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## NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program (LCDP)

- LCDP V Graduation at NOAA in Silver Spring, MD – October 19, 2007

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## Competitive, intermittent 18-month, leadership development program 
Highly customized for agency employees 
Promotes cross-line experiences 
NOAA’s key succession planning initiative

- Highly customized for agency employees
- Promotes cross-line experiences
- NOAA’s key succession planning initiative

- NOAA LCDP Program

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## LCDP Key Components

- Individual Development Plan (IDP)
- Leadership training program
- Formal mentoring relationship
- 360-degree assessment
- Developmental activities

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## NOAA LCDP Community

- 5 previous classes
- Over 110 alumni
- Over 100 volunteer mentors
- Numerous developmental assignment hosts

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## Leadership Training

- “The formal training at FEI left me with a much better sense of the broad range of issues facing NOAA and the different approaches to leadership.”
*                 *~ LCDP Graduate

- LCDP team building activity at Falls River Outdoor Center

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

- “Having varied assignments offered a unique perspective about how managers and leaders operate, and what I might emulate, or not.” * *
-                      ~  LCDP Graduate

-   Sid Thurston on Indonesian Research Vessel deploying NOAA DART Tsunami

- Developmental Assignments

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## Applying to LCDP VI 

- Open November 1-30, 2007
- Apply online – press SUBMIT
- Supervisor Statement required
- Program begins April 2008

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## Applicant Eligibility

- Currently GS-13/14/15 or equivalent
- Full-time NOAA employee for 2 years
- Not currently in another long-term development program

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## Selection Process

- Follows merit principles
- Applications rated and ranked
- Best qualified applicants interviewed
- Final selection by Deputy Under Secretary
- Based on NOAA's criteria
- 6 Leadership Competencies
- Demonstrate experience and/or **potential**

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## LCDP Website

- LCDP VI Details & How to Apply
- Alumni & Mentor Feedback
- Activities of Previous Classes
- People Info
- Line/Corporate Office Coordinators
- Alumni & Mentor Bios

- _[http://](http://lcdp.noaa.gov/)__[lcdp.noaa.gov](http://lcdp.noaa.gov/)_

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## LCDP Supervisor Support

- _Critical_ to participant’s success
- Significant time commitment
- 5 weeks of training at FEI
- 2 or 3 assignments (3-4 months each)
- Other developmental activities
- Funding decisions by Line/Corporate Office
- Cost to home

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005

## LCDP Supervisor Roles

- Provide input to IDP development
- May have unique perspective
- Meet with participant & mentor together
- All agree on goals and necessary support
- Support participant in fulfilling IDP

**Participant should have agreement with ****supervisor that he/she will do all of these. **

- LCDP Brown Bag Presentation

- October  06, 2005