Acquisition Leadership Challenge Program II:
Target Grades: Civilian AAW members GS-14/15 or broadband equivalent; Military AAW Lieutenant Colonels and Colonels; Master Sergeants and First Sergeants
Course Length: 2.5 days (Virtual)
ALCP II focuses on the major challenge for new organizational leaders; to incorporate individual talents into a cohesive work force. To be prepared to do so they need to understand the motivations, needs and interest of other people. The goal is to bring each participant to a heightened self-awareness for better understanding and appreciation of different cultures and to promote a willingness to build intrinsic and extrinsic value in their organization. Rather than trying to provide prescriptive answers to the management problem of the moment, this seminar will help prepare participants who already have significant challenges in an organization facing change. It focuses on building a shared and executable vision and enhances self-awareness and engagement in continuous self-assessment, development, and fostering a commitment towards life-long learning. The seminar will help prepare individuals for developing and implementing coherent strategies to lead organizational transformation in joint, interagency, multinational, and cross-cultural environments. This program design highlights those competencies applicable for individuals moving into an environment where developing a strategic understanding of the moral, social, and ethical impact of the 21st century on information age organizations for successful Strategic Leadership are essential.
The instructional methodology uses a combination of:
– Assessment and Feedback
– Group Discussion
– Experiential Activities and Goal Setting
– Application to the group’s current challenges
Participants complete six credentialed assessments prior to and during class that will be introduced during key segments of the course to provide personal insight on how each individual is unique and how we apply our uniqueness to multiple leadership development applications. Included in the LCP II is the Campbell Leadership Index – a comprehensive 360 feedback assessment.
ALCP II is targeted for those individuals in the organization who are in a group level of leadership. They are now being asked to manage an organization.
Objectives:
- Reinforce and heighten an awareness of leadership strengths, weaknesses, preferences, styles, and behaviors
- Embrace “diversity of thought”
- Gain deeper insight into how personal style and preference impact individual, team, and organizational performance
- Gain an understanding of the dynamics of conflict by learning to identify its nature, sources, and techniques to influence the outcome, especially in cross cultural environments
- Improve group communication and develop strategies to lead organizational transformation, across multigenerational and cross cultural environments (to include joint, interagency, and multinational)
- Explore how collaboration and effective peer relationship strengthens coherent strategies and organizational success with a shared and executable vision
- Create a list of attainable goals and practical strategies to reach them and
continue to appreciate life-long learning
Instruments:
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Change Style Indicator (CSI)
- Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation – Behavior (FIRO-B)
- Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Model (TKI)
- Campbell Leadership Index (CLI) 360
- Influence Style Indicator (ISI)
Modules of Instruction:
- Introduction
- Managing Leadership Styles – MBTI
- Executing Change in the AQ World – CSI
- The Dynamics of Conflict in the workplace – TKI
- Creating Interpersonal Relations – FIRO-B
- Applying your Influence Style – Influence Style Indicator
- How others view you – CLI
- Embracing Diversity of Thought
- Leading Across the Acquisition Enterprise
- Leading in the Acquisition Culture
