Leadership A Presentation to ASNE Robert O. Wray, Jr., PE Rear Admiral, US Navy February 2013
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LeadershipA Presentation to ASNE
Robert O. Wray, Jr., PERear Admiral, US Navy
February 2013
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5 Axioms
Background
Challenge
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Wray Leadership CV
Age 8 oldest of 7 children (6) 9 class president (25) 10 man of the house (9) 13 student council officer (200) 15 editor (8) 17 state student council (10,000) 20 captain of sailing team (80) 21 chairman of honor committee (144) 23 division officer (12) 25 department head (150) 27 shift supervisor (200) 30 president of const/dev company* (20) 33 CEO of circuit board company* (15)
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Wray Leadership CV, cont’dAge35 President of consulting company (2)36 Hotel owner/manager (25)39 Owner/CEO, diesel services company* (15)41 Founder/CEO, technical manufacturing company* (20)43 Head reservist, Northeast US (8,000)44 COO, national matrix technology organization (500)47 Security Officer for reconstruction of Iraq (500)48 P&L Division Manager, SAIC (300)49 Commanding Officer, reserves in Europe (300)51 Deputy Commander, Military Sealift Command (10,000)52 Georgetown Executive Masters in Leadership53 Author of Saltwater Leadership54 Vice Commander, Navy Forces Europe & Africa, 6th Fleet55 President, Navy Board of Inspection and Survey
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Port Au Prince
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Western Pacific
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San Diego
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Bahrain
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North Atlantic
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Experience Study
Affinity
Leadership Capability Leadership Capability (in case of Wray)(in case of Wray)
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5 Prefatory Axioms
1. Leadership matters.
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5 Prefatory Axioms
1. Leadership matters.
2. Leadership is definable. But not monolithic.
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Navy: “the art of accomplishing the Navy’s mission through people.”
Coast Guard: “the ability to influence others to obtain their obedience, respect, confidence, and loyal cooperation.”
Army: “influencing people—by providing purpose, direction, and motivation—while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization.”
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Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery: “Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.”
Dwight Eisenhower: “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
Harry Truman: “A leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don’t want to do, and like it.”
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Leadership is the process of getting
people to do things.
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5 Prefatory Axioms
1. Leadership matters.
2. Leadership is definable. But not monolithic.
3. Leadership is different from management. But close.
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Leaders do the right things; managers do things right.
Leaders innovate; managers administer.
Leaders inspire; managers control.
Leaders think long-term; managers think short-term.
Leaders originate; managers imitate.
Leaders challenge the status quo; managers accept it.
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A manager’s job is to create stability and deal with reality.
A leader’s job is to stir emotion and set audacious, grandiose goals that shake the status quo.
Too much management and you stagnate.
Too much leadership and you get nowhere.
Embrace the challenge of striking the balance.
Do it well, and the results will surpass your wildest dreams.
The Management & The Management & Leadership NetworkLeadership Network
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Leadership is about change;
management is about
steady-state.
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5 Prefatory Axioms
1. Leadership matters.
2. Leadership is definable. But not monolithic.
3. Leadership is different from management. But close.
4.Leadership can be learned.
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Learning Leadership: 3 Buckets
Traits (characteristics)
Skills (abilities)
Practices (situational habits)
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Traits
• Honesty
• Empathy
• Moral Compass
• Conceptual Ability
• Intelligence
• Tallness
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Skills
• Supervising people• Making decisions• Counseling those with problems• Writing to convince• Public speaking• Leading teams, groups• Developing a vision• Emotional Intelligence• Resolving conflicts between others• Teaching others• Organizing to accomplish a mission• Inspiring others• Running a meeting
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Practices• Recognition
• Remediation
• Planning
• Coaching/Mentoring
• Communications
• Execution
• Change Management
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Leadership:The Process of Making
People Do Stuff
A set of practices, employed by a person with certain
traits and skills
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5 Prefatory Axioms
1. Leadership matters.
2. Leadership is definable. But not monolithic.
3. Leadership is different from management. But close.
4. Leadership can be learned.
5. Leadership can influence the course of your life.
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What is this?
100%
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50%
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Leadership Skills Required
100%
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50%
As a career progresses, leadership skills become predominant in determining success.
% of job SpentExercisingLeadershipSkills
Seniority Within an Organization
Which Comes First?Chicken or Egg?
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4 Parts
1. Understanding
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4 Parts
1. Understanding
2. Mission
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USNS COMFORT USNS COMFORT
Mission Clarity = Organizational Synch/Unity
• 76 hrs to underway (5 day norm)• 1st patient before ship anchored• Treated ~1000 earthquake patients• 843 major surgeries • 10 births, including one set of twins• Face of our National Response
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4 Parts
1. Understanding
2. Mission
3. Skills
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A (learnable) set of practices, employed
by a person with certain traits and
skills.
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4 Parts
1. Understanding
2. Mission
3. Skills
4. Will
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Crossing the River
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“Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never– in nothing, great or small, large or petty– never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
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King George III
1774:
“The die is now cast; the
colonies must either submit
or triumph.... we must not
retreat."
1782:
"I cannot conclude without
mentioning how sensibly I
feel the dismemberment of
America from this empire,
and that I should be
miserable indeed if I did not
feel that no blame on that
account can be laid at my
door, and I did not also know
that knavery seems to be so
much the striking feature of
its inhabitants that it may not
in the end be an evil that
they will become aliens to
this kingdom.“
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Challenge: 3 W’s
• Wreview• Wread• Wresolve
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Challenge: Numbers
• 100 Billion• 30• 10
Ponder the Power of 10%...
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Challenge
Lead! Decide! Change!, for
- 30 days- involving the power of 10- and sustain it for 90 days
Accretive Accomplishment...
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Questions?• Pirates
• Energy
• Antarctica
• Baghdad
• Parachuting
• Circuit Boards
• Cruisers
• Nuclear Power
• Hospital Ships
• Missile Ships
• Navy life
• Computer systems
• Redsox
• Grand Canyon
• Sales
• Entrepreneurial Startups
• Running with Bulls• Travel round the
world• Flying a Helicopter• Ships sinking• Coast Guard Tall
Ship• Sailing• Naval Academy• Mechanical
Engineering• How ships work• Being a reservist• Cyberwarfare• Running
• Hiring and Firing
• Reading
• 360 reviews
• Mentorship
• Area 51
• Beirut
• Hotels
• Submarines
• Union negotiations
• SS: The Dropped Bos’n
• SS: Comfort in 72
• Africa
• Europe
• Failure
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Finis• Leadership is important, and learnable.
• It’s about change: for you, for your people.
• Use the power of 10 and 30 to program your 100 billion, and those of your team.
• Less than 5% of you will do it.
• Where will YOU be?
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Appendix: Potential Books
Focus: Rules of Management 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader The Effective Executive Lincoln / Churchill / Others on Leadership Leadership Lessons of Attilla the Hun / Jesus / Others Leading Change Execution US Army Leadership Field Manual How to Win Friends and Influence People