Schedule

• Feb 25-Mar 7, ‘13 @ EMDC, Shepherdstown, WV   $6000
  
  Starts 1:30 PM on 1st day ends 5:00 PM on last day
• Apr 15-25, ‘13 @ EMDC, Shepherdstown, WV   $6000
  
  Starts 1:30 PM on 1st day ends 5:00 PM on last day
• Jun 10-20, ‘13 @ EMDC, Shepherdstown, WV   $6000
  
  Starts 1:30 PM on 1st day ends 5:00 PM on last day
  This is a global program and may include international participants.
• Aug 12-22, ‘13 @ WMDC, Aurora, CO   $6000
  
  Starts 1:30 PM on 1st day ends 5:00 PM on last day
  This is a global program and may include international participants.
• Sep 9-19, ‘13 @ EMDC, Shepherdstown, WV   $6000
  
  Starts 1:30 PM on 1st day ends 5:00 PM on last day

Overview

Where are you on your management track? This seminar will help take you from technical, division-level work to strategic, agency-level leadership positions. The focus is on development and transition for senior managers and the payoff is getting tomorrow right today.

Designed for senior Federal and other public sector managers, this two-week program offers new awareness of various aspects of your agency. Thinking strategically, you will gain new knowledge, skills and understanding that will take you even further in your career.

Through a group project, you will learn the fundamentals and finer aspects of strategic thinking, strategic planning and political research. You will also examine how policy is made and how to maximize the interests of all concerned parties.

How You Will Benefit

• Learn how to implement change in the Federal Government
• Recalibrate strategic planning skills
• Develop political savvy to identify, understand and meet the needs of and create buy-in from stakeholders
• Design policy to include partnerships and coalitions with internal and external constitutions
• Explore the legislative and executive branches and their impact on policy-making
• Improve oral communications and collaborative skills
• Understand the mindset of senior leaders in relation to strategy, policy and the big picture

Who Should Attend

Highly effective managers at the GS-14 or 15 levels who are eligible to transition to the Senior Executive Service (SES), including those who are in Candidate Development Programs as the seminar meets the requirements for 80 hours of interagency training.

This seminar does not focus on the individual leader; therefore participants should have some basic prior leadership training. Participants are expected to have completed a 360-degree leadership assessment prior to this seminar. If not, a 360-degree assessment will be included.

Note

Unless stated otherwise (under the date of the program) lodging and meals are included in the tuition. Lodging starts the first evening of the program and is provided the evening the program ends.