Post on 21-Jan-2016
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Misti Burmeister, MA
Bringing the Stars within Reach: Making IT
Stellar Through Mission-Centric Leadership
nspirion
Becoming Mission Centric
Eye on the Mission
Human Capital
Innovation
Mission-Centric Leadership Drives
A Sustainable Culture
Young, Seasoned and In-Between…
The feeling that what you do matters
Opportunities to grow & gain experiences Some form of
acknowledgement
We are more alike than we are different
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How many of us
want at least 1 of the following?
“Retiring The Generation Gap,” Jennifer Deal
“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.”
Harvard Business Review
“61 percent of chief executives surveyed (from 44 countries) said they had trouble integrating younger employees.”
“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
“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.”
GAO and the Center for Human Capital Information
I Don’t Care….
“If I do, they’ll take my job!”
What really matters
Innovative IT Solutions for NASA
Strong sustainable leadership now and into the future
Clarifying Our Vision
“I’m here to ensure our emerging leaders are fully equipped to lead theFDA.”NASA.”
It comes down to…
What Works
What Doesn’t Work
“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
Patience and Drive
"I know I know
nothing"Socrates
Linda Cureton
“…The reality is that I now
belong to all of THEM.”
Thinking Forward
Not Looking Backward
Effective Leaders…
Robert Goddard’s liquid fueled rocket ship.
Great Feats of Innovation
The moon landing.
The international space station.
The Mars Pathfinder.
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
“If your actions inspire others to
dream more, learn more, do more
and become more, you are a leader.”
John Quincy Adams
Inspirion LLC
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be
and you help them to become what they are capable
of being."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To get his students
to graduation
His Mission?
Know Your Missi
on
Know Your Team
Know Your Yourse
lf
3 critical keys to becoming a mission-centric leader
Dr. Samuel Betances
“What got us hereWill not
Get us there”
Shift in Thinking
Question beliefs about generations
Embrace mission-centric thinking and leadership
Build a sustainable culture
“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
www.InspirionInc.com410.290.1240
MB@InspirionInc.com