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Command Group Training 3 May 2012

May 14, 2012 | No Comments »

3 May was a watershed day for The Callan Course Team, as we conducted our first live training event for the Marines of the 3d Marine Aircraft Wing (3d MAW).  3d MAW is a large, dynamic Marine Corps command headquartered at MCAS Miramar, California, with subordinate Marine Aircraft Groups located throughout Southern California and at Yuma, AZ.  For the 3 May event– a full-day seminar with 65 total attendees– we tailored portions of our core Callan Course Program into a unique course of instruction focused on the Command Groups within 3d MAW (Note: A Command Group contains the Commanding Officer, Sergeant Major, Executive Officer, and other senior staff members that, together, command and control the organization.  A Command Group would be approximately equivalent to an Executive Team and Staff within the private sector).  As part of the seminar construct we covered five key considerations for successful command:  (1) Setting Conditions for Success; (2) Maintaining Success across Time; (3) Envisioning and Managing Core Challenges; (4) Measuring Performance; and (5) Designing and Executing Strategy.  The seminar contained multi-media presentations, guided discussions, and engaging Q&A sessions.  To further augment the 3 May seminar The Callan Course Team will conduct follow-up mentor workshops during the week of 28 May at each of the 4 Command Group Headquarters, with the goal of further distilling the main learning objectives and more precisely targeting areas of improvement and knowledge transfer.  All in all, 3 May was a great day for the Marines of 3d MAW and for The Callan Course team!