Lasting
Leadership Lessons Learned
As a junior US Naval Reservist (Circa 1967-1981), I didn’t yet fully recognize the life-long
value
of “leadership lessons learned” as a surface line officer assigned to a Pacific
Fleet auxillairy ship.
My “Midwest Mariner” experiences began during March, 1967 aboard USS
Cimarron (AO-22).
I began serving afloat as her cargo deck safety officer during underway
replentishment (UNREP),
her Gunnery Division Officer and OOD-UW during our “normal” WestPac watch
rotations.
CIM’s wardroom was dominated by highly competent limited duty officers
(LDOs)…
many of whom were proud “Mustangs” - having began their careers as enlisted
sailors.
Somehow, CIM had outlasted many of her follow-on sister ships by exercising her
crew’s collective attitude, aptitude and their ability to resove abnormal
situations!
This capable community afloat quickly helped me recognize their INTERdependence
on the competence of every crew member to safely perform accident-prone cargo
handling tasks.. I recall a frequently used CIM PDLs (pass down the line)
quip:
Don’t sweat the details, the nearest land’s not more than seven miles away ….
straight down!
USS Cimarron (AO-22) was a Cimarron class fleet
replenishment oiler serving
with the United States Navy
and the second ship to be named for the Cimarron
River
in the southwestern United States. She
was launched 7 January 1939
by Sun
Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Chester, Pennsylvania;
sponsored by Mrs. W. D. Leahy; and commissioned 20 March 1939,
Lieutenant Commander W. W. Behrens in command.
Biogeography … Chester is located at (39.847112, -75.372672).
So, what were the key factors that enabled CIM to perform beyond the scope of
her expected service life?
Was it a blending of craftsmanship, leadership and seamanship with effective
social captial conservancy?
AO22
USS Cimarron
... CIM’s decommissioning in 1968, her PAO made special arrangements
to donate USS Cimarron (AO-22) artifacts - including ...
www.acctts.com/ao22cim/
After CIM got “side-swiped” by USS Hornet during an aborted UNREP
approach in Fall-1968,
I began monitoring group perfomance dynamics of small purpose-driven
communities of practice.
By adapting social network analysis, I began to distill actionable insights
(thinkLets)
after being re-assigned to FOCCPAC at Kunia, Hawaii as Sea Surveillance Officer
(C322).
In this chart locker custodian role, our division often got challenged by
Deputy CincPacFlt
to create innovative ways to blend current operations and intelligence digital
data streams.
Not until I was invited to deliver a CincPacFlt Admiral’s briefing on emerging WWMCCS
(World-Wide Military Command and Control System) requirements for group
decision-making …
while coping with complex / high-stress situations did I realize I was part of
a team
supporting a former CIM Commanding Officers and savvy mentorship artist …
David Richardson, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy
(Retired)
Flew as a fighter pilot during the Guadalcanal campaign,
later commanded Air Group 13, the fleet oiler Cimarron,
and the carrier Hornet.
He made innovative use of operational intelligence
while commanding Task Force 77 during the bombing
of North Vietnam and as Commander Sixth Fleet, 1968-70.
After
completing UH-Manoa graduate studies (1971) in information & decision
science,
I continued to recycle and adapt CIM’s peer mentoring and leadership learning
models.
My gigs as an operational auditor assigned to Naval Reserve Systems Analysis
Divisions
included supporting Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) human factors research
projects …
Between
1972-2002, the US Navy’s broad-based knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA)
I’d learned, then applied and adapted to novel situations led to my helping
“pioneer”
the expanding field of CyberCrime Fighting (Think like a thief … without acting
like one!)
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:05 AM Subject: UNODIR Tips on Being a Leader
Via: US Naval Institute's E-Forum Re: http://eforum.usni.org/eforum?14@234.csE0aYxlaxa^5@.ee96ca6/0
I agree with LCDR Bill Hamblet's 7-Sep-2001 observation about "Being a Naval Officer" . . .
>> The most inspiring part of the job is *leading* the many
incredible enlisted people and junior officers.
I have watched so many of them *thrive* and accomplish amazing things
with just a little direction, encouragement, and guidance.<<
Leadership traits result in empowering and inspiring others when the
situation is seasoned
with "attitude, aptitude and abilities" plus a dash of UNODIR (Unless
Otherwise Directed) . . .
I got my *most memorable leadership lesson* from a Master Chief Hospital
Corpsman (MCHC)
while I was an Ensign in transit via a USAF MAC flight to join USS Cimarron
(AO-22)
at Subic Bay, PI (in April, 1967)
Over an ice-cold San Miguel beer at off-base quarters near Clarke AFB,
this savvy MCHC convinced me RHIP (Rank Has Its Privileges) hampers leadership!
His advice for more effective leadership passed the O-1/KISS Test.[Keep It
Simple Stupid] . . .
1 - Always listen to your senior petty officers.
2 - TRUST your crew to perform their assigned tasks.
3 - Eliminate "hassles" for crew whenever possible!
My operational experience generated these guidelines:
4 - Avoid recycling prior "lessons learned"
5 - Be PREPARED for unexpected contingencies!
6 - Become a Master Chief Hassle Eliminator (MCHE)
Mentorship Vision 2005:
What are the critical common connections between sustainable environmental
protection
& community-based emergency preparedness efforts for coping with abnormal
situations?
AFA Symposium-2002
... Get more details at the 2002
Symposium page
... 1:30PM, RADM James B. Plehal, USN Deputy Director National ...
www.acctts.com/showcase/ Articles/_AFASymposium-2002.html
- Cached
UNODIR - As a Praire Passage
Eco-Futurist ...
Advocated by RADM James B. Plehal - USN
at the Metro-MN Valley Port of
Bloomington in July 2002
Linix Encyclopedia:Requested articles/Applied arts and
sciences ...
|
... Preservationism ... Wetlands Ecology[50] ( http://WetlandsELN.futurethought.org ) -
Linix_Encyclopedia:Requested_articles/Applied_arts_and_sciences - Cached - Similar pages |
NOW! … My EarthSea-Keeping Mission is to help KAWS ensure
Tom Peters’ RANT
at the Kan-ed 2005 Conference (Wichita, KS) sustains FutureThought Leadership
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A man spoke at
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and how we
spend our dash.
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are their
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until that
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the way other
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and more often
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might only
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