SETTING THE CONDITIONS FOR LEADERSHIP SUCCESS


Now, as a community, we must expand the aperture, look beyond conventional schoolhouse solutions and learn from the successes and failures of others in order to build high-quality leaders and high-performance organizations. Our new leaders need to learn how to operate effectively in a complex, dynamic envi- ronment that is a lot less structured than is commonly perceived, understand their roles in managing talent and leading at the organizational level, shape outcomes and deliver results.


MANAGING MATERIEL


Matthew Thomas tests an FIM-92E Stinger missile on the Guided Missile Intercept Aerial test equipment at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, OK. Components that successfully pass the examination will be used in the upgrade to the FIM-92J variant. Effective acquisition program management requires an understanding of the industrial base, which the pilot leadership course aims to instill in future acquisition workforce leaders. (Photo by Kevin Jackson, U.S. Army Materiel Command)


Te pilot course is designed to allow participants to think critically about the strategic-level challenges they are likely to confront in their jobs, and reflect on inno- vative ways to effectively approach those challenges. Tey will engage with some of our nation’s most accomplished leaders and experts who will share real-life lessons learned in several areas of significance to acquisition professionals, including leadership, communication, risk iden- tification and management, talent and organizational management, understand- ing budgets and operating effectively in a complex, uncertain environment.


PROGRAM CLOSE-UP


Darren Ward, left, fire control lead for Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier’s Project Manager for Soldier Weapons (PM SW), shows the PEO, BG Brian P. Cummings, center, the optical collimators used to precisely measure rifle barrel alignment, Jan. 29. At right is COL Michael Sloane, PEO Soldier’s PM for Soldier Sensors and Lasers. Cummings was making his monthly visit to Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, where PM SW is located. (Photo by Peter Rowland, PM SW)


To allow course participants the greatest possible opportunity to learn, each topic will be introduced in a plenary session in which an Army or DOD senior leader will share firsthand accounts of how he or she successfully addressed challenges in that particular area. Subsequently, the participants will engage in four or five, 30-minute “speed dating” sessions with their peers, facilitated by experienced practitioners in business, government and academia who will share their unique per- spectives on the issue, stimulate dialogue and ask, as well as answer, questions.


A side benefit of this pilot is that partici- pants will become acquainted with senior leaders, experts and practitioners whom


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