Transcript 360 Degree Leadership

360° Security Leadership:
Understanding Now for
the Future
April 5, 2012
NCMS Channel Islands Seminar
deborah russell collins
[email protected]
The Security Professional of Today
 More strategic than tactical
 High business acumen
 Change agent
 Process management
 Critical thinking skills, detail focused
 Consensus builder
 Negotiation, facilitation
 Excellent communication skills
 Global perspective
 Credible, fair, politically astute
The Security Professional of Today
Internal Liaison
Problem-Solving
Personnel Security
Awareness and Training
Clearances
Renewals
Badge Provision
Certifications
Initial Briefings
Annual Briefings
Day-to-Day Education
Special Issue Ed.
Physical/Technical
Security
You!
Information
Assurance
System Accreditation
System Monitoring
System Upgrades
Etc.
Employee Safety
Access Control
Accreditation
Storage
Professionalism
Marketing
Think Outside the Bowl
It is not the job that defines you;
you define you!
“The difference in our success or
failure is not chance, but choice.
Because when adversity strikes, it’s
not what happens that will
determine our destiny;
It’s how we react to what happens.”
Mac Anderson
Finish Strong
Where Do We Start?
• The changing landscape of the security
profession
• Preparing now for the future
• 360° Security Leader
– Outward Focus
– Inward Focus
• Staying Positive!
The Name of the Game
is Change
• The world is changing on a scale and pace that is
unprecedented
• The world of security is changing too
• Our business, protecting vital national security assets, is getting
more complicated and challenging every day
“The security profession requires 360° thinkers,
people able to adapt to succeed in the new environment
we live in now and in the future.”
William R. Kotapish
Former Security Director, CIA
The Changing Landscape
Nothing is more important to National Security than the
making and the conduct of good security policies and
timely, accurate, objective and relevant intelligence.
• Senate Select Intelligence Committee Testimony – DNI
James Clapper, January 2012
• Espionage continues; it’s not just terrorism
• Cyber enabled attacks; migration from unclassified to
classified systems
• Trusted insider threat
• Critical infrastructure protection; it’s not just classified we
care about
The Changing Landscape
– 2012 Issues
• Globalized integration
• World-wide connectivity of IT systems
• Information sharing – federal, state, local, private
partners
• Miniaturization of everything!
• Supply chain security
“Intelligence value today arises from how fast we
can gather, understand and move information to
create
DECISION ADVANTAGE
for our civilian and military leaders - - not by how much of it is locked in a safe.”
Dr. Joel F. Brenner
Former National Counterintelligence Executive
Why was this a Security
Success?
Security Success 1:
We didn’t know until they wanted us
to know.
Security Success 2:
Our war fighters returned safely.
Security Success 3:
A national security objective was met.
Where Does Security Fit In?
EVERYWHERE!!
Therefore We Need A 360°
Perspective…
What are the challenges
we face in
the security profession?
How is your job different
today vs. ten years ago?
Challenges We Face
• Selling security to the non-security
professional
• Ability to forecast security needs
• Overcome being typecast
• Procurement of resources to deliver the
mission
• Maintaining a counter-intelligence focus in a
counter-terrorism environment
360° Security Leaders
turn challenges into
opportunities…
Security is a paradox.
The more it succeeds,
the less important it appears.
The 360° Security
Perspective
• Mission driven – with a balanced perspective
– Sees every security environment as unique
– Enables operations – an acceptable level of risk at an
acceptable cost
• Embraces intuitive & situational awareness
• Delivers Value
“No one cares what you did for them yesterday so every
day is another day to demonstrate value to the
organization.”
Rob Rogalski
Corporate Director of Security & Safety
RAND Corporation
Preparing Now for the
Future
Convergence
• We’re all implementing different aspects of security in
an era of overlapping interfaces
• Leverage of common infrastructures to address
several areas of risk at once
– Streamline repeatable processes, employ technology
– Information & Physical Security
– Counterintelligence & Cyber Security
• We need security professionals who are…
– Multi-disciplinary in expertise
– Business & program generalists with a broad
understanding of all aspects of protection
Preparing Now for the
Future
Adaptability
• In the face of difficult economic times, prioritize based
on risk – you cannot protect everything
• Making the business case – Security as a “shared
cost” across the organization; phased expenditures
• Have the right people – when budgets are cut, so are
staff; talent management
• Outsource wisely – cutting costs; bring in a proven
skill set
“Leaders who navigate do more than control the
direction in which they and their people travel.
They see the whole trip before they leave the
dock – seeing farther, seeing more and seeing it
before others see it.”
John Maxwell
Leadership Promises for Every Day
360° Security Leader
Outward Focus
• Global perspective
• Mission driven
• Creative thinking – We need both pragmatics
and visionaries
• Business acumen – translate whatever it takes
to deliver security into their language
• Politically astute – credible & fair
• Consensus Builder
None of us is as smart as all of us.
Don’t React - LEAD
• Gain a seat at the management table
• Be seen as a resource beyond security requirements
• Build alliances
• Do not play the blame game with management
- you are them!
• Move from blame to ownership
• Who owns the problem? We all do!
• Coach & mentor program personnel
• Spread security responsibility throughout the
organization
Gain a seat at the table.
Take Ownership
Don’t blame management –
you are one of them!
“Management wants to ‘see’ and ‘feel’ what you
bring to the organization. Be approachable;
develop trust by being trustworthy.”
Glenn Gates
Senior Security Manager - Boeing
“Show sincerity, integrity and honesty to everyone.
The only truth is your principles.
Never compromise them.”
Jim Linn
Former Corporate Vice-President & Director of Security
SAIC
360° Security leader
Inward Focus
• Are you willing to be energetic, passionate and
committed to delivering the best security program
possible?
• Leadership – born or taught?
• Self-awareness – discover your strengths & exploit them;
find resources to fill the gaps
– 360DegreeLeader.com
• Living your core values – Proverbs 10
Diligence, Resilience, Discernment, Integrity,
Practical Wisdom
It is both what you know and
who you know.
Attributes for Your Success
 Be know as a problem solver
- Gather information wisely, prepare thoroughly with the
right motives, display flexibility and march forward with
confidence
- “The book” doesn’t always have the answer
 Be a force multiplier
 Embrace what everyone brings to the table
- Industry provides a consistent brain trust
- Government provides command and control
- The two can and do work well together when done right!
Attributes for Your Success
 Again, be an excellent communicator
 Make time for people
- Gain the trust of the workforce
- The best ideas come from the people that are closest to the
work – engage them
 Possess a high business acumen
- Get to know your customers – relationships matter
- Enable the mission by achieving an acceptable level
of risk at an acceptable cost
Security is Strategic,
Valued & Credible
Always do what is right.
This will gratify some and
astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
Strategic, Valued &
Credible
• Security doesn’t “just happen”
• Be known as a forwarding thinking organization –
proactive vs. reactive
• When you know where you stand, you know
where you are going
• Know your business, act with integrity
Competence
Credibility
Trust
We’ve Come Full Circle
• Understand the changing landscape of the security
profession
• Prepare now for the future – embrace convergence &
adaptability
• Be Holistic – engage all available resources inside &
outside the organization
• Be a 360° Security Leader that is mission driven &
delivers value to the organization
Staying Positive!
In security we touch every life in the organization.
That is a tremendous privilege.
It is also a tremendous responsibility.
Let us lead well and let us serve well.
deedee collins
“Trying times are no time to quit trying.
Quit when the job is done, not when you’re tired.”
John Maxwell
The 360° Leader
360° Security Leadership:
Understanding Now for
the Future
April 5, 2012
NCMS Channel Islands Seminar
deborah russell collins
[email protected]