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CAREER NAVIGATOR


Moving on UP!


by Ms. Jacqueline M. Hames I 120


n Army acquisition, moving up might mean moving out— out of your comfort zone. Leadership in recent months has been encouraging mobility, or the willingness of workforce members to relocate for work, for one big reason: the devel-


opment of the employee. “Leadership seems to unanimously find value in a person working in multiple organizations in multiple locations—that brings a wealth of perspectives to that person,” said Scott Greene, chief of the leader development branch for proponency and leader development at the Office of the Direc- tor, Acquisition Career Management (DACM), Fort Belvoir, Virginia.


Leadership is looking for people with various senior raters— supervisors who rate employees annually on performance and potential—various organizations and, ideally, different locations, Greene said, but for the most part it is looking for willingness to do new things. “Getting people to experience differences grows them,” he said, and an employee with a diverse background brings added value to the organization. For example, having all the same senior raters on performance evaluations shows consistency within


an organization, but no diversity of thought. Evaluations from different senior raters display a well-rounded perspective on an employee’s potential.


WHAT ABOUT BOB? Sometimes people are just not willing to make drastic geographic relocations because of circumstances—family, ties to the commu- nity and so on—but that doesn’t necessarily preclude an employee from becoming mobile temporarily or regionally. Say someone named Bob may be a great assistant program manager at Fort Belvoir at the Program Executive Office (PEO) for Soldier, but there’s an advancement opportunity a few miles north at the Pentagon, a position that wouldn’t require Bob and his family to relocate. Taking that position reflects a readiness to be mobile, Greene said. In other words, Bob is showing his willing- ness to expand his experience and get out of his comfort zone. However—are you listening, Bob?—workforce members can also show their willingness to leave their comfort zones by accepting promotions in different geographic locations. “Best case, Bob is willing to move from Fort Belvoir up to Warren [Michigan] for


Army AL&T Magazine October-December 2018


Willingness to be mobile is key to career development in the acquisition workforce.


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