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NIH Mid-Level Leadership Program |
NIH Senior Leadership Program |
NIH Executive Leadership Program |
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| Duration |
13-day program over 8 months |
10-day program over 4 months |
13+ day program over 7 months. Program offered every other FY |
| Audience |
New and aspiring first-level supervisors |
Middle and senior managers; experienced first-line supervisors |
Select group preparing to take on Top 5 leadership roles and existing “Top 5” leaders |
| Targeted Group |
GS 12, 13, 14 and Title 42 equivalents |
GS 14, 15, SES and Title 42 equivalent leaders |
GS 15, SES and Title 42 equivalent leaders |
| Recruitment Model |
Individual recruitment |
Team/IC recruitment |
Individual recruitment/competitive |
| Application Process |
Competitive, standard application required, selections made within IC |
Selection process and requirements handled within IC |
Highly competitive, application and interviews with “Top 5” leadership recommended |
| Individual Assessment |
- 360 degree assessment
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- Bar-on Emotional Quotient Inventory
- Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument
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- 360 degree assessment
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- FIRO-B
- StrengthsFinder
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Participants should receive a battery of leadership and personality assessments, including
- 360-Degree Feedback (aligned to NIH’s Executive Proficiency model) and other leadership and/or personality assessments
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| Developmental Relationships |
2 hours coaching, with additional options available. Mentoring relationships and shadowing others is strongly encouraged. |
4.5 hours of coaching; occurs during and post-program. |
Coaching provided throughout program, with additional options available.
Special events with NIH senior executives.
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| Focus Areas |
Topics:
- Self-Awareness
- Collaboration
- Delegation
- Motivating Others
- Strategic Management
- Conflict Management
- Managing Change
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Topics:
- Negotiation & Persuasion
- Emotional Intelligence
- Results-Based Accountability
- Leading to Learn
- Resilience
- Communication
- Energy, Risk, and Technology
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Topics:
- Leading at the Top
- Executive Communications
- Self-Awareness/Emotional Intelligence
- Policy Making on the Hill
- Leading Change
- Special Events with NIH Senior Executives
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| Development Guide |
- 360 degree assessments
- Creating a Leadership Development Plan
- Mentoring relationships required
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- 360 degree assessments
- Creating a Leadership Development Action Plan
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- 360 degree assessments
- Creating an Executive Development Plan
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| Extra-curricular Learning |
- On-the-job learning assignments
- On-the-job reflection/application tasks
- Coaching
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- Coaching throughout the program
- Between-session recommended reading
- Leadership Challenge Teams
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- Communications module-videotaped simulated interview
- Coaching paired with peer advisors
- Meetings with members of Congress, HHS and Policy Experts
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