715SQN Professionalism Session

ProfessionalismFLTLT(AAFC) Damien Quirk

Commanding Officer 715 Squadron

Leadership & Development ConferencePalmer Barracks

31°54'43.47"S & 115°58'44.98"E 7 Aug 10

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“Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it, and doing it.”“The mark of a true professional is giving more than you get.”

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“A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it”“An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.”

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“When David and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage is the hardest, so we decided to work through all that stuff early.”If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.

ProfessionalismMy professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realised that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University

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I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.

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All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.Let him that would move the world, first move himself.

ProfessionalismExcellent attendance and timelinessFollow directionsFocus on tasksBe proactiveFollow-through on commitmentsGo the extra mileBe a team player

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What would make 715 Professional ?

ProfessionalismFollow directions.Respect rank, both ways.Have confidence. In yourself and others.Expect of yourself that you would of others.Be focused, be assertive.Dress to impress.Use initiative.Be self aware.Improvise, adapt and overcome.Get to the point, and quick.Think of others.Strive for excellence.Lead by example.Ask clarifying questions that are relevant to the current task.Discipline self and others.Be professional.

On task and on time.Give it 715%Look the part.Aim high.Set the example.Communicate often.Your own self and style.Act as you must not as you feel.Prepare, prepare, prepare.Encourage, often.Response able.Learn with thrill.See, plan and do.Team play and Fun.Courteous and polite.Bungie into your section.Goals.Listen, Learn, Talk.

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“If you would be happy for one hour, take a nap. If you would be happy for a day, go fishing. If you would be happy for a month, get married. If you would be happy for a year, inherit a fortune. If you would be happy for life, love your work.” (Chinese Proverb).