Rose Festival 2008

iCommandant

The Commandant has announced iCommandat, his blog and his official Facebook page.

ODU Availability at the Sector Portland Exchange

Shipmates,
Please be aware that the Operational Dress Uniform (ODU) may not be available at the Sector Portland exchange for some period of time.

All current ODUs are being returned to the Uniform Distribution Center (UDC) in preparation for the issuance of the new un-tucked ODU to the exchanges. See the ALCOAST on this issue.

While this ALCOAST seems to indicate that Auxiliarists can order the un-tucked ODU from the UDC but when you visit the UDC you will see that only active duty and reserve members can preorder. I’d ask that you wait until the UDC website indicates that the un-tucked ODU is available to Auxiliarists to order, the UDC staff is likely working long shifts making this transition.

The “old” ODU is available for order from the UDC, sizes may be limited.

ADM Allen introduces social media initiative

Leading Change

A few months ago I saw a great post on troubleshooting change at the Leading Blog. The post explores a diagram by Anthony Ambrose. The diagram categorizes the elements of a change initiative and shows the emotional impact on the participants if any one of the elements is missing.



Over the years I've found myself having every one of these emotional responses and I've seen most of them in my teams as a leader. I'd suggest there are three ways this model can be used:

1. Planning: to assure you have all the elements in place for a change initiative
2. Troubleshooting: to understand why an initiative you are leading is on the rocks
3. Understanding: to understand your own responses to a troublesome initiative of which you are a part and, hopefully, make constructive contributions to improve the situation

I put together a presentation for our Flotilla training session and we had an excellent discussion about a number of our programs using the Ambrose matrix.

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You can download the presentation from the SlideShare site.

This post authored by Daren Originally appeared on CGBlog.org

Know it's cold

This year we've been making a major push in the Recreational Boating Safety community to educate about the risks posed by cold water. This goes well beyond our traditional emphasis on hypothermia with a particular focus on what happens in the first few minutes of cold water exposure. I've uploaded a presentation on cold water issues that I've been working on to SlideShare. Comments welcome.

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