Empowering Women United States
Public Health Service Officers: Leading
By Example
Marsha Davenport, MD, MPH
CAPT USPHS
Chief Medical Officer
CMMI/Learning and Diffusion Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
June 18, 2012
Overview
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General Background
The Davenport Principles of Leadership
Summary
Discussion
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Background
• Many different theories of leadership
– Trait
– Behavioral
– Contingency
– Power and Influence
• Developed my own approach to
leadership: Leading by example
• Use the training to build your leadership
style
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The Davenport Leadership
Principles
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Know yourself
Understand the power of teams
Embrace mentoring
Find that inner role model
Discover your passion
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The Davenport Leadership
Principles (cont’d)
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Create opportunities
Chart your path
Recognize success
Learn from failures
Reflect and prepare
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Know yourself
• What are your strengths?
• Identify and be honest about your
weaknesses
• Be the first to admit that you are
wrong/made a mistake
• Present solutions
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Understand the power of teams
• Have you ever
– Been on a sports team?
– Participated in a club or other group activity?
• Using collaboration to move a project forward
• Coaching as a leadership style
– Places value on each member’s ability to contribute
– Provides a nurturing environment where growth is
anticipated and expected
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Embrace mentoring
• Formal vs. informal mentoring
• Find a mentor
• You must become a mentor
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Find that inner role model
• Builds off of mentoring
• Drives your behavior to lead by example
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Discover your passion
• Working on a project that you love is easy
• True leaders find and stimulate passion in
the most boring or mundane tasks
• Making the old feel new
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Create opportunities
• Creativity must be in your toolbox
• Identify opportunities to lead
– Practice in small settings first
• Book club
• Parent Teacher Association
• Hobby club
– Expand as your comfort and skills develop
• Take the initiative to step forward and lead
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Chart your path
• Charting the course for
– Work project
– Career goals
• Develop a strategy and plan of action
• Revisit and revise this strategy regularly
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Recognize success
• A simple “Thank You” works wonders
• Create milestones for yourself
• Do not depend on public recognition or
awards
• Be humble yet proud of the
accomplishments
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Learn from failures
• Failures are important learning tools
• Take time to identify (after action)
– What went wrong?
– How could I have prevented what occurred?
– What resources were missing?
– How will I approach a similar situation?
• Learn how to “learn” from the failure and
move on: Let it go!
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Reflect and prepare for next
steps
• As part of your time management
schedule, build time in to
– Reflect on the situation
– Prepare for the next project or career activity
• Take the lessons learned and apply to
your next chapter
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Summary
• Leading by example will look different for
each one of us
• Crafting your leadership style will include
many aspects of the person you are and
the experiences you have had
• Build on each experience
• Enjoy the journey
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Thank You
Marsha Davenport, MD, MPH
CAPT,USPHS
Chief Medical Officer
Learning and Diffusion Group
CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Innovations
410-786-0230
Marsha.davenport@cms.hhs.gov
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