Tag: leadership

China managed to keep its top position in the global shipbuilding industry in 2018. The previous year, Chinese companies constructed 43.2% of the new ships worldwide, in comparison to the 41.9% of 2017. Chinese shipbuilding companies are the base of the country's leading role in the sector, according to the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry.

In early December, Celebrity Cruises held a naming ceremony for its newest ship 'Celebrity Edge'. Celebrity Edge is the company's first new ship in six years and first new ship series in more than a decade. The ship is known for promoting women in multiple roles onboard, as well as for the way the company's CEO, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, is working to boost women leadership in shipping industry. 

It is a fact that in year 2018, seafarers’ non-technical skills are overlooked by recruitment departments, although digitalization and automation on board ships is creating demand of seafarers with skills that go beyond what machines are capable of and therefore are a crucial part of fostering a dynamic workforce. What differentiates the low performing from the high performing crews, though?

Lately, there have been many signs that leadership development is being flawed; an assumption rising from the fact that although people search what behaviors to change in order to become a better leader, they do not search how to change those behaviors. It is of essence therefore, to generate a discussion on leadership development focusing on the self-awareness part, the foundation to ensure good leadership.

The video is an animation film adapted from Captain David Marquet's talk on Greatness, based on his book 'Turn the Ship Around!'. Captain Marquet's speech underlines how important is for leaders onboard to 'create an environment' rather than giving orders.

Men vs women leaders; same responsibilities, different lead styles shaping how they run their teams. Are we talking about another gender battle? And who wins?

In an exclusive interview with SAFETY4SEA, Mrs. Julia Anastasiou, Crew Director at OSM Maritime Group, discusses the existing and future manning and training challenges, highlighting that industry needs equality which refers not only to bridging the gender gap but also the nationality and religion gap.

Every minute spent in an unproductive meeting is a minute that wasted from individual employees' work and, therefore, essential for creativity and efficiency of the organization. Here are some tips for meetings management.

We tend to value safety performance only when accidents happen, why not before they happen? Talking about safety performance there are two terms that need to be addressed; human behavior and leadership both onboard and ashore.

For some, leadership is motivation, for others inspiration. Until recently, women were rarely seen in senior leadership positions as these positions have predominantly been held by men and men were therefore stereotyped to be more effective leaders.  Research has examined whether or not there are sex differences in leadership; what it is evident, whatsoever, is that a lot of progress has been made on our professional lives over the last 50 years, bridging the gap between males and females.