PHS Career Planning: Chief Professional Officers' Perspective

1. PHS Career Planning: Chief Professional Officers' Perspective Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

2. Introductions RADM Sven Rodenbeck

3. Agenda for Today • PHS Commissioned Officers – RADM Giberson • Highly Trained Professional – RADM Nesseler • Mission Matters – CAPT Welch • Support PHS Commissioned Corps – CAPT Clark • Tying it Together – RADM Rodenbeck • Q&As – 40 minutes Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

4. Set the Stage PHOTO • Each CPO has had different career paths • You will have different career paths • But general themes that bind them • Professional & personal life Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

5. PHS Commissioned Officers RADM Scott Giberson

6. Being a Commissioned Officer PHOTO • Responsibility and commitment • to a mission • Honor and sustain tradition • Strengthen our “brand” of service Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

7. Honor Tradition • Uniform • visibility • leadership • valued asset • respect • Service • history • public health need • Camaraderie PHOTO Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

8. “Brand” of Service PHOTO • Brand defined • What is our brand? • Strengthening our brand • Our future is with you Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

9. Value • Tangible • Intangible • Future as a Commissioned Corp Officer • Think about need • Thematic response / service • (5 focus areas of Department) • Self-assessment • The ‘battle flag’… PHOTO Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

10. Highly Trained Professionals RADM Kerry Nesseler

11. Basic Commissioning Eligibility • General and Category-Specific • Appointment Standards • Professional Degree(s) • Medical and Security Clearances • References • Other PHOTO

12. Value PHOTO “Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ‘em all over everything you do” Elvis Presley Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

13. PHS Core Values PHOTO • Leadership • Service • Integrity • Excellence Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

14. Other Key Values PHOTO • Loyalty • Lifelong Learning • Courage • Passion Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

15. Loyalty “I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.” -- The PHS Commissioned Officer’s Oath of Office “The idea of separating the executive business of the confederacy from Congress, as the judiciary is already in some degree, is just and necessary.” -- Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1787 “Leave the President free to choose his own coadjutors, to pursue his own measures, and support him and them, even if we think we are wiser than they, honester than they are, or possessing more enlarged information of the state of things.” -- Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 1811 PHOTO

16. Lifelong Learning PHOTO • “An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” • -- Mae West • “Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” • -- Albert Einstein Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

17. Courage PHOTO “If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” -- John Maxwell “If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” -- Secretary Tommy Thompson Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

18. Passion “When work, commitment, and pleasure all become one and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible.” -- Author unknown “Chase your passion, not your pension.” -- Denis Waitley “If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” -- Benjamin Franklin PHOTO Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

19. Mission Matters CAPT Mike Welch

20. MISSION MATTERS PHOTO Mission - “A Specific Task or Duty Assigned to a Person or Group of People” Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

21. MISSION MATTERS PHOTO “To Raise the Physical, Mental, Social, and Spiritual Health of American Indians and Alaska Natives” “Collaborating to Create the Expertise, Information, and Tools that People and Communities need to Protect Their Health, Through Health Promotion, Prevention of Disease, Injury, and Disability, and Preparedness for New Health Threats”

22. MISSION MATTERS PHOTO “Advancing the Public Health by Helping to Speed Innovations that make Medicines, and Foods more Effective, Safer, and more Affordable” “Our Mission – To Inspire and Nurture the Human Spirit, one Person, one Cup, and one Neighborhood at a Time” Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

23. MISSION MATTERS PHOTO USPHS Mission - “Protecting, Promoting, and Advancing the Health and Safety of our Nation” Achieving the Mission Through: • Rapid and Effective Response to Public Health Needs • Leadership and Excellence in Public Health Practice • Advancement of Public Health Science Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

24. MISSION MATTERS – PUBLIC SERVICE PHOTO • Public Service not Self Service • It’s Not a Job, It’s Your Passion • Know how you matter to the Mission of your Agency/Organization Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

25. MISSION MATTERS – AGENTS OF CHANGE PHOTO • Problem Solvers/Critical Thinkers • Demonstrate Public Health Impact • Issue – Action – Impact (Results) • Celebrate Your Accomplishments Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

26. MISSION MATTERS – VALUE TO YOUR PROGRAM PHOTO • Multiple Missions • Support Agency Mission • Your Work = Value Added • Personal Sacrifice Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

27. MISSION MATTERS - CONCLUSION PHOTO MISSION MATTERS: KNOW HOW YOU MATTER TO THE MISSION Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

28. Support PHS Commissioned Corps CAPT Edith Clark

29. Supporting the Corps Increase your visibility through increased participation Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

30. Supporting the Corps PHOTO • PAC - Get actively involved • Be a mentor (officially or unofficially) to a new officer • OFRD-Work with your supervisor for approval to join one of the teams • Be a part of COA of other professional societies- Don’t just pay dues, run for office at the local or national level Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

31. Supporting the Corps PHOTO • Additional opportunities include joining the Color Guard • Through your leadership and your increased involvement you will be a role model for all officers • Volunteer in your local community to show the public about the Public Health Service Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

32. Supporting the Corps PHOTO • Be ready to “step up to the plate” to opportunities within your agency and department • Volunteer your professional skills at health fairs and other events where you represent your agency/profession and the Corps Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

33. Tying it Together RADM Sven Rodenbeck

34. Tying it Together What did we not talk about so far?? Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

35. Tying it Together • Career planning should not only focus on promotion • The Promotion Benchmarks should only be one of many career planning tools • Promotions are a by-product of good career planning Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

36. Tying it Together • Promotions occur because of demonstrated accomplishments and impacts • What difference did you make? • But you can’t plan to make a difference Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

37. Tying it Together • But you can: • Harness your passion • Continue to develop your professionalism • Find balance with personal life Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

38. Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Commissioned Corps Career Planning Questions and Answers