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Leadership to Success

Leadership to Success. Capt Jason Mello. Top Ten reasons it is good to be a CGO. 10. When I make a reservation at the Navy VOQ, I always get a suite and a driver ready asking if the CAPTAIN is ready. 9. No one ever questions where I am…

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Leadership to Success

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  1. Leadership to Success Capt Jason Mello

  2. Top Ten reasons it is good to be a CGO • 10. When I make a reservation at the Navy VOQ, I always get a suite and a driver ready asking if the CAPTAIN is ready. • 9. No one ever questions where I am… • 8. Where else can I wear bars and not have a friend named “bubba” • 7. When I screw up, I always get “He’s only a Lieutenant” • 6. Right out of college, they let you fly a $90 million airplane!

  3. Top Ten reasons it is good to be a CGO • 5. They always think I am prior enlisted • 4. There is always great parking for any LT at the O’Club • 3. At the commissary too! It always says “Any General Officer” • 2. Although it is 9 years long, it feels like college all over again • 1. How else do you think I finally got to visit Nashville!

  4. Webster’s Dictionary Definition Leadership:n. 1. The position or office of a leader. 2. Capacity or ability to lead. 3. A Group of leaders. 4. Guidance, direction: The leadership of the new president. Leadership is not based on rank or objective, but ones ability to influence and persuade people to follow their objectives and tasks Leadership:  the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.  ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

  5. Leadership List for Success • Integrity • Understand your Assignment • Initiatives and Risks • Email is Evil • Emotions and Work • Be Punctual • Ensure Effective Meetings • Set the Example • Herding Cats • Understanding the Team • Do not abuse your leadership position or authority

  6. Integrity • Doing the right thing when no one is watching. • Doing the right thing when one is watching If you have integrity, nothing else matters.  If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.  ~Alan Simpson

  7. Understand your assignment • Understand you job duties • Demand clear guidance on your duties • Establish a network of people to assist you • Know your surroundings and you will prevent future headaches

  8. Initiative and Risk • Do not let a lack of initiative prevent you from becoming successful • Understand the risk, then take on the challenges… even if the risk is high the success is higher “Do or Do Not, There is No Try” -- Yoda

  9. Email is Evil • Avoid total communication via email • Pick up the phone • Walk down to the next cubicle • Talk to your office mate • Read all emails before you send them • Avoid the recall! Remember only people on your same system will work with recall • Leadership is not based on the number of emails in your inbox

  10. Keep Your Boss Happy • And your Boss’s Boss!

  11. Emotions and Work • Do not let emotions take charge of you or your ability to accomplish your work • Emotional behavior and reactions leads to: • Poor leadership decisions • Lack of respect from subordinates • “It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business.” ~Godfather Part 1

  12. Be Punctual • What else more do we need to say

  13. Ensure Effective Meetings • Start on time/End time… see previous • Ensure that the right players are in the meeting (know everyone in the meeting– PAFB Example) • Ensure that all open discussions are allowed to take place

  14. Set The Example • Someone is always watching you! • USECAF visiting Elementary School

  15. Understand the Team • Leadership by Walking Around • Get to know your people • Understand who are the problem solvers and the problem makers • Leadership is like herding cats sometimes

  16. Do not abuse authority • Do not abuse your position of authority • Ex. Executive Officer making decisions for GO • Ex. Using rank and office for personal gain

  17. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. -Vince Lombardi

  18. Leadership:  the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.  ~Dwight D. Eisenhower • There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell

  19. Leadership List for Success • Integrity • Understand your Assignment • Initiatives and Risks • Email is Evil • Emotions and Work • Be Punctual • Ensure Effective Meetings • Set the Example • Herding Cats • Understanding the Team • Do not abuse your leadership position or authority

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