In order to talk about why “Attention to Detail is Important,” we must define what I believe that attention to detail is. How I define “attention to detail” is showing care and consideration to smaller aspects of something, to zoom in on particulars instead of big scale overviews.
Attention to Detail gives us, as Chiefs (and hopefully soon to be Chiefs) better levels of efficiency, increases safety and gives greater situational awareness.
Better efficiency by having honed- in skills to give closer attention to the details of a situation, task or need comes from being able to assign appropriate resources, gather necessary information, and devote the proper time to that situation, task or need without having to back track. For instance, if there …show more content…
It is bad leadership to put people in harms way simply due to certain risks and hazards not making it into your ORM process. Being able to beforehand put controls into place to eliminate, or at least overcome any hazards and risk during a training or mission evolution is part of being a good leader. In order to be able to do that, the leader needs to pay attention to detail in order to ensure that a small safety issue does not derail the whole operation.
All of that together give us as Chiefs and Chief Selects better situational awareness in order to plan, prepare and execute missions, tasks and to meet needs that we will face in our career and in our life.
The issue that many leaders fail to grasp is that attention to detail is a skill that needs to be cultivated in order to grow into an effective skill. Not everyone has had that opportunity to grow that skill thus they may not have the skill or the skill level that another has. This comes into knowing your people and helping them grow skills that they may lack. The lacking of the skill should not reflect poorly on the individual’s character. Yet, if leadership tries to help them grow that skill and they refuse, then that would.
Overall, attention to detail is important because it elevates us to the level of Professionals and gives credit to what we say and
Attention to Detail gives us, as Chiefs (and hopefully soon to be Chiefs) better levels of efficiency, increases safety and gives greater situational awareness.
Better efficiency by having honed- in skills to give closer attention to the details of a situation, task or need comes from being able to assign appropriate resources, gather necessary information, and devote the proper time to that situation, task or need without having to back track. For instance, if there …show more content…
It is bad leadership to put people in harms way simply due to certain risks and hazards not making it into your ORM process. Being able to beforehand put controls into place to eliminate, or at least overcome any hazards and risk during a training or mission evolution is part of being a good leader. In order to be able to do that, the leader needs to pay attention to detail in order to ensure that a small safety issue does not derail the whole operation.
All of that together give us as Chiefs and Chief Selects better situational awareness in order to plan, prepare and execute missions, tasks and to meet needs that we will face in our career and in our life.
The issue that many leaders fail to grasp is that attention to detail is a skill that needs to be cultivated in order to grow into an effective skill. Not everyone has had that opportunity to grow that skill thus they may not have the skill or the skill level that another has. This comes into knowing your people and helping them grow skills that they may lack. The lacking of the skill should not reflect poorly on the individual’s character. Yet, if leadership tries to help them grow that skill and they refuse, then that would.
Overall, attention to detail is important because it elevates us to the level of Professionals and gives credit to what we say and