ISOCCER TRANSCRIPT (TRANSCRIBED 11/31/09) 

 

 >> MR. BILL BORCHARDT: NOW, 

 THERE'S 4000 PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE 

 AT THE NRC THAT'S THE BEST PLACE 

 TO WORK IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 

 I THINK THERE'S TWO PRINCIPLE 

 REASONS FOR THAT. 

 ONE IS AN ABSOLUTE AND UNABIDING 

 BELIEF IN THE MISSION OF THE NRC. 

 AND THE SECOND IS THIS INTRINSIC 

 UNDERSTANDING AND INCORPORATION OF 

 LIVING BY A SET OF VALUES THAT ALL 

 4000 PEOPLE EXHIBIT EVERY SINGLE 

 DAY, WHETHER WE'RE DEALING WITH 

 

 EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, LICENSEES, 

 AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH 

 OURSELVES. 

 THERE IS A SENSE OF TRUST BETWEEN 

 NRC STAFFERS THAT I DON'T THINK 

 EXIST IN MANY PLACES IN THE 

 WORKFORCE. 

 THOSE VALUES AND THE WAY THEY ARE 

 IMPLEMENTED ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS 

 MAKE THIS THE BEST PLACE TO WORK. 

 >> MR. DARREN ASH: I'M A RELATIVELY 
 NEWCOMER TO THE NRC. ONE OF THE 

 THINGS THAT FIRST IMPRESSED ME AND 

 STILL IMPRESSES ME TO THIS DAY IS 

 THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE ARE THE 

 EMBODIMENT OF THE VALUES OF THIS 

 AGENCY. 

 >> MS. KIMBERLY MORGAN-BUTLER: I 

 REALLY BELIEVE THAT INTEGRITY, 

 SERVICE, OPENNESS, COMMITMENT, 

 COOPERATION, EXCELLENCE AND 

 RESPECT ARE IN OUR EVERY DAY 

 WORKINGS HERE AT THE NRC. 

 >> MR. MIKE WEBER: IN MY OFFICE 

 TODAY, THE ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES 

 ARE ALIVE AND WELL. 

 

 WE USE THEM IN IDENTIFYING 

 CANDIDATES FOR AWARDS. 

 WE SEEK FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF HOW 

 INDIVIDUALS ARE PERFORMING BASED ON 

 HOW WELL THEIR BEHAVIORS ALIGN TO 

 THE ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES. AND THE 

 ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES BECOMES A 

 CENTERPIECE OF OUR INITIAL MEETING 

 WITH OUR NEW EMPLOYEES, SO THAT WE 

 CAN HELP THEM AS THEY WALK IN THE 

 DOOR, UNDERSTAND HOW DOES THE NRC 
 WORK. WHAT IS OUR CULTURE? 

 >> INTEGRITY IS REALLY THE GLUE 

 THAT HOLDS ALL SEVEN VALUES 

 TOGETHER. 

 >> I THINK INTEGRITY IS DOING THE 

 BEST THING EVEN WHEN NO ONE'S 

 WATCHING. 

 >> MR. MARK SATORIUS: INTEGRITY CAN 

 BE ROLLED INTO SERVICE, CAN BE 

 ROLLED INTO COMMITMENT AND 

 COOPERATION. 

 >> SERVICE IS VERY IMPORTANT TOO 

 BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF 

 SERVING THE PUBLIC AND WE'RE IN THE 

 BUSINESS OF ENSURING THEIR HEALTH 

 

 AND SAFETY. 

 >> THE SERVICE REALLY MEANS 

 LISTENING TO WHAT THE PERSON NEEDS 

 RATHER THAN JUST OPERATING AND 

 GIVING WHAT WE'RE USED TO GIVING. 

 >> MR. NAHAN SANFILIPPO: 

 ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE AREN'T 

 NECESSARILY SUCCESSFUL ONLY BECAUSE 

 OF THEIR TECHNICAL ABILITY BUT ALSO 

 BECAUSE OF THEIR CHARACTER AND 

 THEIR INTELLIGENCE WHEN IT COMES TO 
 DEALING WITH PEOPLE. 

 >> MS. CINDY PEDERSON: IT'S 

 IMPORTANT WHEN WE DO OUR SERVICE 

 THAT WE MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING IT 

 WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND 

 WE'RE DOING IT WITH A POSITIVE 

 ATTITUDE BECAUSE WE ARE THE 

 GOVERNMENT. AND I'M VERY PLEASED 

 TO BE PART OF THAT AND I'M VERY 

 PLEASED TO BE WORKING WITH THE 

 PEOPLE THAT DO IT ALONG WITH ME. 

 >> MS. TIWANA ELLIS: THE NRC HAS AN 

 OPEN DOOR POLICY I THINK AT ALL 

 LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT. 

 IT'S NOTHING FOR ME TO BE IN A 

 ELEVATOR WITH THE CHAIRMAN AND 

 OFFER HIM A COOKIE. 

 >> MR. JARED HECK: I THINK OPENNESS 

 IS A VERY IMPORTANT VALUE. 

 YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT IT. IT BUILDS 

 TRUST. 

 IT BUILDS RESPECT. 

 >> MR. SHAKUR WALKER: MY TIME SPENT 

 AS A RESIDENT, YOU'RE IN THE 

 COMMUNITY. 

 YOU SPEND TIME WITH THE NEIGHBORS, 

 PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE 
 POWER PLANT. AND BEING OPEN AND 

 HAVING -- BEING ABLE TO INSTILL 

 TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THEM ABOUT 

 WHAT YOU DO, WHAT OUR DUTY IS, WHAT 

 OUR CAPABILITIES ARE PROVES TO BE 

 TIMELESS, BENEFICIAL BEYOND 

 MEASURE. 

 >> MS. MITZI YOUNG: EMPLOYEES AT 

 THE NRC ARE EXTREMELY CAPABLE, 

 HIGHLY DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS AND 

 THAT COMMITMENT TO SERVICE ALWAYS 

 SHINES THROUGH IN THEIR VARIOUS 

 ACTIVITIES. 

 >> THE IDEA OF BEING COMMITTED TO 

 YOUR JOB. 

 THAT HELPS EVERY DAY KNOWING THAT 

 IT GOES BACK TO BEING A PART OF 

 SOMETHING BIGGER, A PART OF A 

 LARGER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT. 

 >> WHEN WE RESPONDED TO HURRICANE 

 ANDREW, ONE OF THE DEVASTATED PARTS 

 OF SOUTH FLORIDA, I SAW PEOPLE 

 DEDICATED DAY AND NIGHT, WEEKENDS 

 WITHOUT CARE FOR THEMSELVES. THEY 

 WERE JUST CARING ABOUT OUR SAFETY 

 MISSION AND THE AGENCY. 

 >> MR. GEORGE LOPEZ: COOPERATION IS 
 WHAT WE NEED IN THE PLANNING AND 

 THE MANAGEMENT AND THE ORGANIZATION 

 OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 

 >> MS. BERNADETTE ABEYWICKRAMA: I 

 OWE MY SUCCESS TO MY SUPERVISORS 

 AND TO MY COWORKERS. 

 >> MS. MARY MUESSLE: IF WE JUST 

 RELY ON ONE, WE MISS OUT ON THE 

 POTENTIAL. BUT TO BRING EVERYBODY 

 TOGETHER WITH THEIR DIFFERENT IDEAS 

 AND TALENT, IT CAN REALLY BE 

 SOMETHING SPECIAL. 

 >> MS. TIWANA ELLIS: I SEE 

 EXCELLENCE IN THE WAY THAT WE ARE 

 RECRUITING THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME 

 AND WORK FOR US HERE AT THE NRC. 

 WE ARE GOING AFTER THE BRIGHTEST 

 AND MOST EAGER FOLK THAT CAN COME 

 HERE AND EXCEL AND HELP US CARRY 

 OUT THE MISSION AND GOALS OF OUR 

 AGENCY. 

 >> MS. PATRICIA JIMENEZ: TO ME, 

 EXCELLENCE IS NOT ABOUT PERFECTION. 

 IT'S ABOUT STRIVING AND DOING YOUR 

 BEST AT ALL TIMES. 

 >> MR. JIM MOORMAN: EXCELLENCE IS 

 NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A ONE TIME 

 EVENT. EXCELLENCE IS SOMETHING 

 THAT YOU LOOK TO DO EVERY DAY. 
 IT'S PART OF THE JOURNEY. IT'S NOT 

 THE DESIGNATION. 

 >> MS. ADELAIDE GIANTELLI: I REALLY 

 APPRECIATE THE RESPECT MY 

 SUPERVISORS SHOW ME. 

 THEY UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE A 

 FAMILY AND I WANT TO BE THERE FOR 

 THE IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN THEIR 

 LIVES. 

 I'M VERY HAPPY THAT NRC HAS PUT A 

 DAYCARE WITHIN THE BUILDING. 

 IT PROVIDES A SAFE, SECURE, 

 NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR MY 

 DAUGHTER, ALSO EDUCATIONAL. SHE IS 

 LEARNING A LOT THERE. 

 >> MR. MARK LOMBARD: IF I RESPECT 

 OTHERS, I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH THEM 

 HONESTLY AND WITH HIGH INTEGRITY 

 AND THEY WILL RESPECT ME BACK. 

 >> MS. JANELLE JESSIE: IT'S A GOOD 

 PLACE TO WORK. 

 YOUR IDEAS ARE HEARD. AGE DOES NOT 

 MATTER. 

 IT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL. 

 YOU ARE VALUED AS AN EMPLOYEE AND 

 AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND I THINK THAT 

 THAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT WORKING 
 AT THE NRC. 

 >> I REALLY LIKE THE CONCEPT OF 

 ISOCCER. 

 IT REALLY HELPS PUT IT IN 

 PERSPECTIVE. IT HELPS YOU REMEMBER 

 THE 7 VALUES. 

 >> MS. PATTY PELKE: WE WOULD NOT 

 HAVE GOTTEN WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS 

 ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK IN 

 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF THESE 

 VALUES THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES TO 

 WERE NOT PART OF THE FIBER AND THE 

 FABRIC THAT EVERYONE WITHIN THIS 

 ORGANIZATION OPERATES UNDER. 

 >> MR. BRUCE MALLETT: WE'VE COME A 

 LONG WAY I BELIEVE WITH 

 ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES AS THE CORE 

 VALUES THAT WE BELIEVE ARE 

 IMPORTANT TO THIS AGENCY. 

 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT 

 YOU COME TO WORK EACH DAY WITH THE 

 ENTHUSIASM FOR THE JOB THAT YOU'RE 

 GOING TO DO. 

 >> MS. JENNIFER SCHWARTZMAN: THE 

 NRC IS REALLY A PLACE THAT ATTRACTS 

 PEOPLE WHO EMBODIES THOSE VALUES 

 AND LIVE THEM IN THEIR DAILY WORK. 
 >> I WROTE IN A BOOK ONCE THAT WE 

 CAN EITHER LOWER OUR VALUES TO 

 MATCH OUR BEHAVIORS, OR WE CAN 

 CHANGE OUR BEHAVIORS TO MATCH OUR 

 VALUES. AND I THINK AS AN AGENCY, 

 WE HAVE TAKEN THE LATTER STEP AND I 

 THINK IT'S DEMONSTRATED THROUGH THE 

 FACT THAT WE'RE NUMBER ONE. 

 >> MR. MARTY VIRGILIO: HERE AT THE 

 NRC, OUR ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES ARE 

 NOT TO BE A MYSTIQUE OR SOMETHING 

 THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. 

 I THINK IT'S QUITE SIMPLE. IT'S 

 HOW WE WANT PEOPLE TO BEHAVE, HOW 

 WE WANT PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH 

 ONE ANOTHER AND HOW WE WANT PEOPLE 

 TO DO THEIR JOBS EVERY DAY TO MAKE 

 THIS SYSTEM WORK AT THE NRC. AND I 

 THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB OF IT. WE 

 NEED TO AS LEADERS, LIVE THE 

 VALUES. 

 WE NEED TO BE OPEN TO COACHING FROM 

 STAFF WHEN THEY SEE US NOT LIVING 

 THE VALUES. 

 WE NEED TO BE USING THE VALUES AS 

 WE SELECT INDIVIDUALS, AS WE 

 PROMOTE INDIVIDUALS, AS WE PROVIDE 
 FEEDBACK ON INDIVIDUALS' 

 PERFORMANCE. VALUES HAVE TO PLAY A 

 KEY ROLE IN THOSE DECISIONS. 

 >> MR. LARRY DAVIDSON: THE CORE 

 VALUES ARE INTEGRITY, SERVICE, 

 OPENNESS, COMMITMENT, COOPERATION, 

 EXCELLENCE, AND RESPECT. 

 AND THESE ARE NOT JUST EMPTY WORDS. 

 THESE ARE IMPORTANT VALUES TO TRY 

 TO STRIVE TO ACHIEVE, TO TRY TO 

 LIVE UP TO. 

 AND THE STRANGE THING IS, IF YOU 

 PUT ALL OF THESE VALUES TOGETHER, 

 IF YOU SCRUNCH THEM ALL TOGETHER, 

 YOU CAN ONLY COME UP WITH ONE 

 THING, NRC. 

 AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE VALUES 

 THAT NRC IS NUMBER ONE. 

 I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT WORKS. 

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