Command Clairvoyance: Strategically Transforming AFRC Through Total Force and Leadership
Abstract
Predicated upon an environment of fiscal restraint and stewardship, the Air Force enterprise will be required to leverage synergies through transformation. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) potentially proves to be a highly cost effective solution, especially through the venue of Total Force Initiative (TFI). Yet, examining the cultural premises and educational requirements of TFI yields intriguing results; mainly that TFI-related education is fundamentally lacking. This paper proposes possible remedies as well as relevant topics that AFRC leadership should consider when refining its vision and mission. AFRC should entertain a litany of strategically introspective questions focusing on utilization of the continuum of service, career cross-pollination, the creation of a strategic initiative group, and empowering and developing a culture based on leadership. As with any strategic level organizational transformation, success and failure hinge upon the lynchpin of leadership to imbue and endorse the change. Hence, fostering cross-culturally savvy leadership with coup d oiel is quintessential to success. The subject matter of this paper can be levied as a proposed CORONA topic from AFRC.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 19, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA563421
Entities
People
- Michael C. Thode
Organizations
- United States Army War College