Aberystwyth academic publishes Royal Navy handbook
The first handbook on leadership within the Royal Navy to be published in nearly 50 years has been produced by Professor Andrew St George, MBA Teaching Fellow at Aberystwyth University’s School of Management and Business. Three years in the writing with complete access to the Royal Navy at all levels, Royal Navy Way of Leadership has been described by publishers Random House as “the definitive book on leadership in business and in life from one of the UK's foremost leadership practitioners”. 15,000 copies of the book are being issued by the Royal Navy to all its officers, senior managers (senior rates), and all its national and international training establishments. It is due for commercial publication in the UK on 7 June. Four years ago the Second Sea Lord of the Royal Navy asked Andrew St George to spend time with every level of the Navy staff, from junior sailors in the engine room of an aircraft carrier, to handlers of landing craft, through to Royal Marines, ships’ comma...