1. NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program (LCDP)
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6. NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program (LCDP)
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LCDP IX Leadership Week, Seattle, WA
September 14-18, 2015
Overview

7. Agenda Introductions The LCDP Experience LCDP “Big Data”
Program Requirements
Recruitment Process
More Information/Q & A
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8. LCDP Webinar Host Debbie Farmer Workforce Management Office
Instructional Designer and Distance Learning Specialist
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Workforce Management Office
Strategic Human Capital Division

9. LCDP Program Manager Program Manager for NOAA’s leadership programs:
Leadership Competencies Development Program (LCDP)
NOAA Leadership Seminar (NLS)
Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program Training and Development
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Worked for NOAA since 2002.
Assumed PM responsibility of the LCDP in May, 2011.
We also have an LCDP Coordinator for each Line Office and for the Staff Offices. How many coordinators do I have on the phone? You can type your responses into the chat window.
Tracy Levstik
Leadership Program Development Specialist
Workforce Management Office
Strategic Human Capital Division
Boulder, CO

10. Guest Speakers LCDP IX Graduates
Genene Fisher (NWS) DaNa Carlis (NWS)
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11. Guest Speakers LCDP IX Graduates
Amanda McCarty (OAR) DaNa Carlis (NWS)
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12. What is LCDP? Structure Purpose Audience Objectives (T)
Structure: Competitive 18-month NOAA leadership development program. More about program components later.
Purpose: (1) Identify & develop NOAA’s potential future senior leaders. (2) NOAA’s premiere succession planning initiative.
Audience: GS-13, GS-14, or GS-15. Pay Band: ZA-4, ZA-5, ZP-4, ZP-5, or ZT-5. Commissioned Officer: O-4, O-5, or O-6
Objectives:
Develop core leadership competencies.
Gain knowledge of, & experience with, NOAA business processes.
Gain knowledge of NOAA’s current environment & challenges and work together across organizational lines.
Expand network.
Highly customized program.
Promotes cross-line and multidisciplinary experiences.

13. The LCDP Experience (T)
So, what would the LCDP experience look like for you?

14. Build Your Network
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Build your network and grow your leadership competencies

15. Complete Assessment Tools
Complete assessment tools including Benchmarks and MBTI

16. Attend Leadership Training
Attend 5 weeks of leadership training at FEI

17. Complete Developmental Assignments
Complete assessment tools including Benchmarks and MBTI

18. Access a Support Network
Enjoy close support from a carefully structured network of peers, mentors, and leaders across the agency

19. Participation in the LCDP is doable if you have family commitments
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20. LCDP IX Graduate Amanda McCarty (OAR)
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Why did you decide to apply at this point in your career?
What were your goals at the start of the program?
What are your recommendations on how to get the most value from the LCDP experience? (Discuss your developmental assignment experiences, leading LCDP Leadership Week preparations, etc.)
What are some potential pitfalls of participating in LCDP and how would you avoid them?
What did you ultimately get out of the program?
Would you recommend LCDP to others?

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You need to aspire to a GS-15 or SES position (or equivalent) to apply to the LCDP Program
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22. LCDP Alumni Achieving Highest Levels.
Dr. Russell Callender
Acting AA, NOS
Buck Sutter
Former Director, NOAA Fisheries
Office of Habitat Conservation
Dr. Bonnie Ponwith
Director,
NMFS SEFSC
Dr. Jim Butler
Director, ESRL
Global Monitoring
Division
VADM Michael Devany
Deputy Under Secretary
for Operations
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Eleven LCDP alumni have achieved the rank of SES following their graduations from the LCDP program. All are currently leaders at NOAA with the exception of:
RADM Phil Kenul, Former Director, NOAA Marine & Aviation Operations Centers (retired)
Dr. Chris Fox, Former Director, NGDC in Boulder, CO, retired,
Dr. Holly Bamford, Former AA, NOS (left NOAA)
Buck Sutter, Former Director, NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation (left NOAA)
Nine are featured on this slide, and two on the next.
Dr. Holly Bamford
Former AA, NOS
RADM Phil Kenul,
Former Director,
NOAA Marine & Aviation
Operations Centers
(Ret.)
Benjie Spencer
Chief Engineer; Director, Engineering Standards,
NWS Office of Planning & Programming for Service Delivery
Dr. Chris Fox
Former Director, NGDC (Ret.)

23. LCDP Alumni Achieving Highest Levels (The Tradition Continues).
Joseph Pica Director, NWS Office of Observations
Kevin Werner
Director, NWS Office of Organizational Excellence
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Eleven LCDP alumni have achieved the rank of SES following their graduations from the LCDP program. All are currently leaders at NOAA with the exception of RADM Phil Kenul, Former Director, NOAA Marine & Aviation Operations Centers and Dr. Chris Fox, Former Director, NGDC in Boulder, CO, both retired.
I hope to see one of you on this slide in the future.

24. LCDP IX Graduate DaNa Carlis (NWS)
(T): Now would be a good time to hear from a recent LCDP graduate – DaNa Carlis from the National Weather Service:
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Why did you decide to apply at this point in your career?
What were your goals at the start of the program?
What are your recommendations on how to get the most value from the LCDP experience? (Discuss your developmental assignment experiences, leading LCDP Leadership Week preparations, etc.)
What are some potential pitfalls of participating in LCDP and how would you avoid them?
What did you ultimately get out of the program?
Would you recommend LCDP to others?

25. LCDP “Big Data”
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“Big Data” is all the buzz word. That aside, data is very important for program management. In this section, I’ll share with you some LCDP “numbers” to help you better understand the program.

26. LCDP by the numbers Program began in 2000 218 alumni Latest Cohort 9
9 cohorts
Latest Cohort 9
28 members
Graduated 1/29/16
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The LCDP program is open to employees from all line and staff offices, regardless of location.
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28. Historical LCDP Participation by LO/SO
Cohort 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Totals by LO/SO
NMFS 11 55
NOS 39
NESDIS 30
NWS 32
OMAO 23
OAR 26
SOs/PPI 14
Totals by Class 16 13 27 28
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29. Historical LCDP Participation Field/DC Metro Area Ratio
Participants
Office
# Field
% Field
# DC
% DC
Total
NESDIS 5
16% 27
84% 32
NMFS 26
52% 24
48% 50
NOS 7
20% 28
80% 35
NWS 15 16 31
OMAO
60% 10
40% 25
OAR 14 29
Staff Offices 1 6%
94%
Totals: 84
 39%
134
 61%
218
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30. What Does NOAA Get for its Investment?
Of LCDP graduates …
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47%
are either GS-15 level (or equivalents) or SES, up from only 10% of participants that began the program at the GS-15 (or equivalent) level.
Up from only 10% of participants that began the program at the GS-15 (or equivalent) level.
58%
are supervisors.
Up from 23% at program start.
92%
non-retirement retention rate, with specific LOs even higher.
29%
have changed job series.
Improving awareness, knowledge-sharing, and cross-line pollination.
23%
have changed duty station.
17%
have changed LOs/SOs at least once since graduating from the program
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When looking at the five job series that employ the majority of LCDP graduates, it is interesting to note that only four of the of 231 non-retirement separations from were LCDP alumni (1.7%.)
LCDP Participants are learning the skills the agency needs to excel into the future
Priority focus areas of the most recent LCDP Cohort:
Change Management/ Leading Change
Leading People/ Participative Management
Building Collaborative Relationships/Coalitions

31. LCDP Program Requirements
WIIFYOU?

32. LCDP X Training Program Requirements
Mandatory LCDP Training Requirements
Dates
18-month program officially begins with a mandatory week-long orientation training program at the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) in Charlottesville, VA.
10/23-10/28/16
LCDP Leadership Learning Series Sessions. Each participant must lead and facilitate one of these sessions. Attendance of 60% or more is required.
2-3 weeks intervals throughout the program
Second/third week of FEI training
4/16-4/28/17
Fourth week of FEI training
10/22-27/17
LCDP Leadership Week (Optional but highly encouraged)
TBD Dates Late Winter/Early Spring, 2018
Fifth week of FEI training: April 22 – 26, 2018;
4/22-4/26/18
Graduation in Silver Spring, MD
4/27/18
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Mandatory core leadership training includes a 5-week split session at the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) in Charlottesville, Virginia. The curriculum, which varies slightly from class to class, emphasizes a range of topics and issues facing today’s leaders.
LCDP class members are also required to participate in specific NOAA leadership training sessions conducted outside of FEI, including hour-long LCDP Leadership Learning Series sessions, conducted via telephone at two –three week intervals throughout the program. Each participant must lead and facilitate one of these sessions.
Optional but highly encouraged LCDP training activities include:
Participation in LCDP Leadership Week.
Participation in monthly LCDP lunchtime brown bag sessions where participants share ideas and best practices and the LCDP
Program Manager shares programmatic updates.

33. Developmental assignments are encouraged but not required
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34. Developmental assignments must be done away from my duty station
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35. LCDP X Developmental Assignments
You will be expected to be involved in two or three developmental (rotational) assignments, each lasting 3–4 months.
Opportunities may be in other parts of NOAA, DOC, other agencies, or appropriate public/private sector organizations.
At least one assignment should be in a NOAA Office outside of your Line/Staff Office.
While highly recommended, developmental assignments are not a requirement of LCDP participation.
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Mandatory core leadership training includes a 5-week split session at the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) in Charlottesville, Virginia. The curriculum, which varies slightly from class to class, emphasizes a range of topics and issues facing today’s leaders.
LCDP class members are also required to participate in specific NOAA leadership training sessions conducted outside of FEI, including hour-long LCDP Leadership Learning Series sessions, conducted via telephone at two –three week intervals throughout the program. Each participant must lead and facilitate one of these sessions.
Optional but highly encouraged LCDP training activities include:
Participation in LCDP Leadership Week.
Participation in monthly LCDP lunchtime brown bag sessions where participants share ideas and best practices and the LCDP
Program Manager shares programmatic updates.

36. LCDP Costs and Funding COSTS FUNDING
FEI training for cohort X will cost approximately $25,000 depending on the size of the cohort
Each LO/SO funds LCDP differently.
Estimated $10K per person for developmental assignment
Talk to your LCDP LO/SO Coordinator for more information
Costs and supplemental training are dependent on LO/SO budget and location and duration of assignments
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Important to investigate the funding BEFORE you apply. Your supervisor must submit a statement indicating whether or not budget support is available – do this legwork for them.

37. The LCDP Recruitment Process
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38. How Does the LCDP Recruitment Process Work?
GS-13, GS-14, or GS-15
Pay Band: ZA-4, ZA-5, ZP-4, ZP-5, or ZT-5
Commissioned Officer: O-4, O-5, or O-6
Minimum 2-year permanent appointment at NOAA
NOT in another long-term developmental program
Eligibility
(no exceptions)
Online Application
Rating and Ranking
Interviews
DAA signs off
DUS approves final selections
Selection Process
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Applicant Eligibility:
You must meet the qualification requirements to be considered for selection into the LCDP. You must currently be employed at one of the following grade levels in a permanent (not temporary) position:
• GS-13, GS-14, or GS-15
• Pay Band: ZA-4, ZA-5, ZP-4, ZP-5, or ZT-5
• Commissioned Officer: O-4, O-5, or O-6
In addition, you must have been employed a minimum of two years in a full-time, permanent NOAA Federal position as of the closing date of this announcement (March 3, 2016.)
Lastly, you may not be a current participant in any other long-term developmental program (that is, a program lasting 12-months or longer) funded by NOAA or the Department of Commerce unless that program concludes and all program requirements will be met by October 21, 2016.
Please note that no exceptions have ever been made to these eligibility requirements. Pay Band III employees (equivalent to the GS-11 or GS-12) are not eligible to apply to the LCDP. Eligibility is verified before applications are reviewed.
Supervisor Support – highly encouraged to discuss your interest in LCDP with your supervisor. Supervisor statement is required as part of the LCDP recruitment process. Due 3/10/16. If you are moving from one job to the next, get statements from your current and new supervisor.
Selection Process:
Competitive multi-phase application & review system follows merit systems principles.
Steps include:
Candidates complete an application, documenting how their background, experience & potential meet the following leadership competencies: leads people, continuous learner, business proficiency, problem solver, strategic thinker & communicator.
Applications are rated and ranked by a 3-person LO/SO panel.
Best qualified applicants are interviewed by a different 3-person LO/SO panel.
DAA of each LO/SO signs off on the panel’s recommendations & determines the budget to support LCDP participants from their LO/SO.
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39. LCDP Class X Recruitment Timeline
Milestones
Dates
Call for Applications Opens*
2/09/16
Call for Applications Closes at 11:59pm ET
3/03/16
Supervisor Statements Due
3/10/16
Applications are rated and ranked by a panel within each LO/SO. (Applicants do not have a role in this process – decisions are based on a review of the online applications received).
3/28 - 4/01/16
Applicants will be notified if they are moving forward to the interview process or not.
On or by 4/08/16
Candidates are interviewed. All interviews are conducted via telephone for approximately 45 minutes per interview.
4/18 - 4/29/16
Selectees and Non-Selectees will be contacted.
On or by 5/27/16
18-month program officially begins with a mandatory week-long orientation training program at the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) in Charlottesville, VA.*
10/23/16
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*Link to apply will be added to the LCDP website on February 9, 2016 at:

40. Recruitment Best Practices
Apply early.
Ensure you can "send" from your Accellion account before applications are due.
Have other people review your application before you submit (grammar, punctuation, spelling, and clarity of responses.)
Keep your essays concise. There are maximum character limits installed on these fields. 
Remember that you can use non-NOAA examples in your essays to demonstrate leadership (example, PTA President, Member of School Board, Member of Home Owner’s Association, etc.)
Use the “Challenge-Context-Action-Result” (CCAR) model to document your qualifications in the essays. 
Demonstrate YOUR leadership role in the essays.  Focus on your contributions, not the contributions of the team. Toot your own horn. Do not be humble.
If you don't get in the first time, try, try again!  
Ask DaNa and Genene: Advice/Tips on how to apply?

41. More Information
For questions on funding, please contact your LCDP Line/Staff Office Coordinator listed on the LCDP website:
For all additional questions, contact the NOAA LCDP Program Manager, Tracy Levstik:

42. Questions? .