Another week has come and gone. This week was spent getting ready for a visit from my former colleagues at the Air Force Inspection Agency. They’re arriving tomorrow night and will begin Kunsan’s Health Service inspection on Monday.
I’ve done my best to give folks the correct perspective on this inspection and the team that’s coming to visit. Some have taken my comments to heart, but some refuse to dismiss old paradigms and insist on focusing more on presentation than the actual content of the documentation they provide. This of course, is a big mistake and may just bite them in the ass.
One thing I advised against is the old “meet them when they get off the bus” reaction. When I was inspecting with the team, there was nothing we disliked more than the long line of greeters immediately upon our arrival. Think about it, we’ve been traveling for several hours and want nothing more than to check into our rooms and get something to eat, but before we can do that we must “grip and grin” with every member of the executive staff.
The team arriving tomorrow will have just completed a 14-hour plane ride, where they then boarded a bus for a 3-hour drive to Kunsan. They’ll arrive late at night and battling jet-lag. Will they get to check into their room and get something to eat before catching some much needed shut-eye, nooooooooo, at least not before having to grip and grin with every member of the executive staff.
…sigh…
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