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Show 2 COMMENTARY I IiIltop TIMES Nov. 15, 2012 Add to leadership through progressive challenges, different situations Hilltop -\ J ¥/- BY LT. COL. PETER REINHARDT 30th Medical Operations Squadron Commander TIMK Hilltop Times Editorial Staff: Lee Carter ... Standard-Examiner publisher Mary Lou Gorny Hilltop Times Editor Mikayla Beyer Hilltop Times Writer Hilltop Times Krista Starker Correspondent Hilltop Times Kim Cook Correspondent Deadlines: Editorial and news items are due by noon on the Friday prior to the Thursday print Aug. 30, 2012. To submit news items e-mail hilltoptimes@standard. net or call 801- 625-4273. For Classified Advertising, call 801-625-4300. For Retail Advertising, call 801-625-4388. The Hilltop Times is published by Ogden Publishing Corp., a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under, and in compliance with, a Memorandum of Understanding with Hill Air Force Base. 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Call 801-625-4273 with story ideas or comments, or contact the editor, Mary Lou Gorny, at mgorny@standard.net . Call 801-625-4300 for Classified Advertising or 801-6254388 for Retail Advertising. V ANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. 4 Many authors have written about how to develop leadership. Leadership development typically divides into two categories: natural talent versus practiced skills. The latter is similar to when a person makes the concerted effort to improve their fitness skills. This would typically include visiting a personal trainer who would give advice that would boil down to strength training and adaptability skills. Strength training could include lifting weights and cardiovascular conditioning. Adaptability skills build flexibility to participate in multiple sports with equal skill. Leadership development can be likened to this exercise prescription by working on strengthening personal leadership and leadership adaptability. Strengthening personal leadership focuses on placing oneself in progressively challenging situations. It's like a progressive weight training program where you lift light weights and once that weight is easy to lift, more weight is added to the exercise. Regarding leadership in this situation, the thought would be to begin challenging yourself in simple situations. Once you've mastered leading a handful of people, more people may be added. This sounds simple, but the challenge is continuing to be an effective leader while adding more members. This typically takes time and individual leadership style must be explored. In this situation, the timeline could be anything from months to years to develop your personal leadership style and should Lt. Col. Reinhardt never be rushed as this could risk failing as a leader. However, once you've become comfortable at a certain level, progression to a higher level should be encouraged. Whether this means being a front-line supervisor leading one person or being the Air Force Chief of Staff leading the entire Air Force, progression to the next level is always encouraged. Likening this exercise perspective to leadership adaptability skills, practicing one sport limits an athlete's full potential, as does limiting situations for a leader to lead subordinates. Athletes who are able to perform in multiple sports see the importance of having varied skills for numerous situations. Leaders also view this as an asset. The best example I ever saw was back in 2004, while I was deployed to Iraq to Balad Air Base at the Air Force Theater Hospital. In the early years of the war, many traumatic casualties came through @gg and many times in large groups. One night I remember receiving forty-five casualties. After arriving via helicopter, they were seen immediately in the emergency room. This room was full of physicians, nurses and medical technicians, but was under the directions of the "trauma czar" who oversaw the flow of the emergency room directing patient care and maximizing the effectiveness of the staff. This person actually flourished in this chaotic environment. He was calm and clear headed and was able to keep his eye on the bigger picture to promote survival of all the patients. His original training was as a general surgeon, but over time he had gained knowledge in orthopedics, internal medicine and a myriad of other fields. This man was truly the heart of the hospital. Having multiple experiences in various situations allowed him to work in typically chaotic environments. This is the definition of adaptability. He could move from situation to situation and was equally effective in them all. Therefore, it was clear that adaptability is key to true leadership skills. Though it is not common to pair exercise concepts with leadership development, the results are very positive. When looking at how to improve your leadership abilities, look at two things, leadership strengthening and leadership adaptability. If you focus on these areas and truly put the time and effort into these areas, you will become a successful leader. How did Earl Daugherty, a pioneer "West Coast" aviator, make headlines and gain national status in 1923? A. Married his wife while piloting his aircraft B. Broke an air speed record in Fresno, Calif. C. Flew the JN-4 in the Grand Canyon D. Flew the Lincoln Standard under the San Francisco Bay Bridge A Curtiss JN-4D Jenny hangs in the Early Years Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. HAWC Nest Fitness Tlp front the Health and Wellness Center Up to 12 weeks of FREE tobacco cessation medication is available to federal employees and up to 6 months is available for active duty, dependents and retirees when attending the tobacco cessation series. Call the Health and Wellness Center at 801-777-1215 for further information. THINK SAFETY U.S. Air Force A GLIMPSE BACK NOV. 11, 1921 FIRST AIR-TO-AIR REFUELING: Wesley May, with a 5-gallon can of gasoline strapped to his back, stepped from the wing of a Lincoln Standard to the wing skid of a JN-4 and climbed to the engine to pour gas into the tank. Frank Hawks flew the Lincoln and Earl S. Daugherty the JN-4. "aueidaTe umo srq fluuopd augm ajIm srq pal.LTETAT After marrying his wife while in flight, Daugherty quickly moved into the growing motion picture business, wherein his reputation grew from his flying spectacles performed on film. 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