[The forum] was reaffirmation of what I consider a key issue in
the Federal government in the next decade.
CORY UPMEYER
Department of
Veterans Affairs
The SES Forums provide an excellent
opportunity for a busy executive to get current information on topics/issues
that affect our organization. It also stimulates thinking and encourages
assessment of what we are doing. The SES Forums provide an excellent mechanism
to keep up-to-date on current issues in a short time period. It also serves as
a way of introducing concepts that you may want to pursue in depth.
ANNE BAIRD-BRIDGES
Department
of Labor
Employment Standards Administration
Great series on timely
topics…the only training that is presented at the senior level.
JOHN C. METZLER, JR
Department of the Army
The forums include excellent speakers
whose varied experiences provide reliable and practical advice for Federal
executives and managers.
MARGARITA MAISONET
Department
of Housing and
Urban Development
Really enjoyed this; it was great
advice for survival in both the career and political arenas.
NANCY A. McCULLOUGH
Social
Security Administration
The forums provide a great
opportunity to consider and assess our success in long-term strategic planning,
as opposed to day-to-day problem solving.
ANN TEDFORD
Federal Aviation
Administration
The SES Forums are efficiently and
effectively presented. The topics have been appropriate and timely. The format
facilitates meeting and networking with other managers from various agencies.
Most importantly, hopefully, the topics also remind the managers and seniors of
SES staff that SES staff are also in need of motivation, recognition and
leadership.
ANONYMOUS
Department of
Housing and
Urban Development
The SES Forum is critical to our senior
leadership. The topics and speakers are thought-provoking. These forums will
lead to positive changes in Government.
ROBERT JACKSON
Department of
Homeland Security
Transportation Security
Administration
SES Forums give me an opportunity to
reflect deeply amongst very experienced personnel and draw on the strengths of
the group.
NARA YANAN
National Science
Foundation
The series provides a targeted forum to
improve the overall quality of government service. Each forum that I have
attended has given me useful and practical information that I can apply in my
workplace and get immediate, positive results.
DIANE L. GRIFFIN
Federal
Communications Commission
The forum has given me tremendous insights
into how to unlock my potential and the potential of my colleagues. It should
be mandatory for all managers.
MICHAEL O’NEILL
Department of Agriculture, CSREES
[This was a] great seminar and a
unique forum to share leadership concepts with other senior leaders across a
variety of disciplines.
RICHARD E. SMITH
United
States Air Force
Excellent.
CHARLES A. HORAN, III
Department of Transportation
The SES Forums provide an interactive
break from the routine to allow me to re-focus and retain the ability and
attitude to think outside my box.
KING W. GEE
Federal Highway
Administration
The SES Forums are structured,
focused sessions with well-known speakers – just long enough to share
ideas, knowledge and views with others. [The forums provide] straightforward
and sage advice in a comfortable atmosphere where you can share your ideas and
learn other viewpoints and how to apply them to your workplace and your home
life
VIRGINIA L. WILLIAMSON
United
States Air Force
This type of session gives senior
leaders from various agencies an opportunity to share leadership ideas. There
is a feeling of camaraderie and nurturing of the concept of being a leader that
is rare.
REBA COOK
Department of Housing and
Urban
Development
It was so refreshing to hear how important
relationships are; how we forget to value the human being and not always the
task; how a good leader needs to be honest and truthful at all times, modeling
that behavior no matter where they are.
CAROLINE ALVAREZ
Department
of Health and
Human Services
Continuing professional education is
difficult to plan at the SES level. The SES Forums provide opportunities to
stay on top of relevant leadership issues. I find it to be an effective use of
my time.
DAVE WHERLEY
United States
Army
I feel fortunate to be a part of the SES
Forum Series which continues to open my mind to new and creative ways of
becoming an effective leader.
JERE HAMSLETT
Federal
Aviation Administration
Every executive needs the opportunity to
step back and think about the issues and ideas raised in these forums. Stagnate
thinking will definitely be challenged.
VIVIAN MACKEY
Office of
Personnel Management
