From Yacht to Shore: Skills former crew bring to maritime management roles
Moving from yacht to shore? Find out which key skills make yacht crew ideal for maritime management and shoreside career opportunities.
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Crew mental health: industry response
Emma Kate Ross responds to Quay Crew's crew mental health survey and steps needed for change within the yachting industry.
Interior crew leadership: strategies for success
Poor management can have a significant impact on crew mental health, so here's some strategies for effective interior crew leadership.
Giving a candidate reference? Honesty is the best policy!
Yachting would be in a far healthier state if people were honest and gave a transparent candidate reference to everyone who asks.
Are you a multitasking or task-switching superyacht leader?
Former Captain-turned-executive coach, Brendan P O'Brien, discusses one of the main challenges of being a superyacht leader - multitasking.
Using life skills to lead onboard
During 25 years in yachting, I encountered hundreds of situations that required me to adapt or find new ways to lead onboard. Here's what I learned.
Leadership in yachting
A topic currently gaining momentum is leadership in yachting, or more accurately, the lack of it. So what can Captains and HODs do to improve?
Interview – Carving a career as a female Chief Officer
In 2014, Ellie Younis first joined the superyacht industry as a temporary deckhand and five years later, landed herself a Chief Officer gig.
How a positive onboard culture can boost crew mental health
Charles Watkins, Managing Director of MHSS, talks about the importance of creating an onboard culture that aims to reduce stress and drivers that cause mental health issues among crew.
Quay Crew collaborates with The Crew Academy to deliver Senior Leadership Course
Tim Clarke has been confirmed as a keynote lecturer on a leadership course for Captains and HODs delivered by The Crew Academy.
Crew mental health – The state of the Superyacht sector
We reveal the alarming results of a superyacht crew mental health survey carried out as part of a unique industry partnership with MHSS,
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Retaining crew in the yachting recruitment crisis
There's currently a recruitment crisis in the yachting sector, which means a focus on retaining crew should be a top priority for boats.
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