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To: ManyMoose who wrote (254547)	6/15/2008 12:24:13 AM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793725

For myself, I know I'm not a particularly effective leader, but I know one when I see one. I'm pretty much in the same boat. In the 3 years while I was at NAS Miramar AIMD I worked under 3 different chiefs in a shop of about 40 people, I was supervisor for one of the shifts. The first 2 chiefs were abysmal. The first was a careerist and the second was, well, stupid.... and a micromanager to boot. When I knew he was going to get replaced I stuck my neck out and kind of meandered over to the Maintenance Officers office to more or less beg him to send someone sharp. Keep in mind, this is a First Class begging a Commander, in other words it was the worst form of groveling...<g> Much to my relief and amazement a few weeks later the Commander told me that he had fulfilled my wish. The last Chief I had there was priceless, he knew my job but more importantly he knew his. Just before he took over the shop he talked to us 3 firsts individually, that must have been a rude awakening for him. After digesting all that he called us all together for a meeting where he basically told us you run the shop, the watchbill and the production as you see fit, just keep me informed about what you're doing and let him know if we needed any horse power. I know that might not sound that much like a great leader but sometimes it's the best that know when to go hands off. In the next year we worked a backlog of awaiting maintenance equipment from where it had been for the previous 2 years of @250 with another 250 awaiting parts, down to zero.