Leadership & Teamwork Matter Security Team Six From Foxholes to Cubicles Leadership & Teamwork Matter NCMS Quarterly Conference June 21st, 2016

A Brief History Give you a quick run down of “where I come from.” Our collective perspectives are as diverse as our experiences. Here are a couple of my “life events. Officer Candidate School is where I first realized I had “Leadership Potential.” OCS Phase III story

Rules of Engagement

Foxholes to Cubicles To be successful in facing todays and tomorrows security challenges you must have adept and adaptable leaders and teams.

Defining Leadership Leadership Management Lead People Manage Resources Do the Right Thing Do Things Right Where We Are Going How We Get There Values Oriented Task Oriented

Top Characteristics of Admired Leaders Who We Follow Forbes Ability to Inspire Intuition Honesty Communication Sense of Humor Confidence Commitment Positive Attitude Creativity Ability to Delegate Top Characteristics of Admired Leaders Honest - Stays True to Self 89% Forward Looking – Long Term Vision 71% Competent - Technically & Tactically Proficient 69% Inspiring – “Command Presence” People follow those who are true to their cause. Every word, action, breath supports and demonstrates their underlying belief; whether that is education for girls, independence, feeding the poor or protecting the American Dream. That is what is inspiring Know who you are, know why you do what you do, master it and be true to it.

Leadership Principles Own It Know and Care for Your People Focus on Mission Communicate Clearly and Concisely “Be” the Example

Own It

Take Care of Your People Know Your People Where They Are Be a Gardener Acknowledgement & Empathy Up and Down the Chain Go and visit your people as people in their space, THEN learn about their work Battlefield Circulation – Survey Engineers Tend the soil , pull out the weeds, fertilize the rest, and transplant when ready Maintenance Team It’s not about your ego, it’s about them Awesome!!!! I am happy for you. //// Pineapple Awards I’m sorry, I know that’s not what you wanted/// MSG Non Retain Only one person likes a brown noser – Spotlight Ranger People are aware of your actions and draw conclusions High Muckety Mucks are people too

Defend American Way of Life Mission Focus MNNG CAMPLAN: POLARIS ENDURING EFFORT LINE OF EFFORT: PROVIDE READY UNITS LINE OF ACTION 1: COMPETENT READY FORCE LINE OF ACTION 2: OPTIMAL FORCE STRUCTURE LINE OF ACTION 6: CYBER RESPONSE GOAL: provide an agile, resilient, citizen service-member able to respond to Federal, State and community demands LINE OF EFFORT: RELATIONSHIP INTEGRATION LINE OF ACTION 3: SUSTAINABLE INFRA-STRUCTURE LINE OF ACTION 4: BEYOND THE YELLOW RIBBON LINE OF ACTION 5: DIVERSIFY THE FORCE Defend American Way of Life

Communication Simple and Understood Clear on Intent Open and Honest Up & Down the Chain Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. George S. Patton Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgespa159766.html Convey strategic intent Allow and encourage individuality and creative learning

“Be” the Example Maintain and enforce the standards

Defining a Team A group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task, job, or project Team members Operate with a high degree of interdependence Share authority and responsibility for self- management Are accountable for the collective performance Work toward a common goal and shared rewards A team becomes more than just a collection of people when a strong sense of mutual commitment creates synergy, thus generating performance greater than the sum of the performance of its individual members. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/team.html#ixzz4CAm0CRif

Process of Building Teams Unity – Shared Mission, Different Duties Bring Your Best Every Day Bring All of You Every Day Trust

Unity Relationships Designed for Success Enlisted – Heart, Hands & Feet Future NCOs and Officers Entry Level – Experts NCO - Backbone of the Military Morale and execution NCO Creed – Leadership Experts Officer - Brains Plans, strategies, vision NCO’s Cares about you Protecting you Holding you accountable to care about others

Bring Your Best Expect and Accept People to be Human Attitude Be the SME Be the Role Do the best that you can, with the tools that you have in time that you are allotted. Skills

Bring All of You Unique Perspectives Respect Others Individual Experiences Cultural Professional Unique Perspectives Tactical Operational Strategic Respect Others Reframe Diversity and Inclusion

Trust Trust is given Fragile Built on Everything Previously Discussed

When It Comes Together

Bringing It Home What were your “aha” moments? Who are the leaders in your organization? What can you do as a team player to develop leaders? Mission Statement: Attendees engage coworkers in their workplace at the soonest opportunity to build cohesive teams by applying leadership principles.

Security Team Six Questions Your Corporate Allies, LLC Noelle Racette noelle.racette@yourcorporateallies.com 952.201.8926 Alan Hill alan.hill@yourcorporateallies.com 612.819.1803