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Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending
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I personally think a lot of the personal ethics gets locked in a lot earlier than joining, so you will get the normal cross section of beliefs when people join. People that already have a strong ethical belief can adapt to the CAF application fairly easily (and will probably do it regardless of what CAF culture is), so it's really more of having guidelines for the majority of 'goodish' people that need some direction/support, and strong, consistently applied penalties to deter the sociopaths or generally greasy characters.
Similarly, I tend to think in terms of "I'm responsible for x number of people" vice 'x number of people work for me', and that was something I learned from my dad early on. Probably contributes to a lot of sleepless nights, but that really influences a lot of things I do as it creates a lot of internal personal accountability. I'm not really sure how you would train something like that institutionally, but try and pass that on to trainees when I can.
I think the days of believing in the institution are probably waning (thanks to the behaviour of the institution) but the idea of serving others (ie being responsible for subordinates) is probably something people can still support, and frankly looking out for other sailors/soldiers/aviators is probably the thing keeping a lot of people from going elsewhere.
Similarly, I tend to think in terms of "I'm responsible for x number of people" vice 'x number of people work for me', and that was something I learned from my dad early on. Probably contributes to a lot of sleepless nights, but that really influences a lot of things I do as it creates a lot of internal personal accountability. I'm not really sure how you would train something like that institutionally, but try and pass that on to trainees when I can.
I think the days of believing in the institution are probably waning (thanks to the behaviour of the institution) but the idea of serving others (ie being responsible for subordinates) is probably something people can still support, and frankly looking out for other sailors/soldiers/aviators is probably the thing keeping a lot of people from going elsewhere.
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One values are shown and explained, it can take up to 8 years to becomes yours (internalised). Better tout unit is applying those values, faster and deapper internalisation is done. 8 years is sgt/mcpl and Capt/lt.
This is why the colleges have some rethinking to do about our leadership values.
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Unmoderated teenage boys and young men can be prone to cruelty, indifference, acting out, recklessness, purposeless violence, self-indulgence etc. In some frames, they can also be prone to group loyalty, self-sacrifice, and other cohesive behaviours.
Groups left to their own will form their own values; under stress, their values will evolve to favour their own interests no matter what has been taught, unless someone is present exerting positive control to maintain institutional values.
Age < 25 or so is the window of opportunity to iron things out.
Credentialism is a lamentable consequence of the unreliability of subjective assessment, unless assessments are strictly controlled and normalized and the sample size of assessments for each individual is large and is recorded.
Groups left to their own will form their own values; under stress, their values will evolve to favour their own interests no matter what has been taught, unless someone is present exerting positive control to maintain institutional values.
Age < 25 or so is the window of opportunity to iron things out.
Credentialism is a lamentable consequence of the unreliability of subjective assessment, unless assessments are strictly controlled and normalized and the sample size of assessments for each individual is large and is recorded.
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Canada's top soldier says the military is on the 'cusp' of rapid change
Question - can the words 'rapid' and 'change' be in the same sentence together when talking about the CAF in its present form?
In a speech delivered to one of Ottawa's "Mayor's Breakfast" networking events, Eyre said the military will need to adapt swiftly to changes in technology, geopolitics and culture to be effective.
"We are on the cusp of so much change that has to come."
Eyre said the military needs to focus on improving its capabilities in new technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing and hypersonic weapons.
He said the "skyrocketing" cost of housing is affecting the military and the armed forces is short of between 4,000 and 6,000 housing units on bases across the country.
Eyre said the armed forces faces a recruiting shortfall as well. The pandemic has undermined the CAF's ability to recruit and train, he said. "Our numbers are not where we'd like them to be, and they've gone down since the pandemic began," he said. we're going to become irrelevant as an institution." The military recently reported that it's around 7,600 members short of full strength. Currently, the CAF has roughly 65,000 regular members.
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I believe the traditional toast for Thursday is in order.
Cdr in record time here I come!
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Silver linings and all that
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Moral courage is lacking across the CAF. It's not rewarded because it points out problems. But then again it's not rewarded anywhere that I can think of.
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The numbers I've heard of people enrolled per month vs people leaving per month is pretty staggering.
Collapse would be an appropriate word.
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You placing a bid? Or is it just considered bad for the brand at this point?That's a dinner bell for all the big consulting firms.
Just sayin'
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Our valued clients know that we are always available to help them pick up the pieces after the first wave of 'transformational change management' programs, usually launched in a feverish rush to get everything done all at once, stall out
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Sometimes, being the humourless SOB in the room is its own reward.
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And then out comes the 'blame the Consultants' chant when it all turns into ash.That's a dinner bell for all the big consulting firms.
Just sayin'
EDIT: As someone who's been a Consultant in the banking/insurance sector for the last 16.5yrs, I'm well aware of this mantra and have the wounds to prove it.
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That they were unimaginative? Follow tradition of having us ready for yesterday's war tomorrow? Concerned about the status quo?What does that say about yesterday's leadership?
They don't have crystal balls, but we have been hemorrhaging people since before covid started, and the only major announcement I have seen is the new dress regs. Our leaders need to start solving the CAFs problems while we still have an organization to save.
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That they were creatures of their time. Most of my working life has been made more difficult by people carrying some variation of the "embrace change" flag.
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The attraction part is good and enough to compensate. Then, there a little thing call enrolment process. How long it is now from on line application to BMQ? This is where it hurts and again, we are asking the problem to fix itself…
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To busy doing their 3rd Master degree. They don’t have the time to take care of the house.
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The OAG reported on this issue, and others, a few years ago. It seems that these issues persist:
Report 5—Canadian Armed Forces Recruitment and Retention—National Defence
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5.11Overall, we found that the total number of Regular Force members had decreased, and that there had been a growing gap between the number of members needed and those who were fully trained. In our opinion, it is unlikely that the Regular Force will be able to reach the desired number of members by the 2018–19 fiscal year as planned. We also found that although the Canadian Armed Forces had established a goal of 25 percent for the representation of women, it did not set specific targets by occupation, nor did it have a strategy to achieve this goal.5.12We found that although the Regular Force had mechanisms in place to define its recruiting needs, those needs were not reflected in recruitment plans and targets. Instead, recruitment targets were based on National Defence’s capacity to process applications and enrol and train new members. Furthermore, we found that the total recruitment targets had been met by enrolling more members than had been set as targets in some occupations, leaving other occupations significantly below the required number of personnel.
5.13This is important because the Canadian Armed Forces needs a sufficient number of trained members in the right balance of occupations to maintain its military capability and accomplish the missions set out in the Canada First Defence Strategy.
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