Navy<\/a> fired the guided-missile destroyer Hopper’s skipper on Tuesday after her leadership negatively affected the crew’s morale.<\/p>\nCmdr. Kathryn Dawley was relieved by Capt. Kenneth Athans, Destroyer Squadron 31’s commodore, over a “loss of confidence in her leadership,” Navy officials announced Wednesday. An official familiar with the circumstances said the decision was based on Dawley’s overall performance in “this critical leadership billet.”<\/p>\n
“Morale of the crew played a large factor in the decision to remove her from command,” the official said.<\/p>\n
Capt. Don Rauch, Destroyer Squadron 31’s deputy commander, has assumed command temporarily until a permanent replacement is identified. – article<\/p>\n
I could analyze this to death, but having worked for and with both male and female supervisors in the civilian world, my response is that there are plenty of competent people in the work world, and others who shouldn’t be given responsibility for anything more important than counting pencils and pens in the supply room.<\/p>\n
Some people simply do not make good supervisors or COs\/XOs, period, and it has nothing to do with their anatomy. Got that part?<\/p>\n
If loss of morale in the crew and loss of confidence in the CO are the issue with Dawley, and apparently with the other CO who was also fired, that is what needs to be addressed. People are either good bosses\/leaders, or they are not, civilian or otherwise, male or female. The bad bosses are responsible for the loss of good employees and the good bosses are just the opposite, seldom losing anyone to another employer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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