Purpose

The NIH Senior Leadership Program provides senior NIH scientific and administrative leaders with the opportunity, working with a select group of peers and scholar-practitioners, to:

• Assess individual leadership skills and attributes with data and multiple feedback opportunities, including one-on-one sessions with executive coaches
• Design and implement a personal leadership development plan
• Enhance capacity to lead for scientific results at the NIH, including the ability to use data efficiently to drive organizational decision making
• Assess and address the organizational capacities of one's IC
• Develop a systematic approach to negotiation and cross-organizational ventures at the NIH
• Think analytically about challenges and strategies for leading organizational change at the NIH
• Enhance capacity to analyze and operate effectively in the political systems that impact the NIH

Leadership competencies addressed in the NIH Senior Leadership Program correspond with the following SES Executive Core Qualifications:

• Leading Change
• Leading People
• Results Driven
• Building Coalitions/Communications

The program also complements the NIH Leadership and Management competency model.

Format

The NIH Senior Leadership program combines case studies, interactive discussions, experiential learning, assessment data, developmental planning and a three-day residential retreat. The program is nine days, over the course of 4 months.

Eligibility

To participate in the program, you must be nominated to participate by your Executive Officer.

Senior NIH scientific and administrative leaders, in groups of four or six including:

• Scientific Directors
• Executive Officers
• Division Directors
• Extramural Program Managers
• Senior Administrative Staff
• Executive Committee Members
• SES/SBRS Staff
• Senior Title 42 or 38 Staff
• GS 14-15 or equivalent staff

Tuition:
$6,840

FY13 Program Dates

SLP One

Orientation:  Monday, January 7
March 11 – 13  (SLP 1 Retreat)
March 28 – 29  (SLP 1 – Days 4/5)
April 11 – 12  (SLP 1 – Days 6/7)
April 24 – 25  (SLP 1 – Days 8/9)

SLP Two

Orientation:  Monday, February 11
April 15 – 17  (SLP 2 Retreat)
May 1 – 2  (SLP 2 – Days 4/5)
May 13 – 14  (SLP 2 – Days 6/7)
May 29 – 30  (SLP 2 – Days 8/9)

SLP Three

Orientation:  Monday, June 10
August 19 – 21 (SLP 3 Retreat)
September 10 – 11  (SLP 3 – Days 4/5)
September 24 – 25  (SLP 3 – Days 6/7)
October 9 – 10  (SLP 3 – Days 8/9)

SLP Four

Orientation:  Monday, August 12
October 21 – 23  (SLP 4 Retreat)
November 5 – 6  (SLP 4 – Days 4/5)
November 19 – 20  (SLP 4 – Days 6/7)
December 11 – 12  (SLP 4 – Days 8/9)

FY13 Nomination Deadline: October 12, 2012
The nomination process for the FY14 Senior Leadership Program will begin in October 2013.

Contact Information

For further information, please contact:

Hannah Pollak, Program Manager
NIH Training Center
Phone: 301-451-7302
Email: hannah.pollak@nih.gov

 

View the FY2013 NIH Senior Leadership Program Brochure.

The NIH Senior Leadership Program was created by the NIH Office of Human Resources in partnership with the University of Maryland.