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Nuclear Leadership

Nuclear Leadership. James O. Ellis, Jr. Admiral, USN (Ret) Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow The Hoover Institution, Stanford University President and CEO, INPO (Ret) joellisjr@comcast.net August 26, 2014. Nuclear Leadership.

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Nuclear Leadership

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  1. Nuclear Leadership James O. Ellis, Jr. Admiral, USN (Ret) Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow The Hoover Institution, Stanford University President and CEO, INPO (Ret) joellisjr@comcast.net August 26, 2014

  2. Nuclear Leadership • Creating A Culture for the Future: A Leaders Role • Leadership in Crisis: Resilience and Responsibility • Leadership Lessons: Observations of a Fellow Traveler

  3. Creating a Culture for the Future: A Leader’s Role • Defining Culture: practices, values, shared experience and leadership • Assessing Culture: a bit of a mystery but not a puzzle; resides “in the hearts and in the soul” • Industry (and NRC) definition: “An organizations values and behaviors – modeled by its leaders and internalized by its members – that serve to make nuclear safety the overriding priority.” • There may be many different cultures within a single large organization; the nuclear safety culture is a subset of the corporate culture. • A good corporate culture does not guarantee a solid nuclear safety culture but it IS a requirement!

  4. Creating a Culture for the Future: A Leader’s Role • How does one shape an organizational culture? Through six “embedding mechanisms” according to Dr. Schein 1. What do you systematically pay attention to? 2. How do you respond in time of crisis? (more later!) 3. What signals are sent, unintentionally or not during the budgeting process? 4. How does what you say compare to what you do? 5. What behaviors do you reward and punish? 6. Who do you recruit, promote and fire; what does that say about the organization’s values?

  5. Creating a Culture for the Future: A Leader’s Role • Is the culture “Just”? • How do we shape a culture and to what end? - Organizational: no carbon copies; must enable, motivate and inspire - Industry: bedrock foundation must be an unwavering commitment to nuclear safety • What, after all, IS our role? - What only the LEADER can do - Setting of standards and expectations: THIS is who we are! - Like it or not, you are an elite and the price of greatness is responsibility.

  6. Leadership In Time of Crisis:Resilience and Responsibility • Here, too, you have an essential role and a number of specific responsibilities: - Manage anxiety, don’t create it. - Always be brutally honest…and confident in a good outcome. - Be a closer; get things DONE! - Do not confuse management with leadership (more on this later!)

  7. Nuclear Leadership James O. Ellis, Jr. Admiral, USN (Ret) President and CEO, INPO (Ret) joellisjr@comcast.net August 26, 2014

  8. Leadership Lessons: “Observations of a Fellow Traveler”

  9. Leadership • 7 Observations • 7 Characteristics

  10. Leadership Observations • Leadership is not management • It’s a (full) contact sport (and you are already in the game!) • There is no single style • It’s always situational • It’s either good or bad • You never stop learning • You can lead by serving

  11. “The Seven C’s”

  12. “The Seven C’s” • Commitment

  13. “The Seven C’s” • Commitment • Competence

  14. “The Seven C’s” • Commitment • Competence • Credibility

  15. “The Seven C’s” • Commitment • Competence • Credibility • Communication

  16. “The Seven C’s” • Commitment • Competence • Credibility • Communication • Compassion

  17. “The Seven C’s” • Commitment • Competence • Credibility • Communication • Compassion • Courage

  18. “The Seven C’s” • Commitment • Competence • Credibility • Communication • Compassion • Courage • Closer

  19. How am I doing? How will I really know? INLEP Module 1

  20. “Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.” Sir Winston Churchill “There are simple answers. There are just no easy answers.” Ronald Reagan

  21. When all else fails: “Do the right thing and do it now.” Jim Ellis INLEP Module 1

  22. THANK YOU! QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? INLEP Module 1

  23. Nuclear Leadership James O. Ellis, Jr. Admiral, USN (Ret) President and CEO, INPO (Ret) joellisjr@comcast.net August 26, 2014

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