ALCP Program Tree

Open now through April 30, the Acquisition Leadership Challenge Program (ALCP) harnesses self-awareness as the tool for enhancing leadership, innovation and professional development by demonstrating how individual preferences and behaviors affect the ways we interact with coworkers and are viewed by others. Program participants will understand how accepting individual differences can produce a stronger group and a leadership corps that’s capable, collaborative and creative. Depending on the module, ALCP is open to civilian and military Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) members in various grades/ranks, including Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) term employees.

• ALCP B “Beginnings” – ALCP B assists new hires in building a solid foundation for effective and efficient acclimation into the federal and acquisition workforce by introducing participants to their behavioral preferences and leadership tendencies, giving them the “big picture” of three consistent challenges faced by professionals. ALCP B is a 1.5-day virtual module open to civilian AAW members at the GS-7 through GS-11 or equivalent levels.
• ALCP I – ALCP I focuses on the individual, with emphasis on who they are, their behavioral preferences and leadership tendencies and if those preferences work for them now and for the long term. A model for understanding the dynamics of leadership is presented with facilitated participant understanding of how a variety of psychological instruments results indicate how an individual approaches leadership challenges in a variety of scenarios. The specific challenges of change, decision making and conflict resolution are addressed. ALCP I is a 2.5-day virtual module open to civilian and military AAW members at the GS-12, GS-13, O-3, O-4, E-6 and E-7 or equivalent levels.
• ALCP II – ALCP II focuses on the major challenge for new organizational leaders; to incorporate individual talents into a cohesive workforce. 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 and to build intrinsic and extrinsic value to their organization. ALCP II is a 2.5-day virtual module open to civilian supervisors and military AAW members at the GS-14, GS-15, SES, O-5, O-6, E-7 and E-8 or equivalent levels.
• ALCP III – ALCP III is an opportunity for further sequential development of advanced leadership skills. The goal is to provide a focus on mentoring, coaching and feedback skill development as well as to measure and assess influence style and work engagement profiles. Increased participant engagement is employed, including specific goal setting and comparison of improvements made in their leadership style and effectiveness through use of the Campbell Leadership Index (360). ALCP III is a 2.5-day virtual module open to civilian supervisors and military AAW members at the GS-14, GS-15, SES, O-5 and above, E-8 and E-9 or equivalent levels.

The Army Director, Acquisition Career Management Office ALCP program manager will coordinate directly with Organization Acquisition POCs (OAPs) to fill quotas. Acquisition career management advocate nominations should be provided to the designated command’s lead OAP. Each command/organization will be provided with quotas to ALCP offerings. Applications are being accepted now through April 30.

The application window for the Fiscal year (FY) 2028 Centralized Selection List (CSL) and FY28 Centralized Selection Board (CSB) opportunities are closing on April 17. The centralized selection process is to identify a pool of high performing and high potential acquisition professionals to lead and manage acquisition programs to meet the mission and vision of the Army acquisition enterprise. Best-qualified individuals will be selected for specifically identified acquisition command/key billet and director positions such as product director, product manager and project manager.

If you were recently hired into the Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW), you’ll want to sign up for the “Welcome to the Army Acquisition Workforce” course. This course should be completed within the first few months of joining the acquisition workforce as it offers a dynamic overview of:

✔ The AAW
✔ Training and certification standards
✔ Tools and resources
✔ Career models
✔ Development and leadership opportunities
✔ Staying connected

To access and begin taking the course, navigate to the Army Training Information System (ATIS) Learning home page at https://learn.atis.army.mil/moodle. (Chrome or Edge browsers are recommended.)

• Login to EAMS-A-Single Sign-On (CAC login).
• Click the CATALOG tab.
• Locate the “Welcome to the Army Acquisition Workforce” course in the list of Published courses, or enter the course name in the Search field, and click the search icon.
• Select the Register & Launch button, which will take you directly where you can launch the Learning Assignment(s) required for the course.

There is a downloadable resources guide included with the course. You are highly encouraged to download and save a copy of this guide. Once you have closed the course topic, your completion will show up on your ATIS LEARNING MY CERTIFICATES page.