0. Empowering Women United States Public Health Service Officers: Leading By Example
Marsha Davenport, MD, MPH
CAPT USPHS
Chief Medical Officer
CMMI/Learning and Diffusion Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
June 18, 2012

1. Overview General Background The Davenport Principles of Leadership
Summary
Discussion

2. 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

3. The Davenport Leadership Principles
Know yourself
Understand the power of teams
Embrace mentoring
Find that inner role model
Discover your passion

4. The Davenport Leadership Principles (cont’d)
Create opportunities
Chart your path
Recognize success
Learn from failures
Reflect and prepare

5. 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

6. 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

7. Embrace mentoring Formal vs. informal mentoring Find a mentor
You must become a mentor

8. Find that inner role model
Builds off of mentoring
Drives your behavior to lead by example

9. 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

10. 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

11. Chart your path Charting the course for
Work project
Career goals
Develop a strategy and plan of action
Revisit and revise this strategy regularly

12. 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

13. 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!

14. 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

15. 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

16. Thank You
Marsha Davenport, MD, MPH CAPT,USPHS Chief Medical Officer Learning and Diffusion Group CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations