I want to write to officers who are in command and senior enlisted who have people working for them, rather than send everything to everybody all the time. It needs to get the command “spin.” That’s important. I have a consistent message I want to get out to the Navy. I’m going to use every means to do that. At the same time, I want to get the important, “What I expect you to do” messages out through the chain of command, because I intend to hold the chain of command responsible and accountable for what their people do. — Jeremy Michael Boorda
My Take – Keep your people informed, but make sure that you don’t short-cut the people who work for you when you want information to go to their people. You may not always be able to go directly to everyone. By getting people used to the idea that information will flow from their leadership, they learn to listen to them and pay attention when they speak.
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Old NFO
/ December 1, 2012It works, IF the leadership will actually communicate down the chain… Too many today ‘hold’ information to be the one in the ‘know’ and deprive the folks below them… sigh
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daddybear71
/ December 1, 2012From what I remember about Admiral Boorda, someone who worked for him who didn’t pass on needed information found themselves in a very bad place very quickly. The enlisted I met who worked in his organization at Vaihingen would have crawled naked over hot broken glass for him. I’m one of them, and I was only there a few months.
But yeah, too often, people hang onto things to either empower themselves or to keep bad news away from their people.
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