CW5 Sharon Swartworth Leadership Seminar

The Ultimate Team BuilderThe Ultimate Team Builder

Can “you” impact 2020?Can you impact 2020?What difference can one person make?

Can leadership push the direction of IT?Or does IT continue to drive leadership or organizations?

Is it possible the “government” may be ahead of private sector looking 2020?p g

YES and NO – we just learned the term two months ago from ILTA ☺BUT the concepts are already there.

Who is driving the change?g g(Recent IT Brief to JAGC Leaders)

e-G.L.A.D.S. – Global Legal Adaptive Discovery System

Collaborative Knowledge Management solution that provides data merging, integration with diverse back end platforms multidimensional data mining utilities and reportplatforms, multidimensional data mining utilities and report features that allow cross source validation. Additional long term data silo storage capacity with e-learning fertilization of data nuggets geared towards long-term unperceived revenue streams Web enabled securedunperceived revenue streams. Web enabled secured platform with Web 3.0a interface and feed capabilities to Twitter, Facebook, Wiki-books, CMS, and all RSS capable mobile devices. Adaptive to any current project and will

l ll f t “ bl ” ith l tsolve all of our current “problems” with almost no developmental time. User friendly with phased training and almost no recurring costs in the out years that we want you to know about.

So who’s driving IT in 2020?So who s driving IT in 2020?

Hopefully your organizational leadersHopefully your organizational leaders are engaging and directing those solutions.The days of IT driven projects and hardware purchases are over. Thehardware purchases are over. The economy has forced us to relook who’s driving those decisions.gHow do you get there? How do you unify?y

Keynote Address DISCLAIMERKeynote Address DISCLAIMER

Mission and Vision statements can haveMission and Vision statements can have an impact….IF they really have a purpose.

Does anyone pay attention to Mission and Vision statements? WE DO!

It is a part of the strategic plan.

Are you communicating your intent?

Vision Statement

One Team, values-based and committed tojustice, with one focus: proactive legal support while deployed and at homes stationsupport, while deployed and at homes station, to enable the successful conduct of full spectrum operations for the nation we serve.

Mission Statement

Develop, employ and retain One Team of proactive professionals, forged by a warrior ethos who deliver principled counsel andethos, who deliver principled counsel and mission–focused legal services to the Army and the Nation.

JAG Corps

Vision Statement

One Team, values-based and committed tojustice, with one focus: proactive legal supportj p g ppto provide the most comprehensive legal services to our clients we serve.

Mission Statement

Develop, employ and retain One Team of proactive professionals, forged by moral and

thi l l h d li i i l d lethical values, who deliver principled counsel and legal services to our clients.

Civilian Law Firm

Strategic Priorities – Yours or Ours?Strategic Priorities Yours or Ours?

DevelopDevelop- Core Disciplines / Legal Practices- Information Technology & KMgy &Employ- Balance the Corps / FirmBalance the Corps / Firm- Force generation & predictabilityRetainRetain- Recognize and honor professionals- Strategic communicationg

Unifying the TeamUnifying the TeamLeading Change by MG Tate (shameless plug)g g yManaging Change (2nd shameless plug)

Changing the IT driversChanging the IT drivers○ Bad news early○ Candor avoids surprise

Stop overstating or “selling”○ Stop overstating or “selling”○ Form a team that talks across the organization○ Put yourself “literally” in their shoes

B h t ith l d t d d t○ Be honest with leaders on wants, needs, and must haves

○ “We” have changed our business practice years agoago

SummarySummary….

So how does IT package itself now?So how does IT package itself now?

Do your organizational leadersDo your organizational leaders understand what you can do for them?

Do you understand what your leaders t d j t k t lki thwant or do you just keep talking them

into your solution?

Story Time(from the early days to this morning)

Dale

Rick

CW3P Michele Nelson