Ship Together, which is one of the most remarkable modern-day stories of organizational transformation.
At 36, he was selected to be Commander of USS Benfold and was the most junior commanding officer in the Pacific fleet. The challenges of this underachieving destroyer were staggering: low morale and the highest turnover rate in the Navy. Few thought the ship could improve. Yet, 12 months later, it was ranked #1 in performance – using the same crew. How did Mike do it? By replacing command and control leadership with commitment and cohesion. The lesson was clear: Leadership matters and culture is everything.
Leaders especially identify with Mike being accountable for results in an environment where he couldn’t make the rules. He therefore focused on the one thing he could influence – his crew’s attitude – because culture is the ultimate competitive weapon for any organization. That’s why the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and others have cited Mike’s story. It’s also why Mike is so popular with such a wide range of audiences.
There is so much more waiting for you at Pink22 during our special silver jubilee event! Click for more information on the program or to register.
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