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CORE VALUES BRIEFING CORE VALUES BRIEFING FORFOR
CORE VALUES BRIEFING CORE VALUES BRIEFING FORFOR
PACIFIC REGION STAFF PACIFIC REGION STAFF COLLEGECOLLEGE
PACIFIC REGION STAFF PACIFIC REGION STAFF COLLEGECOLLEGE
CORE VALUESCORE VALUES
History behind itHistory behind itWhat we say our Core Values areWhat we say our Core Values areWhere the Air Force is todayWhere the Air Force is todayCAP’s programCAP’s program
HISTORY OF USAFHISTORY OF USAF CORE VALUES CORE VALUES
Early 90’s Early 90’s Gen McPeak identifies Gen McPeak identifies integrityintegrity, , couragecourage, , competencecompetence, , tenacitytenacity, , serviceservice, , patriotismpatriotism
May ‘95: SECAF and CSAF issue May ‘95: SECAF and CSAF issue policy letter establishing policy letter establishing IntegrityIntegrity firstfirst, , ServiceService beforebefore selfself, and , and ExcellenceExcellence in in all we doall we do
HISTORY (cont)HISTORY (cont)
APRIL 1996: CSAF directs Core Values APRIL 1996: CSAF directs Core Values Strategy PanelStrategy Panel
– Members: AETC/CC; USAFA/CC; AU/CCMembers: AETC/CC; USAFA/CC; AU/CC
– CharterCharter
Bring core values Bring core values ““together into a together into a coherent, corporate Air Force strategy coherent, corporate Air Force strategy by adding themes of Integrity, Service, by adding themes of Integrity, Service, and Excellence to officer, enlisted, and and Excellence to officer, enlisted, and civilian education and training civilian education and training programs across the Air Force.”programs across the Air Force.”
HISTORY - THE HISTORY - THE “WHY”“WHY”
PESSIMIST VIEWPESSIMIST VIEW
DOWN THETUBES
NOW
1960
THINGS ARE BAD AND GETTINGWORSE; BASIC FABRIC OF THEAIR FORCE COMMUNITY IS SHREDDINGAPART; SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUTQUALITY OF LIFE, DEPTH OF COMMITMENT, LEVELS OF COMPETENCE, AND MISSIONCAPABILITY. CONCLUSION: DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT AND DO IT NOW.
APPARENT PROBLEMSAPPARENT PROBLEMS
SEX SCANDALSSEX SCANDALS RAMSTEIN CT-43RAMSTEIN CT-43 THE C-141 “COMFORT PALETTE”THE C-141 “COMFORT PALETTE” CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENTCRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT FAIRCHILD B-52FAIRCHILD B-52 CNO’s SUICIDECNO’s SUICIDE TAILHOOK/BARSTOOLERSTAILHOOK/BARSTOOLERS SEXUAL HARASSMENTSEXUAL HARASSMENT ACADEMIESACADEMIES
HISTORY - THE “WHY”HISTORY - THE “WHY”
OPTIMISTSOPTIMISTS
UPWARD SPIRAL!
POSITIVE CULTURAL CHANGE IS REAL;ONLY SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE; THINGS ARE MUCH BETTER THAN THEY WERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND THEY SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER ALL THETIME. CONCLUSION: IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
NOW
HISTORY - THE “WHY”HISTORY - THE “WHY”
REALISTSREALISTS
SAME OLD STUFF
HUMAN NATURE IS CONSTANT; THINGS DON’T GET BETTER OR WORSE; OPTIMISTS AND PESSIMISTS ARE FOOLING THEMSELVES.CONCLUSION: DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, IT WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
NOWPRE-HISTORY
REALLY “WHY”REALLY “WHY”
DO SOMETHING!DO SOMETHING!
PESSIMISM
REALISM
OPTIMISM
SOMETHING ELSE
PERSON
BEST OF ALL BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDSPOSSIBLE WORLDS
PERSON
PERSON
PERSON
PERSON
PERSON
PERSON
DESIREDOUTCOME
V A
L U
E S
SPECIFIC INITIATIVES:SPECIFIC INITIATIVES:ACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTABILITY
• LEADERSHIP EMPHASISLEADERSHIP EMPHASIS• ENFORCEMENTENFORCEMENT• CHARACTER DEVELOPMENTCHARACTER DEVELOPMENT• EDUCATIONEDUCATION
SPECIFIC INITIATIVES:SPECIFIC INITIATIVES:SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
• RACERACE• GENDERGENDER• RELIGIOUS BELIEFRELIGIOUS BELIEF• SEXUAL HARASSMENTSEXUAL HARASSMENT
CORE VALUES CORE VALUES AF VIEWAF VIEW
Integrity firstIntegrity first
Service before selfService before self
Excellence in all we doExcellence in all we do
INTEGRITYINTEGRITY
IntegrityIntegrity is a Character Trait. It Is the Willingnessis a Character Trait. It Is the WillingnessTo do What Is Right Even When No One Is Looking.To do What Is Right Even When No One Is Looking.It Is the “Moral Compass” -- the Inner Voice; theIt Is the “Moral Compass” -- the Inner Voice; theVoice of Self-Control; the Basis for the TrustVoice of Self-Control; the Basis for the TrustImperative in Today’s Military.Imperative in Today’s Military.
Core Values BookletCore Values Booklet
INTEGRITYINTEGRITY
ResponsibilityResponsibilityAccountabilityAccountability
HonestyHonesty
JusticeJusticeOpennessOpenness
HumilityHumility
CourageCourage
Self-respectSelf-respect
LoyaltyLoyalty
SERVICE BEFORE SELFSERVICE BEFORE SELF
““There Are No Heroes, the Adage Goes; Only There Are No Heroes, the Adage Goes; Only Ordinary Men and Women Caught in Ordinary Men and Women Caught in Extraordinary Circumstances. I Would Add, Extraordinary Circumstances. I Would Add, Only Ordinary Men and Women Who Place Only Ordinary Men and Women Who Place Service Before Self.”Service Before Self.”
-- Dr. Sheila E. Widnall-- Dr. Sheila E. Widnall
SERVICE BEFORE SELFSERVICE BEFORE SELF
Service Before SelfService Before Self Tells Us That Professional Tells Us That Professional Duties Take Precedence Over Personal Duties Take Precedence Over Personal Desires.Desires.
Core Values BookletCore Values Booklet
SERVICE BEFORE SELFSERVICE BEFORE SELF
Reminds Us Military Service Is a Reminds Us Military Service Is a CallingCalling Leaders Measure Success in Terms of Mission Leaders Measure Success in Terms of Mission
Accomplishment and the Welfare of Their PeopleAccomplishment and the Welfare of Their People
• No Room for Careerism or Self-Interest -- Most No Room for Careerism or Self-Interest -- Most Damaging When Displayed by LeaderDamaging When Displayed by Leader
““You Can Tick off Your Boss and Recover Faster Than You Can Tick off Your Boss and Recover Faster Than If You Tick off Your Peers”If You Tick off Your Peers”
““When You’re Riding Point, Take a Look Back Every When You’re Riding Point, Take a Look Back Every Now and Then to Make Sure the Herd Is Still There”Now and Then to Make Sure the Herd Is Still There”
““Take the Cash ... Don’t Worry About the Credit”Take the Cash ... Don’t Worry About the Credit”
EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DOEXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO
““The Great Tragedy of Today’s Convenient World The Great Tragedy of Today’s Convenient World Is That Too Many People Resign Themselves to Is That Too Many People Resign Themselves to Just Getting By.”Just Getting By.”
-- Dr. Sheila E. Widnall-- Dr. Sheila E. Widnall
““Goals and Standards Tie Our People to the Goals and Standards Tie Our People to the Mission; They Establish Expected Levels of Mission; They Establish Expected Levels of Performance; They Give Clear Feedback on How Performance; They Give Clear Feedback on How Things are Going.”Things are Going.”
-- Gen Henry Viccellio, Jr.-- Gen Henry Viccellio, Jr.
EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DOEXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO
Excellence in All We DoExcellence in All We Do Directs Us to Develop a Sustained Directs Us to Develop a Sustained Passion for Continuous Improvement and Innovation Passion for Continuous Improvement and Innovation That Will Propel the Air Force Into a Long-Term, Upward That Will Propel the Air Force Into a Long-Term, Upward Spiral of Accomplishment and Performance.Spiral of Accomplishment and Performance.
CORE VALUES - RECAPCORE VALUES - RECAP
Integrity firstIntegrity first
Service before selfService before self
Excellence in all we doExcellence in all we do
OK, SO . . . .OK, SO . . . .
. . . WHY HAVE WE ENTERED A . . . WHY HAVE WE ENTERED A NEW, MORE DYNAMIC NEW, MORE DYNAMIC PHASE WITH THE CORE PHASE WITH THE CORE VALUES?VALUES?
. . . WHAT’S REALLY GOING . . . WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON?ON?
1. What 1. What CoreCore Values are: Values are:
Action principles Action principles
Followed by all true Followed by all true professionalsprofessionals
Universally prescriptiveUniversally prescriptive
TimelessTimeless
UnchangingUnchanging
Functional Functional Necessary for mission Necessary for mission
successsuccess– need them for Air Force need them for Air Force
core competenciescore competencies
– need them for joint need them for joint team victoryteam victory
– need them for national need them for national defensedefense
2. How do Core Values differ 2. How do Core Values differ from from personalpersonal values? values?
Personal values are Personal values are action principles held action principles held by some personby some person
– can come from familycan come from family
– can come from matecan come from mate
– can come from peerscan come from peers
– can come from faithcan come from faith
– can come from pop can come from pop cultureculture
– can come elsewherecan come elsewhere
Core Values are action Core Values are action principles held by principles held by those individuals we those individuals we call professionalscall professionals
As such, there are As such, there are three basic three basic relationships possible relationships possible between Core Values between Core Values and personal valuesand personal values
ALIGNMENT
COMPATIBILITY
CONFLICT
3. Why 3. Why thesethese Core Values? Core Values?
Everyone seems to have them:Everyone seems to have them:
– ““Duty, Honor, Country” (USMA)Duty, Honor, Country” (USMA)
– ““Honor, Courage, Commitment” (USN)Honor, Courage, Commitment” (USN)
– ““Safety, Quality, Comfort, Durability, & Value” (Volvo)Safety, Quality, Comfort, Durability, & Value” (Volvo)
– ““Integrity, Customers, Employees, Communities, Integrity, Customers, Employees, Communities, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Efficiency, Autonomy of Entrepreneurial Spirit, Efficiency, Autonomy of Operating Units, & Change” (Williams Companies)Operating Units, & Change” (Williams Companies)
– ““Caring, Compassion, Dignity, & Non-Abandonment” Caring, Compassion, Dignity, & Non-Abandonment” (Calvary Hospital, Bronx NY)(Calvary Hospital, Bronx NY)
– ““Integrity, excellence, service, profitability, leadership, & Integrity, excellence, service, profitability, leadership, & sensitivity” (Bonneville International)sensitivity” (Bonneville International)
AETC/USAFA
FIELD WEAVERound 1
SCHOOLHOUSERound 2
Commissioning/BMT
Tech/Flying Trng
PME
Education
MAJCOM Team
Wing/Group CC’s
Squadron CC’s
Troops in Field
ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE
CONTINUATIONRound 3
Curriculum
On-Going Training
Website
C A P ?
““This is an indictment This is an indictment of the moral climate of the moral climate
of of CAPCAP and its and its people.”people.”
““This is an attempt This is an attempt by school teachers by school teachers
to take over the Civil to take over the Civil Air Patrol.”Air Patrol.”
““This is an attempt to This is an attempt to teach personal teach personal morality to our morality to our
people!”people!”
CORE VALUES - CAP VIEWCORE VALUES - CAP VIEW
Integrity Integrity Excellence in all we doExcellence in all we do VolunteerismVolunteerism DependabilityDependability TrustTrust RespectRespect FunFun
CORE VALUES - CAP VIEWCORE VALUES - CAP VIEW
Integrity Integrity Excellence in all we doExcellence in all we do
Shared with the Air ForceShared with the Air Force
Meaning is the sameMeaning is the same
CORE VALUES - CAP VIEWCORE VALUES - CAP VIEW
VolunteerismVolunteerism
Similar to AF: “Service Before Self”Similar to AF: “Service Before Self” Goes beyond just giving your timeGoes beyond just giving your time As much care to CAP as your As much care to CAP as your
professional careerprofessional career
CORE VALUES - CAP VIEWCORE VALUES - CAP VIEW
DependabilityDependability
It’s quality controlIt’s quality control You’re there when you say you’ll beYou’re there when you say you’ll be Performing CAP missions “consistently” Performing CAP missions “consistently”
and “efficiently”and “efficiently”
CORE VALUES - CAP VIEWCORE VALUES - CAP VIEW
TrustTrust
. . . In yourself. . . In yourself . . . In your fellow member. . . In your fellow member . . . In your equipment. . . In your equipment . . . In your mission. . . In your mission . . . In the CIVIL AIR PATROL. . . In the CIVIL AIR PATROL
CORE VALUES - CAP VIEWCORE VALUES - CAP VIEW
RespectRespect
. . . For your boss, peers & subordinates. . . For your boss, peers & subordinates . . . For the equipment and mission. . . For the equipment and mission . . . For OURSELVES. . . For OURSELVES
CORE VALUES - CAP VIEWCORE VALUES - CAP VIEW
F U N!F U N!
‘ ‘Nuff saidNuff said
CLOSING THOUGHTSCLOSING THOUGHTS
What Core Values is NOT:What Core Values is NOT:– Another “Quality” ProgramAnother “Quality” Program– A 7 Month Training ProgramA 7 Month Training Program– A 7 Year Training ProgramA 7 Year Training Program
What Core Values IS:What Core Values IS:A path and a process to develop volunteers A path and a process to develop volunteers
who embrace the values of the who embrace the values of the
Civil Air PatrolCivil Air Patrol
CORE VALUES - CAP VIEWCORE VALUES - CAP VIEW
Integrity Integrity Excellence in all we doExcellence in all we do VolunteerismVolunteerism DependabilityDependability TrustTrust RespectRespect FunFun
CAP and USAFCAP and USAFCAP and USAFCAP and USAF
TEAMWORK FOR AMERICA’S FUTURETEAMWORK FOR AMERICA’S FUTURETEAMWORK FOR AMERICA’S FUTURETEAMWORK FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE