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BREMERTON, Wash -- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) received the 2009 Franklin Covey Leadership Greatness Award July 27 at Naval Station Bremerton for improving operational excellence while maximizing quality of life and work for Sailors.
The award was presented to Capt. Patrick D. Hall, Licoln commanding officer, for significant and dramatic improvement in leadership, conduct and climate aboard Lincoln during a two year period.
"Many of the nominees for the Covey Leadership Award include S&P 500 companies," said Cmdr. Dominic Gaudin, senior leadership program advisor for Covey. "Based on our success, I've heard other companies want to try the program to mimic our success," said Gaudin, a native of Houston.
The Franklin Covey Leadership program provides tools aimed at building leadership and goal setting skills.
Information Systems Technician Master Chief (SW/AW/PJ), Brian M. Polanski of Minneapolis, Minn., one of more than 50 consultants and facilitators trained aboard Lincoln, believes the program has benefited the entire crew.
"The beauty of the program is that every Sailor, from the newly reported seaman recruit to the commanding officer has direct input into the process and helps Abraham Lincoln achieve its wildy important goals (WIGS)," Polanski said.
Lincoln has achieved an impressive number of WIGS, since Hall took helm as commanding officer of Lincoln in 2007, the overall numbers continue to climb in a strong upward trend.
"It really is an acknowledgement of the visionary leadership of Capt. Hall and the entire crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln," said Shawn D. Moon, general manager of Franklin Covey Government and Educational Services. "You're the model ship among Naval Air Forces," he said.
Following the 2008 Western Pacific deployment, Lincoln had a 33 percent reduction in non-judicial punishments over the previous year, a 61 percent reduction in alcohol-related incidents and a four-fold increase in advanced education with a 98 percent completion rate.
More noticeably, Lincoln also beat the Navywide Zone "A" Navy retention goal (48 percent) for two consecutive quarters (67 percent in 3rd quarter and 52 percent in 4th quarter), allowing Lincoln to fly the retention flag for the first time in five years.
Other post deployment improvements include a reduction in attrition for three successive quarters from 9.3 percent to 6.0 percent to 2.0 percent, and a full category improvement in Physical Fitness Assessment scores from an average of "good medium" to "good high.
"I think the award is proof that we are doing the right thing and that the Lincoln Leadership program is making every Sailor a better person both professionally and personally," said Polanski. "The trend I see is for operational excellence to continue in 2009."
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