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We're usually the
ones who really

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want to do anything we can at
an agency to assist the agency

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to meet its mission goals.

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To be a jack of all trades
and serve the superintendent

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as best possible.

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I help my boss, the
assistant secretary,

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manage that very
broad responsibilities

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in policy management budget
here at the departmental level.

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I love going and dealing
and talking to people,

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and working with people.

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And so that's it for me.

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Your job is no
longer to do things,

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but it's to help other people
do things, help them succeed.

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There's also a huge
need for people

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who can communicate with
a diverse audience, who

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can lead teams, who can
facilitate decision making.

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Understand where various
stakeholders are coming from

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and how they are likely to
react to different scenarios.

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I have significant influential,
trusting relationships

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with people.

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Really, mostly,
getting people who

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are from a variety
of disciplines,

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a variety of levels
in their career, to

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work together effectively.

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If I'm passionate
about something,

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then I shouldn't
shy away from it.

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I should just be very
intentional at learning

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and becoming the best and
becoming an expert at it,

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and then I can find ways to
increase the value of that.

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To not be afraid of feedback and
to learn that really quickly,

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because you're going to have
so many people around you

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in the federal government
who are experts

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in all these different areas.

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Being true to yourself
and recognizing the skills

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and qualities that you have.

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As soon as we make that shift
into a supervisory role,

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your subordinates are likely
to be more technically

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competent than
you are, and being

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comfortable with that
notion, and being

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willing to depend on
them, but asking them

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the right questions, being
able to probe so that you can

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discover things that they may
have overlooked that you can

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help them understand
the assumptions

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they may have made, which
may or may not be valid.

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Don't be afraid to go
after what you want.

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It's worth the risk.

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Don't let any
opportunity pass you by.

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