Leadership, as a special component of safe operations at sea, is a skill resulting from a complex combination of mindset characteristics which can be learned, argues Capt. VS Parani, naming the key features he believes to be the most critical for a great leader at sea.
Leadership is an art, a skill, a discipline, and a mind-set, all of which can be learned, and improved with practice.
The captain, chief engineer, or a department head are not the only leaders on a ship. Every mariner is a leader!...
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