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Nominations accepted for next Director's Development Program class

Nominations are being accepted through March 22 for participants in the next Director's Development Program class. The program is a component of the Laboratory's Leadership Effectiveness and Development System, or LEADS, and is being developed as part of the Directors Performance Improvement Program (DPIP), according to Project Leader Karen Ross.

Eighteen managers are enrolled in the class of 2003. The Director's Development Program is a succession management program to prepare a pool for the Laboratory's future leadership. DDP offers individualized assessments and leader potential analyses, a Director's leadership workshop, competency workshops on current, relevant topics, brown-bag learning exchanges, cohort learning sessions and opportunities, developmental assignments, and ongoing mentoring and coaching on a one-to-one basis.

"My vision is that the institution will come to respect excellence in its leaders just as highly as it regards the scientific and technical acumen that underpins our technological accomplishments," Laboratory Director G. Peter Nanos said.

"Managers who want to be in the 2004 DDP must self-nominate, because leader development demands intense personal initiative and commitment," Ross said. Interested candidates complete written forms and must receive the endorsement of their supervisors for the time commitment, usually about 12 months depending on individual assignments. The nomination package, including forms, is at http://int.lanl.gov/orgs/hr/success/apply.shtml online.

To qualify for self-nomination, individuals must

• be a University of California regular employee;
• hold or have held a position at group management level or above, or the equivalent (includes deputy group leaders, program managers and those holding or having held acting assignments in these capacities);
• have demonstrated support of Laboratory values, leadership promise, interpersonal skills, achievement of results and orientation towards personal development;
• gain the endorsement by any manager at least one level higher and;
• obtain signature of nomination package by line manager.

To read the Nanos memo, click here. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

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