Christa Maurer:
With Magellan and Captain Cook on the bridge
What modern managers can learn from successful captains

Visions, goals and efficient leadership are not an invention of modern times. For thousands of years, the greats of history have known the secret of successful leadership and utilised it to achieve their goals.

Packed into exciting seafaring stories, this book combines the valuable experiences of great captains such as Magellan, Cook and Shackleton with the practical methods of modern leadership. Missteps and direct hits in everyday leadership are described using gripping seafaring examples and illustrated with concrete situations. The serious consequences of frequent mistakes are brought to life. The leadership styles of the seafarers thus provide fresh impetus for today's leadership standards, which can be applied immediately.

It is therefore not only experienced managers and future junior staff who benefit from the wealth of experience of the great captains. The book provides valuable food for thought that can also be applied to everyday life. It is therefore also worth reading for readers who are not at home in the business world or on the water.

Product details:
approx. 200 pages
Dimensions: 21.5 x 12.0 cm
ISBN: 978-3-86586-241-9

Readers' opinions:

"You feel like reading on after the first few pages, which is always very important for me. There is a very good transfer of learning - from the close "forced community" on a ship to the management situation in a company. It's exciting and easy to read at the same time. I was a sailor in the German Navy and therefore particularly appreciate the authentic portrayal of seafaring stories. I was immediately impressed by the book. We ordered 50 copies straight away and are passing them on to our employees and managers."

R. Jung, Chairman of BÄKO-Süd-West Genossenschaft eG

"Anyone who assumes that this book is exclusively about leadership is mistaken. The content goes even further, because in addition to the mechanisms of leadership, some basic knowledge about project management is also addressed.
It makes sense to embed these two core topics in the world of shipping and research voyages. Nowhere else can leadership and project management, with all its facets that can lead to success or failure, be reflected more vividly than here.
In addition, the choice of this setting provides an exciting dramaturgical approach, as the historical descriptions of great personalities draw the reader into the subject matter in a playful way. The leadership principles presented are described in a clear and well-structured way and linked to real history. In this respect, the book is a good source for acquiring (or refreshing) leadership knowledge in parallel to conventionally structured textbooks, while at the same time experiencing real-life examples of cause and effect in dealing with people under "tense" conditions.
The book is very suitable for young or aspiring leaders as well as "old hands" who realise that the great expedition leaders of the past also had to struggle with the same impasses as they do today, and that leadership is never black and white.
One - not entirely new but always comforting - realisation is that leadership almost always involves mistakes, even with great personalities, but that the sum of an iterative process can ultimately lead to positive results."

H. Haas, Dialog Lebensversicherungs-AG, Augsburg

Here you will find a detailed reading sample.