Sunday, July 13, 2008

11 July - entry 1

There were alot of personnel issues to deal with today. Which, in my temporary role as flight commander, kept me running from one end of my buidling to the other in meetings on how to legally deal with everything.

That fun aside, i did have a chance to quality check some work that the Amn had been doing for me. There were errors as expected and i quitely pulled him aside, addressed my issues with attention to detail in his work, and gave him examples of the errors that i had seen and what he needs to correct.

Due to the personnel issues i was having, that brief counseling session was almost the full extent of my workcenter involvement today. Its sad what a huge impact a few bad apples can have, but on the plus side, at least these are a few bad apples that will soon be escorted out of the air force.

Next week is really my last full week to shine up my office and our procedures before the new boss gets in. People joke about it, but the change of command and how abruptly it happens is really the best time to implement changes, and I need to get my changes implemented this week in order for them to pass. Now the real question is what do i need to change.

I think the answer lies in the application of some tech I've been playing around with. Namely consolidating half a dozen personnel spreadsheets that cover preformance reviews, duty status, ect into a single database that can automatically highlight discrepancies. I put something similar into place with the training system, and i think i can expand it to work for personnel as well.

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