Leadership
A Presentation to ASNE
Robert O. Wray, Jr., PE
Rear Admiral, US Navy
February 2013
Today
4 Parts
5 Axioms
Challenge
Background
Questions
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Closing
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Today
4 Parts
5 Axioms
Challenge
Background
Questions
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Closing
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Wray Leadership CV
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oldest of 7 children (6)
class president (25)
man of the house (9)
student council officer (200)
editor (8)
state student council (10,000)
captain of sailing team (80)
chairman of honor committee (144)
division officer (12)
department head (150)
shift supervisor (200)
president of const/dev company* (20)
CEO of circuit board company* (15)
Wray Leadership CV, cont’d
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President of consulting company (2)
Hotel owner/manager (25)
Owner/CEO, diesel services company* (15)
Founder/CEO, technical manufacturing company* (20)
Head reservist, Northeast US (8,000)
COO, national matrix technology organization (500)
Security Officer for reconstruction of Iraq (500)
P&L Division Manager, SAIC (300)
Commanding Officer, reserves in Europe (300)
Deputy Commander, Military Sealift Command (10,000)
Georgetown Executive Masters in Leadership
Author of Saltwater Leadership
Vice Commander, Navy Forces Europe & Africa, 6th Fleet
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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Leadership Capability
(in case of Wray)
Experience
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Study
Affinity
Today
4 Parts
5 Axioms
Challenge
Background
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Closing
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5 Prefatory Axioms
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Leadership matters.
5 Prefatory Axioms
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Leadership matters.
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Leadership is definable.
But not monolithic.
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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Warren Bennis
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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The Management &
Leadership Network
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.
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Do it well, and the results will surpass your wildest
dreams.
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
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Honesty
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Empathy
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Moral Compass
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Conceptual Ability
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Intelligence
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Tallness
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Skills
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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
Practices
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Recognition
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Remediation
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Planning
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Coaching/Mentoring
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Communications
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Execution
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Change Management
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%
50%
0%
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Leadership Skills Required
As a career progresses, leadership skills become
predominant in determining success.
100%
% of job
Spent
Exercising
Leadership 50%
Skills
Which Comes First?
Chicken or Egg?
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Seniority Within an Organization
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4 Parts
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Understanding
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4 Parts
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Understanding
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Mission
USNS COMFORT
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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
Mission Clarity = Organizational Synch/Unity
4 Parts
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1.
Understanding
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Mission
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Skills
A (learnable) set of
practices, employed
by a person with
certain traits and
skills.
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1.
Understanding
2.
Mission
3.
Skills
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Will
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
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Wreview
Wread
Wresolve
Challenge: Numbers
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100 Billion
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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?
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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
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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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Pirates
Energy
Antarctica
Baghdad
Parachuting
Circuit Boards
Cruisers
Nuclear Power
Hospital Ships
Missile Ships
Navy life
Computer systems
Redsox
Grand Canyon
Sales
Finis
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Leadership is important, and learnable.
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It’s about change: for you, for your people.
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Use the power of 10 and 30 to program
your 100 billion, and those of your team.
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Less than 5% of you will do it.
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Where will YOU be?
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Rear Admiral Robert Wray
robert.wray@navy.mil
757-462-7006
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Appendix: Potential Books
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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