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our Air Force core values of integrity , 

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service and excellence from the bedrock 

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on which our team is built , but 

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they're not what make our Air force 

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great . Our people do each and every 

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one of them is a volunteer who decided 

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to raise their hand and join a really 

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high performing team . This can be 

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intimidating . So it's our 

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responsibility as leaders to encourage 

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these volunteers , these airmen to 

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bring their talents and passion to work 

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every day . How can we do that through 

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setting high standards and expectations 

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for performance and then removing the 

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barriers , preventing our airmen and 

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Air Force from achieving as a leader at 

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any level . It is absolutely important 

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to bring in diverse perspectives . It 

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is not good enough , however , to just 

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put people who don't look like you or 

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think like you in a room , you need to 

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empower them , call on them and most 

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importantly , value what they have to 

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say . If everyone in the room agrees 

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with you , then you don't need everyone 

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in the room . As they say , that 

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meeting would have made a better email 

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sitting in the room , hearing dis 

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impassioned arguments . Does no one any 

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good though , encourage teammates to 

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bring the true expert , the real 

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smartest person into the room who 

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worked on the paper or informed the 

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idea or championed the point of view . 

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The responsibility is not just on the 

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leader though . Those in the room need 

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to be invested and ready to participate . 

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This does not mean that they should be 

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the loud dissenter relationships matter 

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especially in our small community . 

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Those who dissent need to be part of 

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the team and understand that once a 

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decision is made , it was a decision no 

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counterfeit leadership . Where you 

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voice counter opinions after the 

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meeting or decision . These methods of 

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extracting diverse perspectives are not 

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always easy . There can be barriers . 

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Those barriers come in many forms , 

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some of them are structural , like the 

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way we see people in a conference room . 

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Some of those barriers are because of 

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the rank and positions of those in the 

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room , and still others could be that 

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those underrepresented groups may not 

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feel comfortable with speaking up . We 

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all need to work on breaking down these 

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barriers , encouraging teammates to 

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speak up and bring their very best 

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ideas to the table in order for us to 

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stay the best air force we need to 

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encourage and empower the whole team to 

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bring their best each and every day .