Musings, leadership tidbits and quotes posted by a retired Navy Captain (really just a high performing 2nd Class Petty Officer) who hung up his uniform a bit too early. He still wears his Navy service on his sleeve. He needs to get over that. "ADVANCE WARNING - NO ORIGINAL THOUGHT!" A "self-appointed" lead EVANGELIST for the "cryptologic community". Keeping CRYPTOLOGY alive-one day and Sailor at a time. 2015 is 80th Anniversary of the Naval Security Group.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Command Failure = Commanding Officer Failure
"When
things go wrong in your command, start searching for the reason in
increasingly larger concentric circles around your own desk."
General Bruce C. Clark Commander in Chief of the US Army in Europe, 1960–62
This one is actually true. I cannot recall a ship or unit that was automatically in a stall or not mission effective due simply to lack of men, material or $ when well led. It sure was easy to see the difference between good and bad leaders when officers found themselves in identical crappy situations lacking men, money and material but the good ones sailed on time and completed the missions. The bad leaders failed to sail or screwed it up.
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This one is actually true. I cannot recall a ship or unit that was automatically in a stall or not mission effective due simply to lack of men, material or $ when well led. It sure was easy to see the difference between good and bad leaders when officers found themselves in identical crappy situations lacking men, money and material but the good ones sailed on time and completed the missions. The bad leaders failed to sail or screwed it up.
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