January 23, 2012

Pearls of Self Wisdom

During a brief moment of providing some advice to a fellow officer the following nuggets of knowledge spewed forth from the gapping hole in the front of my head:

Commanders...

1.) Underwrite the mistakes of our subordinates. As long as they are not criminal in nature or constitute a significant disciplinary infraction.
2.) Professionally develop our subordinates.
3.) Assume mitigated risk.
4.) Take the reasonable man's approach.
5.) Apply the art of their understanding to ill defined problems.

I don't know where it came from. Perhaps an epiphany? Regardless, I believe it does summarize in broad aspects with the challenges I face everyday. I just hope I can live up to my own lecture.

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