Leadership From Below includes leadership journeys and advice from twenty-seven men and women leaders from Petty Officers to Force Commander in both the US and UK submarine forces. The service ranges from 1954 to 2024, the birth of the nuclear Navy to the current day in both fast attack and strategic missile boats. The effective leadership strategies are described by a series of paradoxes effectively leverage for performance required in one of the world's most demanding management environments and transferrable to any management context.