Category Archives: Adaptability

Leadership and the Superyacht

Want to be a better more effective team leader? Leadership aboard the superyacht is what sets the environment superyacht owners and guests will experience, and  top captains and leadership know, they can always become a little bit better. DEVELOPMENT One … Continue reading

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Welcome Aboard High Performance Yacht Culture

  “Welcome aboard!” As a new crew (staff) member, that greeting conveys a special sense of being wanted, accepted, and belonging. All too often however, that initial enthusiasm can be quickly extinguished as the new crew tries to fit in … Continue reading

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Communication in Crew Resource Management

Communication in crew resource management, seems so simple; you exchange information, and on you go ! Unfortunately few things that have such wide use are ever that simple. Information can be conveyed in many ways, through words, tone of voice, … Continue reading

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Self Awareness, a powerful people skill

Self awareness, probably one of the most underrated, under-practiced and un-developed skills of Crew Resource Management (CRM) and  bridge resource management (BRM) aboard the Super Yacht. Self-awareness brings great advantage in productivity, superior performance, safety, service and leverage in all … Continue reading

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