Air Force leaders live our core values. Our leaders also view people as our most important resource, and see them as the heart of military capability. There are several lessons that can be taken from our model. One must determine what they expect from people and hold them to standards. Clear, written guidelines are required.
Unwritten standards are difficult to adhere to and make effectiveness difficult to assess.
One must teach and live those standards, and have a commitment from the top. One must value, be open to and accepting of people because we live in a different world today. One where competition is more intense, technology is more sophisticated and the demand for top quality people is higher. Economic success of our nation depends on benefits of diversity. One must embrace diversity given demographic realities.