events. “Look, here’s the deal. If you need to change out some people, let me know, but I’m not interested in a lot of turnover. I don’t think that will help the crew. I think a better focus would be on working with what you’ve got. With only six months to deployment you don’t have a lot of time to find replacements.” I was thinking that too. In the end, I fired no one. This was important because it sent the message to each crew member that he wasn’t screwed up, the leadership was. My challenge would be to use the same people and support team and by changing the way they interacted and
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