- It's Your Ship was published in Warner Business Books hardcover (0-446-52911-7) in 5/02 and has over 75,000 copies in print to date. It was a business bestseller on both The Wall Street Journal and New York Times lists, hitting #6 and #9 respectively.
- The founder and CEO of Grassroots Leadership, Inc., Captain D. Michael Abrashoff left the Navy in 2001. Featured in Fast Company and the Harvard Business Review for this unorthodox management beliefs, he is very much in demand as a corporate speaker.
- Under Abrashoff's leadership, the Benfold had the highest gunnery score in the Pacific fleet and the crew completed the Navy's pre-deployment training cycle in record time. In addition, 100% of the Benfold's career sailors signed on for another tour (compared to the 54% who usually remain in the Navy).
- The author's views on leadership and training techniques will appeal to the business world and to the huge readership for military subjects who consistently put Tom Clancy's novels at the top of the Bestseller lists.