Speaker Travel Heroics

Speaking Industry | Mike Abrashoff | Event Planning | Meeting Planning

SPEAKER TRAVEL HEROICS: HOW MIKE ABRASHOFF DEFIED WEATHER TO KEEP HIS EVENT STREAK ALIVE

By: Tony D'Amelio
January 16th, 2024

AN EVENT PLANNER’S BIGGEST FEAR What’s your worst speaker nightmare? Mine is that the speaker doesn’t show up for the event. The only two things that can really derail a speaker’s appearance is bad weather/mechanical problems or ill health. You can’t avoid a health issue but travel can be guarded against. I’ve been doing this long enough to know that before we ever even accept an offer, we scope out travel to make sure there are sufficient backups in case of weather or mechanical issues. One more booking is not worth putting an event in jeopardy. In spite of careful planning, the unexpected can happen. That is my segue to talk about our speaker MIKE ABRASHOFF and his travel heroics last week.

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Event Ideas | Leadership | Organizational Culture | Mike Abrashoff | Teamwork & Culture | Organizational Transformation

MIKE ABRASHOFF: Workplace Safety Is No Accident

By: Tony D'Amelio
July 13th, 2023

ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

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Managing/Leading Change | Organizational Culture | Mike Abrashoff | Employee Engagement | Talent Retention

KEEPING YOUR CREW ON BOARD –  TALENT RETENTION STRATEGIES

By: Tony D'Amelio
September 3rd, 2021

TOP LEADERSHIP SPEAKER MIKE ABRASHOFF ON TALENT RETENTION STRATEGIES MIKE ABRASHOFF has been an influential speaker on leadership and organizational culture since Fast Company profiled him over 20 years ago. His bestselling book, It’s Your Ship, came shortly thereafter and has sold 1.2 million copies to date. Mike’s success as a speaker came because he is brilliant at providing audiences with actionable insights on the most pressing problems facing business. He draws on lessons learned after taking command of the near-worst ship in the fleet and overseeing its transformation to becoming the best ship in the entire U.S. Navy.

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5 fun things about MIKE ABRASHOFF, author of It's Your Ship

By: Tony D'Amelio
February 7th, 2019

MIKE ABRASHOFF is widely known for his role in one of the most storied of organizational turnarounds. At age 36, Mike took command of the U.S. Navy's near-worst ship in the Pacific fleet, the USS Benfold. Within 12 months it became the best ship in the entire Navy…using the very same crew! That transformation vaulted Mike into near legendary status. He wrote three books on the subject - the most successful, It's Your Ship, has sold over 1.1 million copies. Like all of us, there's more to Mike than what we know at the surface. Here are 5 fun you couldn't possible know about Mike Abrashoff - until now:

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