As press secretary to John McCain during his successful run for Congress in 1982, Marla Sheiner recounts with compelling stories the leadership principles and practices she and others experienced during a campaign that launched his iconic 40-year career in public service.
Drawing on her first-hand account, Sheiner delves into the challenges and triumphs of McCain’s motley crew who dubbed themselves McCain’s Navy* painting a vivid picture of how McCain’s start-up benefitted from the Navy’s 11 Leadership Principles. Sheiner reminds current and future leaders that moral and ethical intent, and how we treat one another, is critical to serving a cause greater than ourselves: protecting America’s democratic freedoms.
McCain’s Navy* Class of ’82 is a tribute to John McCain and the ingenuity and enthusiasm of his ‘82 start-up campaign staff. The Navy’s 11 Leadership Principles underpinned his run for Congress, helping build a foundation for his iconic and storied public-service career.
“Instructive and illuminating, Sheiner takes us down a nostalgic John McCain “memorial lane” where we begin to see how the practice of leadership values in boardrooms and campaigns protect democratic freedoms. When values of civility, honesty and integrity are intact among staff, we have a formula for future leaders to lead in the world’s greatest democracy — where America’s cherished democratic freedoms allow them to do so.”
—Paul Schnabel, President and Founder, Dicomm Media, New York
