I fully support and understand the Commandant’s vision of Service to Nation, Duty to People, and Commitment to Excellence and in more or less words are the guide lines that I have always strived to follow. Unfortunatly there is not one all encompassing way to be a succesful leader since dealing with individuals can be the largest challenge someone can face. Knowing your own strentghs and weakeness and never tiring from the pursuit of learning and becoming a better leader is all anyone can do. I want to eventually represent the operational units’ needs with credible background and understanding in a place where I can better influence policy decisions and lending to continued Excellence as a service.
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My focus is and always has been training and education. Smart well trained crewmembers making informed decisions are our most valuable asset- disciplined intiative. In addition to well trained personnel, the need for them to know the overall picture and the part they play in the organization is significant. Drawing on qualified people of diverse backgrounds and experiences to bring different ideas together to achieve a common goal is one our greatest strengths as a service. I instill this in the people that I work with by emphasizing our legacy in everything we …show more content…
My personality type on the Briggs Myer Personality Test is ISTJ (introversion, sensing, thinking, judging), which is often described as a ‘sentinel or duty fulfiller’. I like to have oversight over plans for efficiency sake and tend to error on the controlling side. Personally I have made it a habit to remind myself that there is more than one way to complete a task and as long as the quality and timeliness is present and it is not a safety issue only soft rudder commands are needed. Most people inherently do the right thing. I try to seek input from the member to both develop themselves and have buy-in in the operation. In my past experience I have always found it easier to enable a first line supervisor with a plan and then help them enforce it as a unified front than to push policy down from the top every time. In the end the most important thing is that the mission was completed safely and efficiently and everyone knows the lessons learned if there are any but the main focus was on the positive
My personal Command philosophy mirrors that …show more content…
My focus is and always has been training and education. Smart well trained crewmembers making informed decisions are our most valuable asset- disciplined intiative. In addition to well trained personnel, the need for them to know the overall picture and the part they play in the organization is significant. Drawing on qualified people of diverse backgrounds and experiences to bring different ideas together to achieve a common goal is one our greatest strengths as a service. I instill this in the people that I work with by emphasizing our legacy in everything we …show more content…
My personality type on the Briggs Myer Personality Test is ISTJ (introversion, sensing, thinking, judging), which is often described as a ‘sentinel or duty fulfiller’. I like to have oversight over plans for efficiency sake and tend to error on the controlling side. Personally I have made it a habit to remind myself that there is more than one way to complete a task and as long as the quality and timeliness is present and it is not a safety issue only soft rudder commands are needed. Most people inherently do the right thing. I try to seek input from the member to both develop themselves and have buy-in in the operation. In my past experience I have always found it easier to enable a first line supervisor with a plan and then help them enforce it as a unified front than to push policy down from the top every time. In the end the most important thing is that the mission was completed safely and efficiently and everyone knows the lessons learned if there are any but the main focus was on the positive