Why I Want To Be A Flight Commander

Leadership development is a continuously changing process where there is always something you can improve on. Some specific skills that I need to improve on right now are my decision-making, command presence, public speaking/communication and organization. Once we commission we are going to be eventually moving from job to job and working with different people which is going to cause different leadership styles possibly. I know that my current position right now as a trainer is allowing me to build my leadership skills up and that is one of the reasons why I wanted it. I think one of the most important things it is helping me on is the public speaking and communication. As a trainer it is your job to teach the GMC in an effective and efficient
It not only has the same requirements as a trainer, but you also have GMC that are your responsibility. It is easily one of the best jobs to have that will prepare you the best for active duty. If in that position my communication and organization skills would go through the roof. The main purpose of a flight commander is to take care of their people, and you need to be able to communicate with your flight to make sure that everything is going well and that they are performing to the best of their ability. With being flight commander I would also learn how to effectively motivate my team to be the best. If I were flight commander I would expect my organization skills to increase drastically as well. I would constantly have information coming to you, either up the chain of command or down. I would have to make sure that I am keeping everything in order because with everything this going on you want to make sure you don’t lose anything or make sure that nothing is missed. I think that being flight commander would increase where I need improvement
We have a mentor program and I have been looking to get involved in it. I think that joining in the mentoring program I will learn how to communicate better on a personal level. I will be responsible for that one or maybe two scholars, and help them out with any questions they have. I will have to constantly check in with them to make sure that everything is going well, and if its not either myself will help them or I will get them to the right people. Having the role of a mentor my skills of working with someone one on one are sure to increase my communication