REQUEST CONCURRENCE FOR SPECIALIZED TRAINING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00955R000200320026-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: November 17, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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17 NOV 1987.
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training and Education
FROM:
erector of Communications
SUBJECT: Request Con.-" f
r
rence or Specialized Training
1. The Office of Communications (OC) requests your
concurrence for a second running of the Information Systems
Institute's (ISI) three-day course entitled, "Leadership Skills
for Technical Professionals." A pilot running of that course was
held, with your concurrence, in mid-September. Based on that
experience, we have made some changes and plan to have a second
pilot in mid-December. As before, the course is designed to
place heavy emphasis on developing the interpersonal skills
needed by OC managers at the GS-14/GS-15 levels. A course
outline is attached.
2. The costs for this second running will be $6,835.00. The
Office of Information Technology will be sharing the expenses and
will provide half of the 18 students.
3. With your concurrence, and using OC funds already
identified, we will schedule the program for mid-December.
STAT
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CONCUR:
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Leadership Skills for Technical Professionals
Special, 3-Day Design
COURSE OUTLINE
1. The Nature of Leadership
Management and leadership tasks and roles
' Understanding a model personality
The situational nature of leadership
Leadership theory
The three skills needed to be successful as a leader
The styles of leadership
2. Proven Ways to Lead People
People vs. technical leadership concerns
' Choosing correct actions for leadership situations
Developing an influential leadership style
6 alternate ways to direct others
*Assessing your style
3. Creating a Positive, Results-Oriented Influence on Your Work Team
Two sources of leadership power
Understanding the nature of power
? Technical expertise as a source of power
Coaching as a way of developing work team members
When to let others lead without compromising your leadership role
Avoiding the pitfalls of leading others
' How to understand the individual performance preferences of others
4. Leadership and Motivation
Discovering the true nature of motivation
Motivation as the main goal of leadership
What creates individual motivation
Understanding the very hard to motivate employee
Understanding how the organization's environment affects work team motivation
Creating work team morale
The 7 reasons why people may not be motivated, and how to overcome them
How to set goals that motivate
Career values profile
5. Handling Team Problem Solving
Leading team problem-solving meetings
' Choosing a group vs. an individual approach to problem solving
' Problem analysis techniques for groups
Two dimensions of group success at problem solving
' The steps to team problem solving
6. Four Critical Leadership Success Skills
Proven ways to gain critical information
' Setting hard-to-measure work expectations
' Giving negative performance feedback to close work team members positively
' Leading former peers
7. Understanding Interpersonal Relationships
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Communication patterns and team effectiveness: a card game experiment
Building team cooperation
Your interpersonal relationship profile
Interpersonal communications
Healthy vs. unhealthy communication patterns
8. Handling Difficult Leadership Situations
A case study workshop
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