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thorough way by having to teach it to someone else. “My special- ists would ask, ‘How do you know all of this?’ Te answer was always the same, never stop asking questions and never stop seek- ing to understand.”
Training is another way Tillyros has been able to learn more by asking questions. She recently completed the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Class and the Civilian Education System (CES) Advanced Part 1 training and describes CES as phenomenal because it discussed different types of teaming methods and management approaches. “Some I was aware of and others not as much,” she said. “I highly recommend it to everyone because the approaches discussed are relevant for all levels of the career ladder.”
HANDS ON EXPERIENCE
Tillyros firing an M72 LAW Shoulder Launched Munition at Nammo Defense Systems in Mesa, Arizona, in October 2015. She said the experience becomes more meaningful when you can see firsthand how the product is developed and learn how it works. (Photo courtesy of Evangelina Tillyros)
Tillyros visited the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant this year to watch the load, assembly and packing process for the ammu- nition projectiles. “It was an incredible experience to travel the assembly line along with the ammo as it is filled with explosives and on to the next step,” she said.
An early and important point in her career was when she was asked to mentor someone for the first time on how to prepare and execute an undefinitized contract action for the LightGuard Mercury System (a threat-detection system). “Te challenge was that I had to teach someone a contracting procedure I wasn’t educated on, either. I didn’t want to fail my team by saying I couldn’t do it, so I set out to gather as much research as I could to make sense of it to myself and to my mentee.” According to Tilly- ros, that mentee shaped how she trains people even to this day.
“Tey had a lot of questions as to why we would do things a certain way, so we looked up every question together and wrote down the references to back up our procedures.” Tillyros said it was a great experience for both her and her mentee because she learned procedures for contracting all over again in a more
She believes that in management, the road to success is not just the hands-on experience and training, it’s the ability to “put your people first.” Having been a team lead in multiple organi- zations, she understands the value of having a cohesive team that is comfortable together and asking questions of each other. “We all have questions, but we need to feel safe asking them,” she said. As a team lead, Tillyros’s primary responsibility is to support her team by encouraging them along their “roads to success.”
“My responsibility is to ensure my team can execute their work in the most efficient way possible,” she said. “To do this I provide dedicated training for tasks to be performed, on the tools we utilize, and to help them when they are stuck with a problem.”
Also, she said, as a team “we don’t resonate with what went wrong or where to place blame, we focus only on the solution. When my team is successful it leads to organizational success. Being able to motivate and develop the people we are blessed to lead is a great privilege.”
Tillyros said both in and outside of work she is known to be a perfectionist who goes overboard with small projects for fun like cooking, gardening or home remodeling. “I once was so determined to make croissants from scratch, I went through 10 pounds of butter before I got it right,” she said. “Te commonal- ity with my work is similar, I won’t give up until I get the result I am satisfied with.”
—CHERYL MARINO
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