I Like The Cut Of His Jib !!

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.

Friday, April 11, 2014

From my mentor and author VADM Dave Oliver

www.rottencards.com

A good leader does not routinely operate at anywhere near his physical or emotional capacity. The good leader is always pacing his efforts so that he has enough reserve to sustain his concentration as long as necessary when unexpected events require.

A person operating near 100 percent capacity is a person operating at the edge of his envelope of reliability. He will not have the ability to take a bullet - of any caliber.

VADM Dave Oliver, Jr., USN
Submariner
"LEAD ON! - A Practical Approach to Leadership.

1 comment:

Gary Olivi said...: Allowing your Sailors to follow this rule is just as important. I know in the past I have been guilty of always using the "Go-To Sailor" for everything and then they just do not have the steam for the main event. Lesson learned in team prioritization for me during that period and not everything is a sprint.; April 11, 2014 at 12:57 PM