The go to constructed on prior Vice Chief listening engagements in response to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) January 11 name to motion for the Navy to Get Actual and Get Higher – the initiative to broadly apply the management habits of Navy’s highest performing, strongly self-assessing and self-correcting, items and organizations. The Hampton Roads go to included discussions with U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Naval Data Forces, Naval Submarine Forces, and Naval Expeditionary Fight Command. The Vice Chief met with Flag and SES leaders from every of those instructions, in addition to with Command Triads and Main Command Commanders, to listen to their ideas on find out how to broadly carry alive Get Actual, Get Higher (GRGB) practices at pace.
In these engagements, Lescher amplified CNO’s name to motion, mentioned GRGB rules, and solicited particular suggestions from front-line leaders to refine the following steps for scaling GRGB management growth, instruments and help, and recognition and incentives.
Lescher additionally met with the management of the newly established Naval Security Command (NAVSAFECOM) to debate eradicating boundaries to accelerating their position in making the Navy extra prepared, protected and deadly, in alignment with CNO’s remarks on the NAVSAFECOM institution. “Security Command performs an important position in Get Actual, Get Higher, in constructing higher leaders and empowering groups at each single degree to self-assess and to self-correct, to be taught and to innovate, and to resolve issues extra successfully” CNO remarked.
NAVSAFECOM serves because the Division of Navy lead for non-nuclear security requirements, experience and oversight of the Navy and Marine Corps Security Administration System (SMS).
“The SMS is a basic shift from reacting to mishaps to proactively and transparently figuring out, proudly owning, and controlling danger,” stated Lescher. “With this alteration, NAVSAFECOM will assess security oversight and efficiency, and switch finest practices, in any respect ranges, from particular person instructions as much as the fleet degree.”
“The Naval Security Command is on the pointy finish of the spear of the CNO’s name to motion to Get Actual, Get Higher,” stated Rear Adm. F.R. Luchtman, NAVSAFECOM commander. “As a key aspect of this name to motion, NAVSAFECOM will guarantee danger administration, drawback fixing and important considering are inspired on the enterprise, unit and particular person degree.”
All through the remainder of February, Lescher will proceed to fulfill with management from Navy’s 17 communities to listen to suggestions on how Navy leaders can work collectively to carry constantly sturdy efficiency to the Fleet, cut back variability in execution, and determine and proper small issues earlier than they develop into bigger, systemic, points.
“For GRGB to achieve success, the Navy’s most senior leaders should lead by instance, exhibit Get Actual, Get Higher habits, and show its energy by how they remedy the issues that matter most to our Sailors,” stated Lescher. “Constructing and provoking belief is on the coronary heart of how we should result in sharpen our warfighting edge and guarantee our Navy is prepared for fight.”
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