PHS Career Planning:PHS Career Planning:Chief Professional Officers' PerspectiveChief Professional Officers' Perspective
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Introductions
RADM Sven Rodenbeck
• PHS Commissioned Officers – RADM Giberson
• Highly Trained Professional – RADM Nesseler
• Mission Matters – CAPT Welch
• Support PHS Commissioned Corps – CAPT Clark
• Tying it Together – RADM Rodenbeck
• Q&As – 40 minutes
Agenda for TodayAgenda for Today
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Set the StageSet the Stage
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•Each CPO has had different career paths
•You will have different career paths
•But general themes that bind them
•Professional & personal life
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PHS Commissioned OfficersRADM Scott Giberson
Being a Commissioned OfficerBeing a Commissioned Officer
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• Responsibility and commitment to a mission• Honor and sustain tradition
• Strengthen our “brand” of service
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Honor TraditionHonor Tradition
PHOTO• Uniform• visibility• leadership• valued asset• respect
• Service • history• public health need
• Camaraderie
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““Brand” of ServiceBrand” of Service
PHOTO• Brand defined
• What is our brand?
• Strengthening our brand
• Our future is with you
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ValueValue
PHOTO• Tangible• Intangible• Future as a Commissioned Corp Officer
• Think about need• Thematic response / service (5 focus areas of Department)
• Self-assessment• The ‘battle flag’…
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Highly Trained ProfessionalsRADM Kerry Nesseler
Basic Commissioning Eligibility Basic Commissioning Eligibility PHOTO
• General and Category-Specific Appointment Standards
• Professional Degree(s)
• Medical and Security Clearances
• References
• Other
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“Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ‘em all over everything you do”
Elvis Presley
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ValueValue
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• Leadership
• Service
• Integrity
• Excellence
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PHS Core ValuesPHS Core Values
Other Key ValuesPHOTO
• Loyalty
• Lifelong Learning
• Courage
• Passion
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LoyaltyLoyaltyPHOTO“I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all
enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.”
-- The PHS Commissioned Officer’s Oath of Office
“The idea of separating the executive business of the confederacy from Congress, as the judiciary is already in some degree, is just and necessary.”
-- Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1787
“Leave the President free to choose his own coadjutors, to pursue his own measures, and support him and them, even if we think we are wiser than they, honester than they are, or possessing more enlarged information of the state of things.”
-- Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 1811
Lifelong LearningLifelong LearningPHOTO
“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”
-- Mae West
“Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
-- Albert Einstein
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CourageCouragePHOTO
“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.”
-- John Maxwell
““If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.”
-- Secretary Tommy Thompson
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PassionPassionPHOTO“When work, commitment, and pleasure all
become one and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible.” -- Author unknown
“Chase your passion, not your pension.”-- Denis Waitley
“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” -- Benjamin Franklin
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Mission MattersCAPT Mike Welch
MISSION MATTERS MISSION MATTERS
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Mission - “A Specific Task or Duty Assigned to a Person or Group of People”
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MISSION MATTERS MISSION MATTERS
PHOTO“To Raise the Physical, Mental, Social, and Spiritual Health of American Indians and Alaska Natives”
“Collaborating to Create the Expertise, Information, and Tools that People and Communities need to Protect Their Health, Through Health Promotion, Prevention of Disease, Injury, and Disability, and Preparedness for New Health Threats”
MISSION MATTERS MISSION MATTERS
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“Advancing the Public Health by Helping to Speed Innovations that make Medicines, and Foods more Effective, Safer, and more Affordable”
“Our Mission – To Inspire and Nurture the Human Spirit, one Person, one Cup, and one Neighborhood at a Time”
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MISSION MATTERS MISSION MATTERS
PHOTOUSPHS Mission - “Protecting, Promoting, and Advancing the Health and Safety of our Nation”
Achieving the Mission Through:
• Rapid and Effective Response to Public Health Needs
• Leadership and Excellence in Public Health Practice
• Advancement of Public Health ScienceLeadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence
MISSION MATTERS – PUBLIC MISSION MATTERS – PUBLIC SERVICE SERVICE
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• Public Service not Self Service
• It’s Not a Job, It’s Your Passion
• Know how you matter to the Mission of your Agency/Organization
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MISSION MATTERS – AGENTS OF MISSION MATTERS – AGENTS OF CHANGE CHANGE
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• Problem Solvers/Critical Thinkers
• Demonstrate Public Health Impact
• Issue – Action – Impact (Results)
• Celebrate Your Accomplishments
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MISSION MATTERS – VALUE TO MISSION MATTERS – VALUE TO YOUR PROGRAM YOUR PROGRAM
PHOTO• Multiple Missions
• Support Agency Mission
• Your Work = Value Added
• Personal Sacrifice
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MISSION MATTERS - CONCLUSION MISSION MATTERS - CONCLUSION
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MISSION MATTERS:
KNOW HOW YOU MATTER TO THE MISSION
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Support PHS Commissioned CorpsCAPT Edith Clark
Increase your visibility through increased participation
Supporting the CorpsSupporting the Corps
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PHOTO• PAC - Get actively involved• Be a mentor (officially or unofficially)
to a new officer • OFRD-Work with your supervisor for
approval to join one of the teams • Be a part of COA of other
professional societies- Don’t just pay dues, run for office at the local or national level
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Supporting the CorpsSupporting the Corps
PHOTO• Additional opportunities include
joining the Color Guard
• Through your leadership and your increased involvement you will be a role model for all officers
• Volunteer in your local community to show the public about the Public Health Service
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Supporting the CorpsSupporting the Corps
PHOTO• Be ready to “step up to the plate” to
opportunities within your agency and department
• Volunteer your professional skills at health fairs and other events where you represent your agency/profession and the Corps
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Supporting the CorpsSupporting the Corps
Tying it Together
RADM Sven Rodenbeck
What did we not talk about so far??
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• Career planning should not only focus on promotion
• The Promotion Benchmarks should only be one of many career planning tools
• Promotions are a by-product of good career planning
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• Promotions occur because of demonstrated accomplishments and impacts
• What difference did you make?
• But you can’t plan to make a difference
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• But you can:
Harness your passion
Continue to develop your professionalism
Find balance with personal life
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