May 17, 2012 Presentation by former Blue Angel Solo Pilot CDR Mark Provo on Personal Excellence and Precision Teamwork. Presentation given at the Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, North Dakota

1. Good Evening
Heartland Study
Group

2. 66 Years Of Precision...
and Mistakes...

3. The Blue
Angels
The Power of
Precision Teamwork
Mark Provo
CDR USN (Ret.)

4. The Blue
AngelsQuick Bio
-Navy
-Managing Director VC Firm
-Fedex Pilot
-Aviation Crash Investigation Firm
-Small Business Owner
-Co-Founder 8G Electronics LLC

5. The Blue
Angels

6. Two Core Topics
Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Excellence
Blue Angel Principles of Team
Excellence

7. Glossary of Terms
Blue Angel/Fighter Pilot Lingo
Call Signs
Play on Name
Bufoonery
Centerpoint
Team
Centerpoint Nice
Glad To Be Here

8. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement
Inspiring
Belief

9. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement
Through Leadership
"Inspiring people to do what they
would not have done if you had not
been there..."

10. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement

11. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement

12. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement

13. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement

14. Blue Angel Precision Principles of
Personal Growth and Achievement
Philosophies
Attitudes
Actions

15. Blue Angel Precision Principles of
Personal Growth and Achievement
5 Stages Of Learning
-Unconscious Incompetence
-Conscious Incompetence
-Conscious Competence
-Unconscious Competence
UNCONSCIOUS EXCELLENCE

16. BLUE ANGEL BRIEFING
VIDEO

17. Blue Angel Precision Principles of
Personal Growth and Achievement

18. Blue Angel Precision Principles of
Personal Growth and Achievement
Inspiring
Excellence
-YOUR TEAM COMES FIRST
-3 D'S OF MANAGEMENT
-TRUST BUT VERIFY

19. Blue Angel Precision Principles of
Personal Growth and Achievement
Excellence
Noun:
The quality of being outstanding/extremely good
An outstanding feature or quality
Excellence Is Also A Verb
TAKING PRIDE IN YOUR WORK...

20. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement
WHY INSPIRE EXCELLENCE IN YOUR PEOPLE?
HIGH LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE
HIGH LEVELS OF JOB SATISFACTION
HIGH LEVELS OF SELF WORTH/PURPOSE
HIGH LEVELS OF LOYALTY
BIG PICTURE
INSPIRE YOUR PEOPLE TO REACH THEIR
FULL POTENTIAL

21. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement
How To Inspire
"Chip Away At It"

22. Chip Away At It

23. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement
How To Inspire
Commitment

24. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement
How To Inspire
Hope and Try
Until... and Do

25. Blue Angel Principles of Personal
Growth and Achievement
How To Inspire
-Integrity-Be an example
-Drip vs. Bull
-"When the student is ready,..."
-SW, SW, SW, Next...

26. Principles of
Team Excellence

27. Precision Principles of
Team Excellence
MISSION OBJECTIVE
Clear/Concise?
Team Awareness?

28. Principles of
Team Excellence
PLAN
Contingencies
What if?
Murder Board

29. USAF THUNDERBIRD
VIDEO

30. Details Do Matter

31. Precision Principles of
Team Excellence
EXECUTE THE PLAN
Constant Checks
How Goes It?
Any Shifts/Changes Needed?

32. Precision Principles of
Team Excellence
THE DEBRIEF

33. THE DEBRIEF
Powerful means to instill:
Trust
True Teamwork
Growth Of Your Team
LARGER PRACTICE
Pfizer
ADT
PapaJohn’s

34. DEBRIEF VIDEO

35. THE DEBRIEF

36. THE DEBRIEF
Nameless/Rank-less/Check Ego
at the Door
Must Have Team Buy-In to Debrief
Process
Start on Time/End on Time
Team Leader Starts Debrief With
General Observations And THEIR OWN
MISTAKES

37. THE DEBRIEF
What Was the Objective or Goal?
How Did We Do? Did We Meet the
Goal?
What Happened? Why? Good/Not Good
Cause/Root Cause Analysis

38. THE DEBRIEF
Lessons Learned
Newsletter
E-mail
Database
Secure Group Blog
Secure Ind. Pract. Blog
End on High Note

39. What Did We Learn Today?
Personal Excellent Principles
Team Excellence Principles

40. PERSONAL EXCELLENCE
IS THE STANDARD

41. TEAM EXCELLENCE IS THE
STANDARD

42. THANKS VERY MUCH
Heartland Study Group!

43. Heartland Study Group

44. Heartland Study
Group

45. Heartland Study
Group
"Glad to be here"