Mary Margaret Abrashoff, 102, passed away Saturday. She was born in Altoona, daughter of James J. and Elizabeth (Canole) McFadden, who preceded her in death along with her brother, James J. McFadden.

PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Different organizations call empowering employees different things, such as “servant leadership.” Captain Mike Abrashoff, USN-retired, calls it GrassRoots Leadership. Abrashoff ...

Running a navy ship is similar to running a business: Both require leaders who can get their crews to operate at peak efficiency and complete the challenges at hand, retired Captain D Michael ...

When the U.S. Navy chose Mike Abrashoff to become Commander of USS Benfold, the challenges which faced him were seemingly overwhelming. At the time, the Benfold was one of the worst-performing ships ...

Business analysts suffer no shortage of bleak analogies to describe today’s economic climate. A burst bubble. A derailed train. A withering rose. Captain D. Michael Abrashoff would likely compare ...

Tom Peters, in his latest book entitled, The Little Big Things, tells us a story about retired United States Navy Captain Mike Abrashoff and the importance of saying “thank you.” Captain Abrashoff ...

A former sailor on the U.S. destroyer Benfold had access to classified information on the ship’s movements that ended up with a website operator recently indicted on terrorism charges, according to ...

At the Oct. 4 opening session of the 2010 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in San Diego, keynote speaker Michael Abrashoff, former navy commander and author, told attendees that when it ...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 60) transits the Pacific Ocean during exercise Koa Kai 12-2. Koa Kai is a semiannual exercise in the waters around Hawaii designed to prepare independent ...