August
2007
Another successful year for leadership programs
As part of the organization’s mission to develop current
and future leaders, UCAR/NCAR/UOP graduated a combined 36
staffers this summer from Leadership Academy and the Executive
Leadership Program.
Leadership Academy, now in its fifth year, is an intensive
course for supervisors and staff who may soon find themselves
in supervisory positions. Participants in the Academy are
nominated by division directors.
2007 Leadership Academy graduates.
Back row, from left to right: Kerry Slaven (SaSS),
Jeff Fiedler (Office of Government Affairs), Amy
Bauer (CISL), Art Richmond (ESSL/HAO), Susan Gallagher
(EO), Terry Mitchell (Unidata), Steve Cohn (EOL),
Geoff Cheeseman (EOL), Bill Boyd (ESSL/MMM), Louisa
Nance (RAL), and Pam Gillman (CISL). Front row:
Jack Fox (EOL), Jim Vandyke (CISL), Steve Tomczyk
(ESSL/HAO), Amy Smith (F&A), Valerie Koch (Director’s
Office), Reta Lorenz (ESSL/ACD), Zhenya Gallon
(Communications), Paty Romero-Lankao (ISSE), Fabrizio
Sassi (ESSL/CGD), Lynne Davis (DLESE), Laurie Carr
(HR), Rebecca Haacker-Santos (EO/SOARS), and Ellen
Martinez (VSP). |
Designed to produce successful managers, the academy includes
workshops, seminars, small-group projects, and private coaching
run by both HR staff and outside consultants. It covers a
variety of topics, such as managing projects and teams, resolving
conflicts, writing proposals, developing employees’ skills,
evaluating performance, and understanding business operations.
“It takes a lot of time and energy, but it was such
a valuable experience and it really was worth the effort,” says
Reta Lorenz, division administrator in ESSL/ACD. “It
was an opportunity to focus on developing and sharpening
skills
with an emphasis on communication
and people.”
The Executive Leadership Program was launched in 2006 at
the request of UCAR management to help meet the growing expectations
of executives in the areas of strategic alignment, employee
and team development, and scientific leadership. Featuring
a 12-day commitment divided into four-day blocks spread over
nine months, the program is tailored to meet the needs of
managers on the levels of lab, division, program, and associate
director.
2007 Executive Leadership Program
graduates, from left to right: Catherine Shea (Director’s
Office), Bill Kuo (COSMIC), Mohan Ramamurthy (Unidata),
Dan Wilson (F&A), Mary Marlino (NCAR Library),
Shawn Winkelman (F&A), Lucy Warner (Communications),
Doug Nychka (CISL/IMAGe), Melissa Miller (F&A),
Roy Rasmussen (RAL), and Roger Wakimoto (EOL).
Not pictured: Denise Stephenson Hawk (SERE). |
“For me the best part of ELP is seeing the groups come
together as a team,” says HR’s Michelle Schmauss,
the program’s manager. “They gain so many useful
skills and learn to relate to each other in new ways. Both
the 2006 and 2007 groups have formed strong bonds that will
carry forward.”
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about Leadership Academy
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about the Executive Leadership Program
In this issue...
Before
the flood
Storm
World author comes to Center Green
Another
successful year for leadership programs
Mary
Marlino to head NCAR Library, e-Science
Random
profile: Jennifer Boehnert
CISL
cultivates the next generation
Double
trouble on the storm front
Delphi
Question
Just One Look
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