EDEN

+ Brenda J. DePuy DePuy HR Associates

Designing Career Development Courses for Executives EDEN EPA Building April 21, 2010

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Political Savvy Workforce  Know  Take

how to plan career

Ownership

 Know

how to Focus

 Improve

Assessment

 Improve

Morale

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Leading from the Middle

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Leadership

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+ The Truth... We

clone ourselves

Diversity

IS NOT  Race  Gender  Age

Diversity

IS  Thoughts  Priorities  Ideas

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Align Your Career Strategies

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Vision, Priorities, Values

Culture Competencies Share priorities Opinion Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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Being the “Right Fit�

Critical leadership competencies!!!

Right professional competencies Right balance to team Shares values/priorities

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Myths If

I do my job well, I will be fine.

Political

Savvy means: game playing selling out self-serving manipulating

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Two Political Savvy Styles

Power of Ideas

Substance Power Focus on Feedback & Learning Highlights Integrity More Open Agendas Meritocracy-based decisions Results/ ideas speak for themselves Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Power of Person

Position of Power Focus on Image and Perceptions Highlights Success More Private Agendas Relationship-based decisions Self-Promotion

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Leader vs. Manager Managers worry about how to do a task better

Leaders worry about whether to do that task at all

Managers worry about “widgets� or output

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Leaders worry about mission or outcomes

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Networking and Marketing

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Get Three Mentors!

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Mentors and Your Network

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Play to Your Strengths

Training

to Improve WEAKNESSES-- SMALL

Training

to Improve STRENGTHS--GREAT

Improve

weakness only if FATAL FLAW

Value Value

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Career Success

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Take Charge of Your Career

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ECQs What are they about?

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Context

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Most Important ECQ for SELECTION

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What Boards Look For?  Will

this person make a difference?

 Will

they share our vision and values?

 Will

they make a good team player?

 Will

they “fit” with my other staff?

 Will

they enhance the team by bringing a particular leadership trait or a strong skill set we are lacking?

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Show Results! Always Did

ask SO WHAT?

you Contribute to the MISSION?

Measurable

Results?

Who

does it affect/why does it matter?

Think

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OUTCOME not OUTPUT

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Interviewing for Executive Positions  Prepare

a summary – elevator speech

 Develop

responses to typical questions

 Develop

a couple of profound questions

 Develop

a 30 sec closing

 Research  Practice  Apply

–agency/board – focus responses

-with mentor

for jobs you don’t want

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Most important ECQ for SURVIVAL and SUCCESS

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Best Political Savvy Book!  The

First 90 Days in Government  Peter H. Daly, Michael Watkins

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+ Tamara J.G. Barbosa, PhD Brenda J. DePuy

Designing Next Generation eTraining for Federal Executives EDEN EPA Building April 21, 2010

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How it started‌.

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+ The First EPA Design Challenge Lead time: 10 days (6wk days)

Content: SME came in day 4

Audience: 600 candidates • 14 locations • 1 week

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+The Second EPA Design Challenge Skill-building

• Structured interviews • Assessment measures (in-basket)

Shift in the Audience

• CDP • Competitive Process

100+ people

• 30 on-site • 20 online

Nationwide Delivery

• 1 day

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Interdisciplinary Approach

Content

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Training Education

Media

Production

Logistics

Program

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+ Teams/Roles Team Lead

Design Team • ISD • SME as ISD

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Production Team • ISD

Technical Team • Production

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Putting it together‌.

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Designer view‌

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On-site Participant View

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Online Participant View

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POVs (production/Talent)

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Talent/Staging/Support

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Participation (Studio)

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Panel/On-site

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Technology (incl. Human)

Hardware • 4 laptops • 2 Lavaliere mics

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Software • Connect • PPT • PDF

Tech quals • ISD-2MA+ • Tech-MA • 100+ years

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Questions

+Tamara J. G Barbosa Dr.B@Ideas-Designed.com

Brenda J. DePuy BJDePuy@DePuyHR.com

Wednesday, April 21, 2010