Employee Development & Training - Course: Leadership Challenge

Course: Leadership Challenge

Target: Participants must have completed at least one year of employment with BLM under a permanent appointment. Those employees hired after January 1, 1999 must have completed the BLM self-study course, Orientation: Employee Handbook, 1400-01SS.

Goal: Development of leadership potential focusing on the 27 Leadership Competencies identified by OPM as being key for organizational success. The course provides participants with the tools for developing a plan of action to improve their leadership skills through a series of plenary sessions, skill-building workshops, and networking opportunities. After the course, participants will develop an Individual Development Plan (IDP) with their supervisors.

Objectives: Participants will:

1. Develop an understanding of the characteristics of effective leaders;

2. Develop a better understanding of themselves and how others see them, and identify areas of strength and opportunities for growth;

3. Build skills which foster the development of their leadership competencies;

4. Learn to use leadership skills to advance and transfer knowledge in their respective professional arenas;

5. Develop an action plan to support skill building and leadership development.

Length: 5 days

For class dates and registration visit the NTC website at www.ntc.blm.gov

Contact: Leon Thomas at 602.906.5671