U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

This Executive Development Seminar will help managers slated for transition to the Senior Executive Service (SES) develop essential leadership skills for upper- level management. You will acquire an agency-level perspective and learn to lead change by examining structure, strategy, and policy. You will also discuss leadership challenges in today's real world and learn what it takes to maintain an ethical environment. Collaborating with your seminar group, you will design a Government agency, establish its mission, set its goals, and complete an efficient strategic plan aligned with the President's Management Agenda. Guided and independent research will help you determine which Government agencies, Congressional committees, and special interest groups are appropriate partners; group discussion and expert instruction will teach you to interact positively and build these relationships. You will learn the ins and outs of oral communication and improve your political savvy as you prepare for a final presentation in a simulated press conference.

• Toolbox of fresh approaches for leading change within the Federal Government
• Strategic planning skills recalibrated to executive level
• Improved political ingenuity to identify and cultivate valuable partnerships, coalitions, and relationships with external constituencies
• Better grasp of the relations between the Legislative and Executive Branches and their effect on agency policies
• Improved executive communication skills, both public and interpersonal
• Deeper understanding of a leader's responsibility to maintain an ethical organization
• The seminar is specifically designed to meet the interagency training requirements for SES Federal Candidate Development Program enrollees

SES-level managers seeking focused skills development and promotion Individuals enrolled in a SES Federal Candidate Development Program

The following sessions are open to participants from International governments: May 5-16, 2008 and August 11-22, 2008