Chiefs' Readiness Challenge

Chiefs' Challenge

• Chiefs' BONUS Challenges
  Check in here at the start of each month for specific challenges that will earn you bonus points.
   
• How the Challenge Works
  Step 1: Complete Your Identity Statement (Optional)

  • Complete the Identity (ID) Statement Form to help define your goals and commitments.
  • Participation in this step is encouraged but not mandatory.
  • You may update your ID Statement each month if your goals or priorities change.

  
  Step 2: Read the monthly introduction

  • Visit the Chiefs’ Readiness Challenge webpage for an introduction to the monthly wellness theme. Events, character reflection activities, and bonus challenges to earn bonus points will be found here.

  
  Step 3: Track Your Daily/Weekly/Monthly Habits

  • Use the monthly Habit Tracker to record your habits and activities throughout the month.
  • Update your tracker regularly to ensure your points are accurately captured.

  
  Step 4: Earn BONUS Points

  • View the Monthly Chief’s Bonus Challenge for an opportunity to earn more points.
  • Track your total bonus points over the month.

  
  Step 5: Calculate Your Monthly Points

  • At the end of the month, review your Habit Tracker.
  • Add up all the points you earned to determine your monthly total.

  
  Step 6: Submit Your Points

  • Enter your total monthly points into the online submission form.
  • Be sure to submit your points before the monthly deadline provided.

  
  Step 7: Repeat Each Month
  Continue the process for the duration of the challenge:

  • Update your Identity Statement if needed.
  • Review the monthly theme.
  • Track your habits.
  • Calculate your points.
  • Submit your total before the deadline.

  
  Point Submission Form 
  Each month, two participants will be recognized:

  • One top performer
  • One randomly selected participating Warfighter
• Resources
  Check out these resources to continue your personal and professional development.
   

  • Canadian Armed Forces Ethos : Trusted to Serve - Canada.ca

  • Fighting Spirit: The Profession of Arms in Canada - Canada.ca

  • CAF Campus

  • Non-Commissioned Member Leadership College - Canada.ca

  • Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services | CFMWS

  • CFMWS | Health Promotion

  • Canadian Armed Forces Virtual Library

  • The CAF Offer - Canada.ca
  • Canada’s Food Guide
  • 24 Hour Movement Guidelines
  • CF Member Assistance Program
  • CFB Borden Essential Resources – Aide Memoire
• Character as a Force Multiplier
  Readiness is more than fitness, skills, and equipment, it’s having the character to make the right decisions and act when the situation demands it.
  Our character influences how we make decisions under pressure, respond to adversity, treat our teammates, and accomplish the mission.
  
  Over the coming months, this page will feature monthly character offerings designed to explore these dimensions and connect them to everyday CAF service.
  Developing the warfighter means developing character along with competence and readiness.
  
  Month 1 - Humility
  Good leaders know they don’t have all the answers.
  "It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of humility in military leadership."
  - Field Marshal William Slim
  Humility is often misunderstood as weakness or self-deprecation. In the CAF, it is actually
  the foundation for learning, adaptation, and growth. Humble leaders seek feedback, admit
  mistakes, and recognize expertise regardless of rank.
  Reading Assignment:

  • “Trusted to Serve”
    • Review the “Values, Principles and Expectations” Matrix
      •  Integrity
      • Courage
  • “Fighting Spirit”
    • Read:
      • Section 4.2 – “Canadian Armed Forces Ethos and Its Function in the Profession of Arms”
  • Ivey Character Leadership Framework
    • Humility

  
  Reflection Question:

  1. "What did I learn because I was willing to admit I did not know?"
• Personal Goals & ID Statement
  Inspired by James Clear’s Atomic Habits, an identity statement is a purposeful description of the person you want to be, rather than what you want to accomplish.
  This statement can include all facets of your personal and professional life and should provide a clear vision from which you will design your daily, weekly, and monthly habits. Lasting behaviour change starts with identity change.
  This statement can evolve over time as the vision you have for yourself grows.
  Formula: Identity → Habits → Results
  When you consistently act in alignment with your identity, your habits become easier to maintain, and your desired results naturally follow.
  Download your Personal Goals & ID Statement form here: CLICK TO DOWNLOAD
   
• Download Complete Book (FR & EN)
  Downloadable versions of the Chiefs’ Readiness Challenge Books will be available soon.