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AS PART OF HIS ZEROING IN ON EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE, MCPON MIKE STEVENS RECENTLY DISCUSSED THE
CPO 365 PROGRAM AND THE IMPORTANCE IT HOLDS FOR DEVELOPING SAILORS INTO NOT JUST GOOD
LEADERS BUT GREAT LEADERS.
"WE HAVE TO LOOK AT CPO 365 AS A...NOT A START AND NOT A STOP PROCESS OF TRAINING. CPO 365
IS ONE OF MANY LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT SPECIFICALLY START
WHEN YOU BECOME A THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER AND NEVER END, THEY END WHEN YOU RETIRE. AND
SO CPO 365 PLAYS A VITAL ROLE AND AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THAT CONTINUUM OF LEARNING, AND DEVELOPING,
AND BECOMING A MORE EFFECTIVE LEADER BECAUSE I'M NOT SO MUCH INTERESTED IN GOOD LEADERS,
I'M FAR MORE INTERESTED IN GREAT LEADERS AND TO DEVELOP GREAT LEADERS WE MUST HAVE A TRAINING
PROCESS THAT IS ON GOING THROUGH AN ENTIRE SAILORS CAREER."
HE ADDED THAT CHIEFS THROUGHOUT THE FLEET AGREED THAT THE P-O 365 PROGRAM WILL GIVE
FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICERS THE TRAINING THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND EFFECTIVE CHIEF
PETTY OFFICERS.
"WORKING WITH THE FLEET, THE CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE FLEET, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT BEST POSITIONS AND ALLOWS FOR ALL FIRST CLASS
PETTY OFFICERS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO WE WANTED TO CREATE A PROCESS
THAT SET THE CONDITIONS FOR EVERY FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO BE AN EFFECTIVE
CHIEF, AND WE WANTED TO REMOVE ANY ROADBLOCKS THAT INTERFERE WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS
AND ADD IN VARIOUS THINGS THAT WOULD GREATER AFFORD FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL
AS CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS
FROM THE DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY, I'M PETTY OFFICER BRANDIE WILLS.