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Empowering Women United States Public Health Service Officers: Leading By Example
Marsha Davenport, MD, MPH
CAPT USPHSChief Medical Officer
CMMI/Learning and Diffusion Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
June 18, 2012
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Overview
• 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 • 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)• 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, MPHCAPT,USPHSChief Medical Officer Learning and Diffusion GroupCMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid