Attitude, Knowledge and People: The Right Combination in a Changing Contracts Environment

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Attitude, Knowledge and People The Right
Combination in a Changing Contracts Environment
Breakout Session 510 Names Bob Bohacs,
Colleen Gates, Melisa Reyna and Penny
White Date Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Time 200 pm
- 315 pm
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Agenda

• Company Overview
• Current Contracting Environment
• Are you prepared for this environment?
• Right Attitude
• Right Knowledge
• Right People
• Are you ready to keep up with the change?

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Company Overview
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United Space Alliance, LLC

• One of the world's leading space operations
  companies
• Limited Liability Company formed in 1996 equally
  owned by The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin
  Corporation
• Our Mission Provide safe, high-quality,
  best-value space operations, services and
  technologies to our customers
• Our Vision World leader in space operations on
  Earth, on orbit and beyond
• Our Values Safety, Ethical Behavior, Innovation
  and Success

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Current Contracting Environment
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Current Contracting Environment

• President Obamas position on Government
  Contracting
• Economy
• Transparency
• Collaboration
• More with Less
• Expanded role in the Supply Chain
• Changing Workforce
• Baby boomers leaving work place
• Preparing future leaders
• Virtual Work environments

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Current Contracting Environment

• DCAA
• Increased verification of source documents
• Increased transaction testing
• Limited discussions of draft audit results
• No specific recommendation for corrective actions
• Aggressive access to records contractor
  employees

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Current Contracting Environment

• Technology Advancements
• Communication Methodologies
• Email
• Text Messaging
• Twitter
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Electronic Contracting
• Green Environment
• Outsourcing
• And so much more

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Are you prepared for this environment?
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Are you prepared?

• Prepared To put together or make by combining
  various elements or ingredients to get ready
• Put together ingredients
• Combine various elements
• Get ready!!!

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Right Attitude
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What is the Right Attitude?

• Right Being in a satisfactory state or
  condition

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What is the Right Attitude?

• Attitude A state of mind or feeling

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What is the Right Attitude?

• Positive
• Flexible
• Creative
• Supportive
• Tenacious
• Adaptable
• Can do
• Dont give up!!!

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What is the Right Attitude?

• Optimistic
• Encouraging
• Persistent
• Determined
• Inspiring
• Motivating
• Energizing
• Dont give up!!!
• Dont give up!!!

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What is the Right Attitude?

• Scenario
• Pennys Prime (PP) Time Players
• Melisa Manager
• Ohio Bob Kentucky
• Calm Colleen

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Scenario Summary

• Melisa Manager assigns an important task to Calm
  Colleen with quick turnaround time
• Calm Colleen includes Ohio Bob Kentucky in the
  task
• Ohio Bob Kentucky is furious and does not want to
  help

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What is the Right Attitude?
Does Ohio Bob Kentucky have the Right Attitude?
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What is the Right Attitude?

• What can Ohio Bob Kentucky do to improve his
  attitude?
• Be positive
• Be enthusiastic
• Be supportive
• Be determined

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Right Knowledge
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What is the Right Knowledge?

• Understand the regulations
• Read trade and business journals
• Research on the web
• Talking to leaders in the profession
• Understand the new regulations
• Improve leadership skills
• Utilize technology to its fullest
• Practice Customer Service

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What is the Right Knowledge?

• Contribute in the team environment
• Improve negotiation skills
• Understand problem solving
• Think critically
• Understand how to make the best decisions
• Communicate! Communicate! Communicate!
• Basically, fully utilize your NCMA membership

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What is the Right Knowledge?

• Continually assess your skills to stay current
• Challenge yourself
• Evolve your skills
• Share your knowledge

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What is the right knowledge for you?
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What is the Right Knowledge?

• Scenario
• Pennys Prime (PP) Time Players
• Melisa Manager
• Ohio Bob Kentucky
• Calm Colleen

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What is the Right Knowledge?

• Calm Colleen and Ohio Bob Kentucky are tasked
  with creating an Ethics Program
• Calm Colleens program is chosen to be
  implemented due to her knowledge and expertise
• Through this program it was uncovered that Bob
  violated the ethics principles

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What is the Right Knowledge?
Does Ohio Bob Kentucky have the Right
Knowledge?
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What is the Right Knowledge?

• What can Ohio Bob Kentucky do to improve his
  knowledge?
• Read and understand company policies and
  procedures
• Understand and live procurement integrity
• Understand how to make the best decisions
• Ask management or peers if you have any questions

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Right People
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Who attributes do the right people possess?

• Positive Attitude
• Change Drivers
• Flexible
• Knowledgeable
• Lifelong Learners
• Effective Leaders
• Inviting and Supportive
• Expertise in Specified Field
• Resourceful

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What do you do when you find the right people?

• Tap into the knowledge that others possess
• Establish a sincere relationship
• Be honest and direct
• Ask them to be your mentor not a fulltime
  commitment may be lifetime or seasonal
• Volunteer to become a mentor and share your
  knowledge

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Who are the right people?

• Scenario
• Pennys Prime (PP) Time Players
• Melisa Manager
• Ohio Bob Kentucky
• Calm Colleen

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Who are the right people?

• Melisa Manager wants to help Ohio Bob Kentucky
  become the right person
• Melisa Manager assigns Calm Colleen as Ohio Bob
  Kentuckys peer mentor
• Within months Ohio Bob Kentucky was no longer the
  wrong person, he was the right person!!

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Who are the right people?
Does Ohio Bob Kentucky have the skills to
become the Right Person?
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Who are the right people?

• What changes did Ohio Bob Kentucky make to become
  the right person?
• Joined NCMA
• Be mentored
• Developed a can do attitude
• Developed a positive attitude
• Associated with the right people
• Worked with Calm Colleen and other NCMA members

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Are you ready to keep up with the change?
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Are you ready?

• Dont get left behind
• Drive change
• Be on the forefront
• Avoid misperception
• Help others understand
• Gain appreciation
• Continue to have the right attitude, right
  knowledge and associate with the right people!!!

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Do you have the right attitude, knowledge, and
people to be ready in the changingContracts
Environment?
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Are there any questions?
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Contact Information

• Penny White, Director Supply Chain Systems and
  Processes, Penny.l.white_at_usa-spaceops.com,
  281.282.4226
• Bob Bohacs, Manager, Program Support
  Subcontracts, robert.n.bohacs_at_usa-spaceops.com
• Colleen Gates, Compliance Support,
  colleen.b.gates_at_usa-spaceops.com
• Melisa Reyna, Compliance Support,
  melisa.a.reyna_at_usa-spaceops.com