Federal Manager's Daily Report

OPM has released two new web-based leadership training courses, “Emotionally Intelligent Leadership” and “Leading Change,” available for use by agency SES candidate development program coordinators, executive development program coordinators, and future and current leaders.

OPM said the former “is designed to help educate and provide federal leaders with knowledge and strategies to successfully apply the principles of emotional intelligence, defined as the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, and for managing emotions effectively in others and ourselves. Research presented in the course shows a strong link between emotional intelligence and positive workplace outcomes, such as performance, productivity, and employee engagement. The course is highly interactive, offering self-checks and realistic scenarios to increase and enhance learning.”

The latter “offers an opportunity for executives to practice their leadership skills in a realistic work environment. In this simulation, executives are provided with information that they must use to lead an agency-wide transition. The executive will need to effectively manage a newly formed team and make strategic decisions about the future that will impact their colleagues, the relationship with their supervisor, and ultimately the outcome of the initiative.”

The courses are available to agencies at no cost at hru.gov; agencies may also request a disk to upload the courses to their learning management system.