WASHINGTON (Oct. 29, 2014) -- In an effort to increase talent management opportunities for civilian employees, the Army recently polled 400 civilians in GS-11 and GS-12 positions across all Army Career Programs to determine what types of training and professional development opportunities appealed to them.
The Emerging Enterprise Leader web-based questionnaire results, along with focus group outcomes and industry best-practices research, will help shape the Emerging Enterprise Leader (EEL) talent development program.
"The goal of the Emerging Enterprise Leader program is to provide leadership development opportunities to GS-11 and GS-12 graded employees who have the potential and desire to lead," said Scott Rowell, Civilian Workforce Transformation (CWT) Integrator.
"The questionnaire allowed us to hear from employees who are likely to participate in the program so that we can create opportunities that interest them," he said.
The Army implemented the Senior Enterprise Talent Management (SETM) program in 2012 to develop and maintain enterprise-focused GS-14 and GS-15 senior civilian leaders. The Army is also finalizing a companion program to SETM, focusing on GS 13's, titled Enterprise Talent Management (ETM).
The EEL program will address gaps in available leader development programs for GS-11 to GS-12s.
The questionnaire showed that self-study learning was the training/development option participations were most likely to pursue. Examples of self-study on topics of interest included podcasts and distance learning.
A large percentage of respondents also favored in-residence education, training with industry, developmental assignments and mentoring.
"We want our Army to remain the best-manned, best-equipped, best-trained and best-led force as it transitions to a leaner, more agile force that remains adaptive, innovative, versatile and ready as part of Joint Force 2020. These leadership development opportunities will build a pool of well-qualified candidates for future Army enterprise leadership positions," Rowell said.
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