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Leadership and The CPOA
Written by ISCM Mark Pearson   
Monday, 21 April 2008
Leadership and the CPOA 

            I received an e-mail today from a Yorktown Chief who was not a member of the Chief Petty Officers Association (CPOA). This Chief wanted to express his displeasure about how we run one of our annual fundraisers. He claims that he is not a member of the CPOA because of how we run this one particular event. It is ironic that I should receive such an e-mail on a morning when I just returned from picking up trash alongside Route 17 with 13 other members of our Chapter. The following paragraphs are going to piss some Yorktown Chiefs off, but according to General Colin Powell trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity, and you’ll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted. Those Yorktown Chiefs who are not members of the CPOA need to be confronted. You know who you are.  

 

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