Subject Response Initial Coding In Vivo Coding Descriptive Coding
were people who exhibited the behaviors that I wanted to exhibit; they managed their offices the
way I wantethat my whole life kind of thing, where if I see a d to manage. And I pretty much did
behavior that I want to model, I actively seek it out. Lots of people do that. I mean, I get lots of requests
to be a mentor and I know that name) we just recently formed a relationship with – in the (agency
the (formed, primarily Presidential Management Fellows organization name), which is a cool group, self-
and they ... came to us and said “we’re mostly GS12s and we really want to become the future -
government leaders, mentoring relationship with the (and so we’d like to have a agency name)”
who, as you picked up, are usually the best of the best because they’re ... one of ... when we have
done our member surveys, and we ask our members “why do you join (agency name)?” we offer lots of
benefits, we have (hit we always get is public service ... that they’re activities named), and the biggest
interested in public service, they want to, you know, have a say in the future of the Senior Executive
Service, the corps itself. And so, support it. And I think that’s pretty reflective of our that’s why they
membership. So I think that’s where a lot of people like me are drawn, right? That kind of thing.
Whether you’re in (name). organization name) or (agency
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R1 It definitely changed. As I said, I learned to deal with situations better. We did a lot of reverse
assessments, where the employees rank you. And I would get feedback like, sometimes I would be very
quick to make decisions. I tried to use that as an advantage. On the other hand, sometimes I didn’t
Change
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“I learned to deal with situations better”
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