The United States Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) offers members of the acquisition workforce a series of leadership development seminars which targets Army civil service employees at various grade levels. The Army Acquisition Leadership Challenge Program-Beginners (ALCP-B) is centered on General Schedule (GS) employees' 07 to 11 grade levels; ALCP-1 is structured for GS 12 - 13s and ALCP-II is designed for GS 14 -15s.
The core of the ALCP allowed employees to become self-aware by looking deeper into one's personality type, conflict management style, and influences on interpersonal relationships. If successfully, the employee will gain a better perspective of the workplace and develop new methods to improve interactions with co-workers and promote effectiveness in their work and personal lives.
To achieve these results, the ALCP used deliberate assessments and activities such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Interpretive Report (MBTI), one of the most commonly used personality assessment tools, to give clarity on how you interact with people, your decision making skills, etc. For example, when you are wondering why a co-worker acts in a certain way; has a certain work ethic or other questionable traits; these assessments tools will allow one to have a better understanding and appreciation of their co-worker's unique personality and attributes.
Rachel Harris results of the MRBIT identified her as slightly Introverted, Sensing, Feeling and Judging (ISFJ); she base on her decisions on facts and like things to be in an organized manner. Rachel found the assessments very interesting; extremely beneficial; relatable and a great learning experience.
The ALCP used additional assessment tools during the seminar, the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B) assessed one understand their interpersonal needs and how those needs influence their communication style and behavior in the workplace and at home and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) that measured an employee behavior in a conflict situation--how the individual handled conflict resolution.
The FIRO-B results for Curtis Campbell identified him as an introvert. In the areas of Inclusion, Control and Affection, his scores were 1, 5, and 2 totaling an overall Interpersonal score of 8. Curtis confirmed the results were "Spot-on", because he enjoy work that involves concentration on data, he does his best work in private--working individually.
Rachel and Curtis both highly recommend other employees to take full advantage of the ALCP, employees gained a comprehensive, personalized description of their personality preferences, decision style profile and tools to help understand and maximize the impact of their own actions and behavior, as well as how your actions impact co-workers ant the organization. "It provided employees with a wealth of knowledge that will help them be exceptional leaders on all levels".
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