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

2. 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

3. Rules of Engagement

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

5. 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

6. 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.

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

8. Own It

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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:
Convey strategic intent
Allow and encourage individuality and creative learning

12. “Be” the Example
Maintain and enforce the standards

13. 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.

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

15. 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

16. 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

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

18. Trust
Trust is given
Fragile
Built on Everything Previously Discussed

19. When It Comes Together

20. 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.

21. Security Team Six Questions Your Corporate Allies, LLC Noelle Racette
Alan Hill