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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 .