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.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Leadership Tip # 471 in the series

Consider this: Next time you present a medal to a Sailor, write short personal note to your Sailor on your CO stationary and include it in the awards folder. Write another note to the Sailor's parents//spouse and let them know you appreciate their Sailor's hard work. Too busy? I don't think so.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Please post the first 470!!; February 8, 2014 at 10:05 AM
Anonymous said...: When I was at HS-1, my Skipper sent a note to my Parents. My mom was so proud she framed it with a copy of my Boot Camp photo.; February 13, 2014 at 4:26 PM
Jason Knudson said...: I used to provide a glossy one page "newsletter" to my CO for my weekly input. I would highlight a sailor a week with their picture and a 75-100 word summary of what they were working on, then would cc the sailor when I sent off the email. This became something the sailor could and would then forward off to their parents. Some things don't change as we grow up. Most of us still care about what our parents think of us and most parents still are proud of their children. I'll put the hand written note in the award into my tool bag.; February 15, 2014 at 3:52 AM