WEBVTT 00:00.230 --> 00:02.480 (clicking) 00:03.370 --> 00:06.590 - I think mentorship is really just professional friendship. 00:06.590 --> 00:09.180 Having someone who cares about you, who's there 00:09.180 --> 00:12.270 to support you, who understands you and is there 00:12.270 --> 00:15.500 to offer advice only helps build your resiliency 00:15.500 --> 00:16.830 and your strength. 00:16.830 --> 00:19.780 - Mentorship allows us to be a better community 00:19.780 --> 00:21.460 a better family. 00:21.460 --> 00:23.987 - If you're a leader your people need to know you're there. 00:23.987 --> 00:26.460 And that you care and that you can, 00:26.460 --> 00:29.260 that no matter what you'll throw down to protect them. 00:29.260 --> 00:31.810 - Understanding your people will only enhance 00:31.810 --> 00:34.610 your own leadership by being an empathetic leader. 00:34.610 --> 00:36.910 I think we can only truly lead if we can understand 00:36.910 --> 00:40.120 how another person feels and what there needs are 00:40.120 --> 00:42.810 so that we can properly address how to best help them 00:42.810 --> 00:44.550 or how to best mentor them. 00:44.550 --> 00:46.440 - People are our number one asset, 00:46.440 --> 00:47.660 they're our number one resource. 00:47.660 --> 00:52.191 And knowing our people helps me build more legit teams. 00:52.191 --> 00:56.070 Help them put together, mix and match their personalities 00:56.070 --> 00:59.480 and execute the mission as best as possible, the first time. 00:59.480 --> 01:04.160 - Cannon is so hungry for people to get to know each other, 01:04.160 --> 01:06.760 for our families to understand one another, 01:06.760 --> 01:09.060 for our airmen to learn from our officers, 01:09.060 --> 01:11.570 and our officers to learn from our NCO's. 01:11.570 --> 01:14.390 I mean connectivity and mentorship is huge. 01:14.390 --> 01:16.460 What does somebody else have to offer you? 01:16.460 --> 01:19.010 - What we need to do is take care of the ones that are 01:19.010 --> 01:22.540 right next to each other, right next to us, 01:22.540 --> 01:26.448 and that way we can grow this throughout the entire wing. 01:26.448 --> 01:30.720 - The one place we miss the mark, is that, not just here, 01:30.720 --> 01:33.000 but everywhere, we think that once we've had 01:33.000 --> 01:35.460 the conversation the conversation's been had. 01:35.460 --> 01:38.530 What we don't realize is that every week we get new people. 01:38.530 --> 01:42.070 Every week new cannon family is coming in to our gates. 01:42.070 --> 01:45.660 So it's important for us to keep having the conversation. 01:45.660 --> 01:47.170 Whatever that conversation is. 01:47.170 --> 01:49.260 - No matter what you're going through in life, 01:49.260 --> 01:52.080 it's gonna be all right, you're gonna get through, 01:52.080 --> 01:53.570 everything will pass. 01:53.570 --> 01:56.940 And we have to learn how to reframe, so that we can use 01:56.940 --> 02:00.320 the skills as peer mentors and through mentorship, 02:00.320 --> 02:03.596 so that we can enjoy the sun. 02:03.596 --> 02:06.200 Because the sun will come out the next day. 02:06.200 --> 02:09.550 - If we're talking about mentorship, leadership, family, 02:09.550 --> 02:13.900 growth, development, job opportunities, education, anything, 02:13.900 --> 02:17.110 we can't have a conversation and then quit having it. 02:17.110 --> 02:20.720 We have to keep having the conversation that sounds like, 02:20.720 --> 02:23.490 let's continue to push this ball further down the court. 02:23.490 --> 02:26.210 Let's talk to our families, let's talk to our airmen 02:26.210 --> 02:28.097 about talking to our families, let's get everybody involved, 02:28.097 --> 02:29.698 and let's continue to have those conversations 02:29.698 --> 02:34.390 so that someone doesn't get missed and a message 02:34.390 --> 02:36.180 get lost in translation. 02:36.180 --> 02:37.970 - You see someone kind of walking with their head down, 02:37.970 --> 02:40.280 just say good morning, ask them how they're feeling. 02:40.280 --> 02:43.010 Doesn't matter what answer you get, you asked, 02:43.010 --> 02:44.470 you did put yourself out there, and that's 02:44.470 --> 02:46.730 all you've got to do, is in some way, shape, or form 02:46.730 --> 02:49.180 putting yourself out there for that other person.