Descriptions of the Five Executive Core Qualifications The Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) define the competencies needed to build a federal corporate culture that drives for results, serves customers, and builds successful teams and coalitions within and outside the organization. The Executive Core Qualifications are required for entry into the Senior Executive Service and are used by many departments and agencies in selection, performance management, and leadership development for management and executive positions. OPM's provides detailed information on the Executive Core Qualifications. Definitions Leading Change Leading People Results Driven Business Acumen Building Coalitions This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
This program is a highly-respected, graduate-level certificate program in its thirteenth year. The curriculum is carefully integrated to provide an intensive exploration of leadership and its personal meaning in each participant’s life. The outcome of the program is a deeper knowledge of leadership, greater confidence, and a keen awareness of the values that guide executive decisions. For more information, Program Dates: Every fall and spring Cost: $13,600 per quarter *subject to change Contact Number: 206.296.2529 Skillsoft: eLearning and Performance Support Solutions is a pioneer in the field of learning with a long history of innovation. Skillsoft provides cloud-based learning solutions for its customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and education to mid-sized and small businesses. Skillsoft's customer support teams draw on a wealth of experience and a comprehensive learning e-library to develop off-the-shelf and custom learning programs tailored to cost-effectively meet customer needs. Skillsoft's courses, books and videos have been developed by industry leading learning experts to ensure that they maximize business skills, performance, and talent development. maintains mappings for a variety of competency models. These mappings help to direct the individual learner to specific Skillsoft learning assets that are directly aligned with the particular subject area and training requirements. Nearly 500 hours of e-learning assets, 1,000 online books and book summaries, and 200 videos are aligned to the OPM Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications (ECQ’s). Skillsoft OPM-ECQ Leading Change Content Summary: Courses & Simulations Books Videos Hours Assets ECQ #1-LEADING CHANGE 86.9 104 219 53 Creativity and Innovation 11.8 14 54 16 External Awareness 13.3 16 33 7 Flexibility 12.4 13 36 4 Resilience 29.1 34 24 9 Service Motivation No Specific Assets Currently Aligned Strategic Thinking 13 18 36 12 Vision 7.3 9 36 5 for a list of and descriptions specific to each ECQ competency. Dates: rolling basis Location: Web-enabled content available with internet connectivity Cost: Most US Federal agencies are currently licensed for a range of Skillsoft learning assets that can support Leadership Development initiatives. Please contact your organization’s Training Administrator for specific information and access. More Information: for resources related to OPM’s Federal Supervisory Training Email for additional guidance.
This program is designed to address the specific leadership challenges of early-career managers and supervisors; it will equip you to achieve lasting, sustainable results through people. This program immerses participants in four fundamental areas: self-awareness, learning agility, communication, and influence. In addition, you will work on two issues that are particularly challenging for most first-time managers: managing conflict and building relationships. For more information about this program, Dates: May 14-16, 2014 Location: Chicago Summit Executive Centre, Chicago, IL Fee: $4,100 Contact: Toll-Free: 888-409-4740 or 309-677-4420 BRODY Professional Development (BRODY) Move from Conflict to Collaboration Not seeing eye-to-eye is a normal and healthy aspect of organizational life. However, poorly handled conflict can wreak havoc on your team’s productivity and morale. This BRODY coaching program will teach you how to manage disagreements effectively and confidently and how to apply powerful tactics to transform workplace conflicts into resolutions. For more information, Dates: All Dates TBD by participant Location: TBD Deadline: December 31, 2013 Cost: $4,950 plus reasonable trainer travel Registration: Online Registration not available for this course, please see contact # below Point of Contact: Tina Phone: 215-908-4601 or 215-886-1688 Email: Coach with Courage, Clarity, and Conviction It may not be easy, but coaching is necessary to make individuals and teams more successful, and, ultimately, get results. Coaching is more than giving feedback and advice. Our definition of “coaching” is …Saying the right thing and asking the right questions to the right people at the right time, in the right manner. Being “courageous” is offering coaching when it isn’t easy or comfortable. Dates: All Dates TBD by participant Location: TBD Deadline: December 31, 2013 Cost: $5,000 - $6,000 see below Registration: Online Registration not available for this course, please see contact # below Point of Contact: Tina Phone: 215-908-4601 or 215-886-1688 Email: Investment: With Marjorie Brody, Owner (Based on location) $5,000 if client meets at the BRODY Professional Development office in Jenkintown, PA – or $6,000 if sessions are held at the client’s site/agreed upon location; plus reasonable trainer travel
the basics of leadership presence and choose the modules that best meet your needs. For more information, Dates: All Dates TBD by participant Location: TBD Deadline: December 31, 2013 Cost: $4,950 plus reasonable trainer travel Registration: Online Registration not available for this course, please see contact # below Point of Contact: Tina Phone: 215-908-4601 or 215-886-1688 Email: Brookings Institution Creating High-Performance Teams Teams are essential to solving today’s complex, high-profile problems and piloting new initiatives and innovations. Government executives and managers must be able to delegate authority and responsibility within the team in a way that develops good collaborative skills and new leaders among the team members. They need to integrate the work of a wide variety of teams into organizational outcomes and future planning. In this course, you will learn the basic steps needed to build effective teams and sustain high performance over time. In addition, the program will help you frame your team’s goals, empower members and facilitate internal group dynamics to optimize team performance. The course objective is to help you leverage organizational capacity by creating high-performance teams. For more information on this program, . Dates: May 1 3-14, 2014 Location: Brookings Institution (Washington DC) Cost: $1,895 Contact Number: (800) 925-5730 Global Leadership: Leveraging Differences The 21st century has created an entirely new context in which to lead. A globalized and mobile society, an unprecedented pace of change, and complex and seemingly intractable problems present new challenges and opportunities for today’s executive. Increasingly, public leaders are called upon to be “globally competent,” understand many cultures, and leverage this knowledge to create the vital organizations necessary for solving 21st-century problems. For more information on this program, . Dates: May 20-21, 2014 Location: Brookings Institution (Washington DC) Cost: $1,895 Contact Number: (800) 925-5730 Leaders Growing Leaders: Developing Others This engaging three-day workshop takes a deep dive into best practices for developing others. It will help you develop your own coaching skills so you can be a catalyst who equips employees with the ability to perform at higher levels. The course also teaches you about the unique attributes of each generational cohort in the workplace and ways to connect with each of them. For more information,
More Information: for resources related to OPM’s Federal Supervisory Training Email for additional guidance. Smith College From Specialist to Strategist for Women in Science, Technology and Engineering From Specialist to Strategist is a watershed collaboration between Smith College, home of the nation’s first engineering program exclusively for women, and the Society of Women Engineers, the world’s leading professional organization for women engineers. For more information, Program Date: June 8-13, 2014 Location: Smith College Program Tuition: $7,300 (pending) Apply: The Smith-Tuck Global Leadership Program for Woman- with its focus on diverse female perspectives-is recognized as the premier all-women’s global leadership program in the world. For more information, Program Date: TBD Location: Smith College Program Tuition: $9,750 Apply: Directing WomenEngineering Offers director-level executives a curriculum focused on driving innovation across functions and beyond borders. For more information, Program Date: March 17-21, 2014 Location: Smith College Cost: $7,995 Contact Information: Phone 413-585-2583 Email: Southern Methodist University Certificate in Management If you’re already a frontline manager or a leader moving into management for the first time, this powerful 10-session course will arm you to handle the toughest managerial challenges. You’ll learn how to build and work effectively with teams, hone your communication skills and motivate others. Because flexibility and agility are critical in today’s workplace, you’ll learn how to recognize work and learning styles and how to resolve interpersonal conflicts when styles collide. You’ll gain practical skills in organizing work and managing projects—from simple to complex. You’ll understand how to manage and measure performance and learn how to apply critical thinking skills to every decision. For more information,
strengths and areas for development, participants will create more satisfying, meaningful, and productive business and personal relationships. DISCovering Self and Others is designed in a modular format that can be tailored to a particular schedule. Employees learn to identify and understand their own behavior patterns (DISCovering Self); and how to identify, understand, and better respond to others’ behavior patterns (DISCovering Others). For more information, Program Dates: April 7, 2014; October 13, 2014 Program Location: San Dieg, CA Program Tuition: $795 Contact: 800.272.3933 University of California Berkeley Berkeley Executive Leadership Program Our unique one week program begins with a baseline analysis of your organization's culture and your personal leadership style (with prior input from you and your colleagues). Through peer and professional coaching, we help you determine what you wish to change to improve the performance of your organization. For more information, Dates: October 6-10, 2014 Location: UC Berkeley campus Fee: $9,900 Phone: 510.642.9167 Communicate Effectively: Connecting in Personal and Work Life Miscommunication with customers, employees and clients can be frustrating and costly. Learn and practice how to communicate effectively in order to resolve issues by demonstrating a willingness to understand the other's perspective, feelings and experience without negating the right to your own point of view. Help to build and maintain connection, support, and work and personal relationships that are mutually beneficial. For more information, Dates: TBD Location: San Francisco, CA Cost: $295 Contact Number: 510-642-4231 Executive Coaching Institute Offered in partnership with the UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education, the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute is a summer coaching institute for individuals interested in entering the field of executive coaching, as well as executives seeking to become better managers and leaders. For more information, Dates: TBD Location: UC Berkeley campus Fee: $15,500 Contact Number: 510-255-9175
Application Deadline: May 16, 2013 Location: San Francisco, CA Cost: $525 Contact Number: 510-642-4231 Tackling Tough Issues in the Workplace Given the pace of work, pressures to perform and the resulting stress and burn-out common in today’s workplace, it’s not surprising that productivity suffers; performance declines, teams falls apart and leaders often get the blame. Using tools and strategies explored in this workshop, you learn to tackle and resolve long-standing issues, improve performance, strengthen relationships, and make progress even in “hopeless” situations. For more information, Dates: May 19, 2014 Location: San Francisco, CA Room 800, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center Cost: $295 Contact Number: 510-642-4231 University of Maryland College Park The Advanced Executive Coaching Certificate Program The Advanced Executive Coaching Program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business focuses on the knowledge and advanced competencies required to effectively coach senior leaders within the context of today’s global business environment. The course builds on core coaching competencies and takes Executive Coaching to the next level. Designed by Smith faculty and experienced executive coaches, it provide a unique coach learning experience. For more information, Dates: Five two-day seminars (9am to 5pm) including a capstone experience at Gettysburg. Location: Robert H. Smith School of Business Suite in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in downtown Washington, D.C. Cost: $4,900 for 10 program days Contact Number: 301-229-6561 University of Michigan The Michigan Executive Program Our Executive Program isn't for the faint of heart, and it certainly isn't for the mediocre. This intense, content-rich program provides a deep and comprehensive understanding of management and leadership across all areas of business. In our program, you learn to adapt to challenges quickly, explore policies, think more critically and update your management skills and styles to lead your company to compete in the global marketplace. Throughout the program, your learning is enriched by engaging analyses, provocative discussions, group presentations and computer simulations—with you as an active leader of your own learning process. For more information, Dates: Apr 27 – May 16, 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI
important business decisions when information is incomplete and the future is murky. This is further complicated by the fact that technology and globalization are ensuring that no source of competitive advantage remains sustainable. The only way firms can continue to grow and prosper is through continuous innovation; however, companies must also constantly revisit their roots and original corporate vision to ensure that the domain of activities in which they participate remains relevant. For more information, Dates: December 9-11, 2014 Fees: $3,700 Location: The Rizzo Conference Center; Chapel Hill, North Carolina Contact: Phone 1-800-UNC-EXEC; Email Talent Management Institute In a complex environment, superior talent remains the surest path to sustained competitive advantage. Yet organizations are finding that traditional approaches to talent building are falling short of expectations. The Talent Management Institute has been designed to build the skills and capabilities of HR and Talent Management leaders and provide them with the tools necessary to design and execute a flawless talent management strategy so that their impact on the organization is meaningful and significant. For more information, Dates: February 24-27, 2014 / July 28-31, 2014 / November 17-20, 2014 Fees: $4,900 Location: The Rizzo Conference Center; Chapel Hill, North Carolina Contact: Phone 1-800-UNC-EXEC; Email University of Richmond Strategic Project Management Whether it’s launching a new product or a global communication system, developing software or constructing a building, it’s your job as a project manager to make it all happen. Project management takes a special set of tactical and practical management skills to carry out this kind of responsibility. This workshop will give you the skills and training you need in all of the critical phases of managing people and projects successfully. The emphasis is on real-world, practical applications developed through years of hands-on experience in world-class, multinational organizations. For more information, Dates: March 19-21, 2014 Fees: $1,425 Contact: (804) 289-8019 or Registration deadline: March 5, 2014 Advanced Project Management In this intensive three-day workshop, you will step beyond the essentials of project management and deal with real problems that result from changes during a project’s life cycle. You will work through the process of bringing an actual project to completion with minimal impact on overall performance, budget and schedule objectives. This is a true, hands-on experience. No lectures. No theory. You will work with other attendees to address and resolve actual project management obstacles.
also describe the latest empirical findings from scientific studies of these kinds of deals and devote attention to the valuation of privately owned companies. For more information, Dates: October 14-15, 2014 (Two day seminar) Cost: $1,500 Contact Number: (314) 935-9494 Financial Skills for Nonfinancial Managers (CERTIFICATE PROGRAM) Finance touches everyone in the organization – through the company’s performance metrics, capital allocation decisions or strategic planning. This program equips managers in functional areas outside of finance with the financial literacy and analytical tool box to understand financial metrics, measure value and interact with confidence on finance-related issues. For more information, Dates: January 21-22, 2014 Location: St. Louis Fee: $6,000 Wharton-University of Pennsylvania Advancing Business Acumen Drawing on key faculty and content from Wharton’s top-ranked MBA program, Advancing Business Acumen introduces you to the fundamentals every successful manager needs in marketing, finance, strategy, negotiations, operations, and leadership. The challenging blend of interactive lectures, case studies, simulations, group discussions, and faculty dialogue will immerse you in the core concepts of business. The application exercises will stretch your managerial and strategic perspectives, sharpen your business instincts, and expand your ability to tackle new management challenges. For more information, Program Date: June 8 – 13, 2014 Cost: $10,250 Contact Name: Katrina S. Clark Contact Number: 215-898-1776 Contact Email – Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager The program teaches the core concepts of finance and accounting in a straightforward and manner, including terminology and principles, financial statements, distinction between income and cash flow, and valuation. You will learn how financial data is used to make business decisions and to evaluate a firm's performance. A primary objective of this course is to make its content applicable to your own business or managerial circumstances. You are taught to relate the numbers of finance and accounting to business reality and to assess whether financial reports depict that reality faithfully. Since we believe learning is enhanced by real applications, case studies are used daily. They are prepared by small groups of participants, and then discussed by the class as a whole. For more information, Program Date: January 20 – 24, 2014 Cost: $9,700 USD Contact Name: Katrina S. Clark
been developed by industry leading learning experts to ensure that they maximize business skills, performance, and talent development. maintains mappings for a variety of competency models. These mappings help to direct the individual learner to specific Skillsoft learning assets that are directly aligned with the particular subject area and training requirements. Nearly 500 hours of e-learning assets, 1,000 online books and book summaries, and 200 videos are aligned to the OPM Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications (ECQ’s). Skillsoft OPM-ECQ Building Coalitions/Communication Content Summary: Courses & Simulations Books Videos Hours Assets ECQ #5-BUILDING COALITIONS/ COMMUNICATION 39.2 50 128 17 Partnering 22 26 40 5 Political Savvy 6.6 10 28 5 Influencing/Negotiating 10.6 14 60 7 for a complete list of assets and descriptions specific to each ECQ competency. Dates: Available 24x7x365 Location: Web-enabled content available with internet connectivity Cost: Most US Federal agencies are currently licensed for a range of Skillsoft learning assets that can support Leadership Development initiatives. Please contact your organization’s Training Administrator for specific information and access. More Information: for resources related to OPM’s Federal Supervisory Training Email for additional guidance. Southern Methodist University Master Negotiation I This powerful two-day course will train you to take advantage of the gain-gain approach, today’s most respected method of negotiation. The tools and strategies you learn will prepare you for success in principled and profitable negotiation with peers, clients, customers and adversaries. The course’s interactive design provides individualized attention to help you diagnose your current approaches—and strengthen or replace them with proven, powerful skills. You’ll understand how to avoid common errors and negotiate rationally and effectively. You’ll learn how to separate fact from fiction and reality from perception. And because knowledge is power—you’ll learn how to obtain, provide and withhold crucial information that can determine the outcome. The insights you gain will enable you to be soft on people but tough on issues. Carefully crafted negotiation simulations give you a fascinating, hands-on opportunity to test and refine your skills. For more information, Program Dates: April30-May 1, 2014 Program Location: Dallas, TX Cost: $2,195 Contact Number: 214-768-3335
Creating and Executing Strategies The program provides an integrated, flexible framework for strategy development that focuses on what the various approaches to strategy all have in common - decision-making. This framework will enable you to select the appropriate process for specific decisions, and enable your organization to build in (rather than inspect for) decision quality. For more information, Dates: May 20-22, 2014 Location: University of Minnesota Cost: $3,000 Contact: 612-625-5412 Critical Thinking and Communication How often have you struggled to get to the core of an issue or to clearly organize your thinking on a question? If you are like most executives, the answer is “more often than you’d like.” Our critical thinking seminar will demonstrate tools that are proven to be effective in organizing both problem-solving efforts and business communications. This session will focus on determining “what problem am I trying to solve?” laying out a clear analytical framework for developing solutions, and developing a logical structure for communicating recommendations to senior management. For more information, Date: November 4-6, 2014 Location: University of Minnesota Cost: $1,500 Xavier University Communication Skills As a business professional, your role often involves getting things done through others. Therefore, your most powerful tool could be the ability to communicate. This interactive workshop helps you recognize when to communicate, how to do it effectively, and what to do when obstacles get in your way. You’ll discover how proper communication allows you to more successfully provide feedback, conduct coaching, motivate your staff, resolve conflict and meet everyday workplace challenges–all with an eye toward becoming a manager who helps team members achieve results. For more information, Dates: April 17, 2014 Application Deadline: February 26, 2013 Costs: $595 Contact Number: 513-745-3396 or 800-982-2673 Location: Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio