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DAU SENIOR SERVICE COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP The 2012-13 Defense Acquisition Univer- sity – Senior Service College Fellowship (DAU-SSCF) announcement will be open through March 15 to all eligible GS-14s and 15s who have met their cur- rent position certification requirements. The 2012-13 DAU-SSCF will be offered at Huntsville, AL; Warren, MI; and Aber- deen Proving Ground, MD. For more information, visit
http://live.usaasc. info/career-development/programs/ defense-acquisition-university-senior- service-college/announcement.
FEDERAL EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCEMENT The FY12 Federal Executive Institute (FEI) Leadership for a Democratic Society announcement will be open through June 13. Any interested GS-15s who have met their position certification requirement should read the announcement at http://
live.usaasc.info/career-development/ programs/federal-executive-institute- leadership-for-a-democratic-society for additional information and details on spe- cific offerings and submission requirements. Starting this fiscal year, any applicant for FEI must have either completed the Civilian Education System (CES) Advanced Course or received equivalency or constructive
credit before submitting an FEI applica- tion. Interested applicants should visit the website on CES course credit at https://
www.atrrs.army.mil/channels/chrtas/ help/
CES_Course_Credit.asp.
ACQUISITION LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE PROGRAM A pilot is underway of the new Acquisition Leadership Challenge Program (ALCP), a 2 1/2-day course focusing on developing better civilian leadership. FY12 offerings will be available for courses running from January through July. An announcement has been sent out to command Acquisi- tion Career Management Advocates to nominate appropriate personnel for partic- ipation. For more information, visit http://
live.usaasc.info/career-development/ programs/acquisition-leadership-chal- lenge-program. The two levels of ALCP, with areas of focus, are:
ALCP I (GS-12/13, O-3/O-4)
Personal leadership strengths and weaknesses.
Preferred leadership styles. Modeling leadership challenges. Using power to increase productivity. Cultural traits that affect organiza- tional performance.
Practical solutions to personnel issues. Setting and achieving goals.
ALCP II (GS-14/15, O-5/O-6)
Comprehensive look at personal leader- ship strengths, weaknesses, preferences, styles, and behaviors.
Leadership styles and their effects on individual and team performance.
Dynamics of conflict: sources, nature, and techniques to influence outcomes.
Improving group communication. Collaborative teamwork. Effective enterprise leadership. Supports and barriers to success in the acquisition environment.
Setting goals and developing practical strategies to reach them.
TRAINING WITH INDUSTRY This is a 10-to-12-month rotational opportunity for acquisition captains and majors to work side by side with indus- try. Current participating companies for Army acquisition in FY12 are: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Coca-Cola Co., Cisco Systems Inc., EADS North America Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., Intel Corp., General Dynamics Corp., and Boeing Co. For more information, please contact your assignment officer. Contact information is at
https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/pro- tect/branches/officer/FS/Acquisition/ Acquistion_Contact__Information. htm (AKO login required).
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