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Collaborative Leadership Seminar (formerly Leadership Potential)
About the Course
The Collaborative Leadership Seminar, conducted by the Office of Personnel Management's Management Development Center, provides employees who have potential for transition to supervisory and leadership responsibilities a better understanding of the power of leadership. Emphasis is placed on the core competencies of effective leadership, such as self-awareness, human relations, interpersonal skills, effective followership, leadership dynamics, and creative problem solving.
The training requires participants to be away from their position for 2 weeks.
(Read an article written by a student who attended the course in March 2007.)
Participant Objectives
- Learn the foundations of leadership and how leadership and management are complementary but not interchangeable
- Understand the importance of effective followership
- Understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle
- Acquire the skills of self-leadership
- Identify your ethical structure for decision making
- Understand situational decision making
- Learn the traits necessary for long-term leadership growth
- Develop skills in conflict management
- Understand the importance of feedback and develop skills in delivering it
Eligibility
GS 9-12, O2 to O4, WG 8-15Timeframe
- 10-20 September Application Deadline: 20 Jul 2012
Application Procedures
To apply:
- Coordinate with your Training Officer or ESO to submit an Electronic Training Request (ETR) using Direct Access. Course code: 501364.
- Write a statement that describes: (a) Your
current leadership responsibilities, and
(b) a recent work experience that involved extensive collaboration.- E-mail the statement as an attachment HERE.
- Include the course title and convening date within the subject line of the e-mail.
- Include your supervisor in the cc line of the e-mail.
Costs are paid by Coast Guard Headquarters (AFC 56 "C" school account).
Selection Procedures
Selected individuals will be notified by record message traffic of their selection. Alternates will be selected and will attend the program in the event a primary candidate cannot attend.
More Information
See OPM's web site at http://www.leadership.opm.gov/programs/Individual-Assessment-and-Development/LPS/Index.aspx.
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