Let the Journey Begin

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Let the Journey Begin!
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COURSE INTRODUCTION

• Administrative Issues
• Course Overview
• Class Norms

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COURSE THEMES

• Responsibility, authority and accountability of
  leadership
• Unity of command, navy and services
• Continuous improvement
• Values

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THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A NEW PETTY
OFFICER CHAPTER 1
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LEARNING POINTS

• Examine the Petty Officers Creed
• Discuss the concepts of Responsibility,
• Authority, and Accountability
• Describe your Certificate of Appointment

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THE PETTY OFFICERS CREED
I am a Petty Officer in the United States
Navy, the strongest Navy in the world. I have the
distinct privilege of being a leader of the
finest sailors anywhere. As such, I owe my
sailors leadership that they can depend on, trust
and follow. I will neither fear nor shun
responsibility and I am always responsible for my
actions. I am always fair and impartial when
dealing with my sailors remembering not to
accept full credit for a Job Well Done without
proper recognition of my sailors first.
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THE PETTY OFFICERS CREED (Cont.)
I am loyal to my subordinates, peers, and
those officers appointed over me. I cannot favor
either my integrity must be beyond reproach.
I will fully support all Navy Regulations and
Articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
I have the duty to correct and report all
violations of these regulations that govern my
Navy. I instill Esprit de Corps throughout
the Petty Officer Grades in the Navy bearing
allegiance to each other. I owe all of the
above not just to myself, but to the United
States, to my Navy and to the sailors who work
for me.
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LEADERSHIP
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RESPONSIBILITY
The obligation to carry forward an assigned task
to a successful conclusion. With responsibility
goes authority to direct and take the necessary
action to ensure success.
(SORM)
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RESPONSIBILITY

• Not only are we responsible FOR our subordinates,
  but we are responsible TO them.
• Provide for well-being and QOL
• Work performance, task completion
• Development
• Moral
• Education/training
• Maintaining standards of behavior
• Effective leadership
• Mutual respect and dignity
• Environment free of discrimination/harassment
• Be the example in behavior on ethics values

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PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Personal job performance
• Personal Behavior
• Alcohol/substance abuse
• Behavioral problems
• Ethical behavior and leadership
• Sexual Harassment/Fraternization

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FOLLOWERSHIP

• Practice good followership
• Perform your duties to the best of your
• abilities
• Effectively supervise subordinates
• Consider the well-being of your
• subordinates
• Correct inappropriate behavior

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AUTHORITY
The power to command, enforce laws, exact
obedience, determine or judge.

(SORM)
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BASIS OF AUTHORITY

• Legal Authority
• Earned Authority
• Moral Authority

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Exercise of Authority

• Good order and discipline
• STANDARD ORGANIZATION AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE
  U.S.  NAVY  (SORM)
• Delegation of authority
• Authority should be delegated to the lowest level
  of competence commensurate with the subordinate's
  assigned responsibility and capabilities

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Guidelines for Effective Delegation

• State the desired results
• Establish clear goals
• Establish a timeline
• Grant the necessary authority
• Assign responsibility (accountability)
• Get acceptance of the project
• Monitor

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LIMITATIONS OF AUTHORITY
Organizational authority beyond that necessary to
fulfill assigned duties and responsibilities
should not be delegated. Authority should never
be delegated beyond the lowest level of
competence and may be limited by command.
(SORM)
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ACCOUNTABILITY
The leader must be accountable period! I
think that accountability is something that weve
gotten away from in the last few years. We tend
not to make decisions on our own, we do it by
committee, and when we do it by committee, then
no one person is accountable. The leader must be
accountable for actions and decisions made,
regardless of their outcome, and meet personal
commitments promptly and fully. I couldnt
stress this more. (Former MCPON
Sanders)
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Concept of Accountability

• Members of the Navy are held strictly accountable
  for their actions, both on and off duty.
• They are held accountable for everything they are
  responsible for, whether it is a direct
  responsibility of their billet or pay grade, the
  responsibility for completion of an assigned
  task, or responsibility for personal behavior
  within Navy standards.
• The SORM describes accountability as the
  obligation of an individual to render an account
  of the proper discharge of his or her
  responsibilities

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Principles of Accountability

• Each individual, regardless of rank or position,
  is fully accountable for his or her own actions,
  or failure to act when required.
• Leaders and supervisors have a duty to
• assign clear lines of authority and
  responsibility
• provide their subordinates the resources and
  supervision
• hold their subordinates accountable

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ACCOUNTABILITY ASSOCIATIONS
Self
Family
Nation
Spirituality
Command
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RESTRICTIVE PRIVILEGES

• Special liberty
• Exchange of duty
• Special pay
• Special command programs
• Base or ship libraries/movies
• Base parking
• Special service events

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Questions?
End of Chapter 1