Bringing the Stars Within Reach: Making IT Stellar Through Mission-Centric Leadership

1. Bringing the Stars within Reach:Making IT Stellar Through Mission-Centric Leadership Misti Burmeister, MA nspirion

2. Becoming Mission Centric Human Capital Innovation Eye on the Mission

3. Mission-Centric Leadership Drives A Sustainable Culture

4. Young, Seasoned and In-Between… 1 How many of us want at least 1 of the following? The feeling that what you do matters We are more alike than we are different Opportunities to grow & gain experiences Some form of acknowledgement 2 3

5. “Opportunities to advance, learning and development, (yes, even the older folks in NASA IT want to continue developing their skills!) respect and recognition, better quality of life.” “Retiring The Generation Gap,” Jennifer Deal

6. “61 percent of chief executives surveyed (from 44 countries) said they had trouble integrating younger employees.” Harvard Business Review

7. “Loyalty as an expectation an organization has of its employees which doesn't work unless the organization is willing to be equally loyal.” “Retiring The Generation Gap,” Jennifer Deal

8. GAO and the Center for Human Capital Information “About one-third of federal employees (31% at NASA) on board at the end of fiscal year 2007 became eligible to retire by 2012 . . . leav[ing] behind critical gaps in leadership and institutional knowledge, which could adversely affect the government's ability to carry out its diverse responsibilities and missions and effectively respond to urgent national issues.”

9. I Don’tCare…. “If I do, they’ll take my job!”

10. What really matters Innovative IT Solutions for NASA Strong sustainable leadership now and into the future

11. “I’m here to ensure our emerging leaders are fully equipped to lead the FDA.” NASA.” Clarifying Our Vision

12. It comes down to… What Doesn’t Work What Works

13. “People want to be personally engaged. People want to see how they fit into the big picture. People, of all ages, want to be inspired. So that’s our challenge. We call it “Participatory exploration” – creating a government agency that engages the American public in its mission and inspires the next generation of explorers, no matter what they want to be when they grow up.” NASA blog - Nick Skytland and Garret Fitpatrick

14. Patience and Drive

15. "I know I know nothing" Socrates

16. “…The reality is that I now belong to all of THEM.” Linda Cureton

17. Effective Leaders… Thinking Forward Not Looking Backward

18. Great Feats of Innovation Robert Goddard’s liquid fueled rocket ship. The moon landing. The international space station. The Mars Pathfinder.

19. A Call for Inspiration “Federal agencies will need to transform themselves . . Critical to the success of this transformation are the agencies’ employees – its human capital – and effective human capital management programs.” A recent report released by the GAO

20. John Quincy Adams “If your actions inspire others todreammore,learnmore,domore andbecomemore, you are a leader.”

21. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and youhelp them to becomewhat they are capable of being."

22. His Mission? To get his students to graduation

23. 3 critical keys to becoming a mission-centric leader Know YourMission Know YourTeam Know YourYourself

24. “What got us here Will not Get us there” Dr. Samuel Betances

25. Shift in Thinking Question beliefs about generations Embrace mission-centric thinking and leadership Build a sustainable culture

26. “Together we learn from one another… To give to each other… What needs we require… To continue to learn together.” Mike McKinley A Team Focused on the Mission

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