摘要：Brig Gen Thomas Sharpy, former director of the Air Force General Officer Management Office, identified the need for an internal assessment of the US Air Force’s leadership developmentprocess, also known as the developmental team (DT), to determine itseffectiveness in creating excellent leaders to meet current and futureneeds. DTs are part of the Air Force’s overarching force-development program, a requirement-driven initiative to train and educate the service’s active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel through a purposeful, career-long process of personal and professional development.1 AirForce leaders use force development to engender organizational andoccupational competencies through education, skills training, andpractical experience. According to the service, DTs are its conduit thataligns force-development systems with frameworks and organizationpolicy; moreover, the service’s force developers use them to generatecareer paths for personnel.2 DT membership includes a general officeras the chair, a career field manager, an assignments team representative, and other senior officer (or civilian equivalent) stakeholders fromthe Air Staff or major command headquarters.
