NOAA Workforce Management Office - NOAA Leadership Seminar (NLS)

Leadership from Many Perspectives - Dr. Bill Brennan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
PPBES: Meeting Requirements, Maximizing Value - Steve Austin, Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation; Paul Doremus, Director of Strategic Planning; & Maureen Wylie, NOAA Chief Financial Officer

Supplement: Issue Selection Criteria Used by PA&E to Evaluate Programs and Projects
NOAA's Climate Goal Team, Climate Observations & Monitoring Program - (Concurrent PPBES Case Study) - John Jensen, Strategic Planning & Programming Officer, NOAA's National Climate Data Center
NOAA's Commerce & Transportation Goal Team, Aviation Weather Program - (Concurrent PPBES Case Study) - Curt Neidhart, Program Analyst, Information Analysis Inc., Supporting NOAA's Aviation Weather Program
NOAA's Ecosystem Goal Team, Habitat Program - (Concurrent PPBES Case Study) - Peg Brady, NOAA Habitat Program Coordinator
NOAA's Mission Support Goal Team, Information Technology Services Program - (Concurrent PPBES Case Study) - Joe Klimavicz, NOAA's Chief Information Officer & Director, High Performance Computing & Communications
NOAA's Weather & Water Goal Team, Local Forecasts & Warnings Program - (Concurrent PPBES Case Study) - Aimee Devaris, Program Manager, NOAA's Local Forecases & Warnings Program & Acting Budget Formulation Director, NWS
Transition: Challenges & Opportunities - Mary Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

NOAA Climate Goal Team - (Concurrent Session) - Adrienne Antoine, NOAA's Climate Goal Team & Neil Christerson, Acting Division Chief, Planning & Programming Division, Climate Program Office, OAR
NOAA's Commerce & Transportation Goal Team - (Concurrent Session) - Richard Edwing, Deputy Director, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products & Services
NOAA's Ecosystem Goal Team - (Concurrent Session) - Dr. Steven Murawski, Lead, NOAA's Ecosystem Goal Team & Director of Scientific Programs, Chief Science Advisor, NOAA Fisheries Service
NOAA's Mission Support Goal Team - (Concurrent Session) - Bill Broglie, Leadership & Corporate Services Sub-Goal Lead & NOAA's Chief Administrative Officer; Michael Crison, NOAA's Satellite Sub-Goal Lead; Tajr Hull, Fleet Services Sub-Goal Lead & Program Manager for Fleet & Aircraft Replacement, OMAO; & Pam Taylor, Acting Sub-Goal Lead, Modeling & Observing Infrastructure & Acting Program Manager, Technology, Planning & Requirements Program
NOAA's Weather & Water Goal Team - (Concurrent Session)
- Dr. George Smith, Weather & Water Goal Lead
Positioning NOAA for Future Success - VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

Thursday, July 31, 2008

NOAA's Leadership Management Development Strategy - Craig McLean, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Programs & Administration, NOAA Research
NOAA Communications: Getting the Message Out - (Concurrent Session) - Anson Franklin, Director, NOAA Office of Communications
NOAA Budget: It's All About the Money - (Concurrent Session)
- Steve Gallagher, Director of Budget
Congressional Relations: Know Your Audience - (Concurrent Session) - Stew Harris, Congressional Affairs Specialist, NOAA Office of Legislative Affairs
NOAA Education: You Have a Mandate to Educate - (Concurrent Session) - Louisa Koch, NOAA's Director of Education
How You Can Improve NOAA's Performance (Without Spending a Dime) - (Concurrent Session) - Daphne LaDue, NWS Warning Decision Training Branch; Ed Mahoney, NWS Warning Decision Training Branch; Marc Young, NOAA's Chief Learning Officer
NOAA's Program Coordination Office: A Window Into Leadership - (Concurrent Session) - Tim McClung, NOAA Deputy Chief of Staff
Realizing NOAA's Potential: Promoting a Society Fully Invested in the Environment - Dr. Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

NLS Objectives:

The NLS is designed for NOAA employees with an interest in:

Gaining knowledge and insight of current NOAA initiatives and business drivers, including the importance of outreach, the purpose of the goal teams, and the PPBES process.
Networking with NOAA senior leaders and other participants.
Learning and enhancing effective leadership skills.

NLS Target Audience:

The target audience for the NLS is GS 13-14s (or equivalents), nominated by their Line/Corporate Offices (LOs/COs). Individual LOs/COs may determine that GS-12 and GS-15 (or equivalent) candidates would also benefit from attending the NLS.

LOs/COs will be developing their attendee lists for the 2008 NLS from April – June, 2008. If you have questions about this process, please contact your NLS LO/CO Coordinator.

Attendance at the NLS is limited to once every three years per participant. Therefore, if an employee attended one of the events listed below, they will not be eligible to attend another NLS until at least the 2009 NLS:

August 27-30, 2007 NLS
August 28-31, 2006 NLS, or the
August 22-25, 2005 Mid-Level Retreat (MLR)

If an employee attended one of the first three NLS events listed below and have not attended a subsequent NLS event, they are now eligible to attend the 2008 NLS or a subsequent NLS event:

March 21-24, 2005 NLS
August 24-26, 2004 NLS, or the
October 21-23, 2003 MLR

Attendee nominations lists are compared to previous NLS/MLR rosters and ‘repeaters’ are identified.

NLS Registration:

Attendees are required to complete their own registration, which includes the following two steps:

Secure a room reservation with the Airlie Center (Airlie).*
Prepare a travel authorization and voucher.

Step 1 must be completed by Friday, July 11, 2008. Step 2 must be completed prior to arriving at the NLS. Instructions on how to complete these steps via the Commerce Learning Center @ NOAA at: https://doc.learn.com/noaa were sent to attendees on Thursday, June 26, 2008 by Tracy Scott, the NLS Program Manager.

*Please note that reservations with Airlie are non-refundable. The attendees’ credit card will be charged the full package cost on the day of his/her scheduled arrival. Attendees will be charged in the event of cancellation prior to the event, if they fail to attend, if they leave early, or if they arrive late. Airlie is a dedicated conference center and does not operate as a hotel would in terms of cancellations and refunds. Therefore, the cost to attend the meeting is not reduced by shortened stays or missed sessions. Attendees must agree to these terms to complete their reservations.

Each LO/CO has been allocated a set number of slots for the NLS. If an attendee is not available to attend, needs to cancel their registration after they make it, or unexpectedly arrives late or leaves early, it is very important that they notify their NLS LO/CO Coordinator as soon as possible so that they can offer the slot to another employee.

NLS Prerequisites:

NLS participants must complete the following required prerequisites prior to arriving at Airlie. Instructions, submission requirements and links to documents/courses are included on each attendee’s NLS Development Plan in the Commerce Learning Center @ NOAA:

Written Assignment: Prepare a one-page written leadership example for the "Leadership in Action: Working Together Across NOAA" break out group exercise.
Research and Reading Assignment: Research and Reading Assignment: This assignment includes a research assignment and two reading tasks. Attendees must identify which goal team and program his/her office is associated with, they must read the NOAA Strategic Plan for 2006 – 2011, and they must be familiar with their Goal Team’s five year objectives and milestones.
NOAA Learning Center Course Assignment:
– Team NOAA - Putting the Pieces Together
– NOAA Business Model

Recommended Reading:

In addition to completion of the required prerequisites, attendees are encouraged to review the following documents:

General NLS Information:

NLS Agenda

Descriptions of NLS Concurrent Sessions

Description of NLS Optional Session

NLS FAQs

NLS Line/Corporate Office Coordinators

Airlie Center Web Site

Participant List

Breakout Group List

Information on Past NLS Events:

Link to August 2007 NLS
- view photos here
Link to August 2006 NLS
- view photos here
Link to August 2005 MLR
Link to March 2005 NLS
Link to August 2004 NLS

Page last edited: August 21, 2008


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