Senior leader gathering focuses on ALC goals, initiatives Published Aug. 27, 2009 By Wayne Crenshaw 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Maj. Gen. Polly Peyer told a gathering of Robins military and civilian leaders Monday that she was once told in a class that leaders should spend 80 percent of their time on strategic thinking and 20 percent on execution. "Unfortunately, the reality is that about 10 percent of the time you are doing strategic thinking and 90 percent of the time you are putting out forest fires," said General Peyer, commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. For a few hours anyway, about 60 base leaders were removed from firefighting duty to focus entirely on strategic thinking in what was billed as the Strategic Alignment and Deployment Rollout. The event focused on the goal and initiatives for the Center developed during a retreat by ALC senior leaders in January. The gathering Monday was to give group commanders and directors a detailed look at the goal and initiatives, which have been sharpened up during the past six months. General Peyer began by highlighting the WR-ALC strategic plan, which includes the following: Vision: To be recognized as a world-class leader for development and sustainment of warfighting capability. Mission: Deliver and sustain combat-ready airpower, anytime, anywhere. Goal: Achieve superior performance by integrating people, mission and culture. Motto: People first, mission always. That was followed by a lengthy discussion of the four focus areas, or what is referred to as P3I-people, process, performance and infrastructure. Those initiatives are as follows: *People: Improve labor/management relations and enhance the workforce by cultivating first-class leadership. *Process: Build on a foundation of innovation. *Performance: Enhance performance and reputation of the ALC. *Infrastructure: Incentivize infrastructure/cost control and use energy consumption as a test bed. A slide show presentation gave detailed information on each initiative and action plans for achieving the objectives. General Peyer said one goal of Monday's forum was to have a consistent message for the ALC. "We talk an awful lot about the importance of strategic communication," she said. "Strategic communication has a lot to do with consistency of message. This forum is part of that strategic communications plan that we have - exposing all of our management to the same thought process." P3I-people, process, performance and infrastructure. Those initiatives are: *People: Improve labor/man-agement relations and enhance the workforce by cultivating first-class leadership. *Process: Build on a foundation of innovation. *Performance: Enhance performance and reputation of the ALC. *Infrastructure: Incentivize infrastructure/cost control and use energy consumption as a test bed. A slide show presentation gave detailed information on each initiative and action plans for achieving the objectives. General Peyer said one goal of Monday's forum was to have a consistent message for the ALC. "We talk an awful lot about the importance of strategic communication," she said. "Strategic communication has a lot to do with consistency of message. This forum is part of that strategic communications plan that we have - exposing all of our management to the same thought process."