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

Competencies Emphasized

• Creativity/Innovation
• Decisiveness
• External Awareness
• Flexibility
• Problem Solving

Length

4 days.

Location

Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, VA; 

College Credits

N/A

Schedule

• August 16 - 19, 2010 @ Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, VA   $3985
  
  Cost includes food, lodging and course materials

Overview

This program is designed for women who are members of the Senior Executive Service and is based on the premise that experiencing and studying survival in extreme situations can inform your leadership process and prepare you for coping with unknown or "crisis" situations in your workplace. The program begins with a focus on helping you learn your particular approach to framing and making decisions. Your process might be adaptive or innovative, deliberative or impulsive. Learning about it and how it plays out in survival situations will provide you with an understanding of your strengths when people must rely on you to make decisions in crisis as well as non-crisis environments.

The program then moves to the Mountain Shepherd Wilderness Survival School in Roanoke, Virginia, where experienced, all-female FEI faculty and school staff will guide you through survival skills then help you apply these skills to a unique outdoor situation. On your return to FEI, you will participate in panel discussions with other women "survivors". You and your peers will discuss ways to integrate the information from your decision-making assessment with insights from your wilderness experience and learn how to apply your new knowledge and experience when you return to the office.

How You Will Benefit

• Understand the impact that decision framing has on the outcome of a crisis
• Discover how sound decision making especially during a crisis, greatly influences a leader's ability to engender trust
• Learn how to strengthen your own mental and physical abilities in order to achieve success in any situation
• Apply the principles and self-knowledge from a survival experience into your own work environment

Who Should Attend

The Leadership Horizon Series is designed for Federal leaders with a minimum of two years' experience at the SES level, senior military officers and state/local/international counterparts. Because of FEI's emphasis on interagency networks and building a vibrant learning community, participants will be selected to represent the fullest range of the Federal sector possible.