The Chief Human Capital Officers Council says its subcommittee on leadership development and succession planning has several initiatives underway. The council’s annual report notes that in fiscal 2005, some of the recommendations made by the subcommittee included:
Consider a professional development rotation program for the SES.
Recommend to all CHCOs add leadership training of subordinates to all SES, managers and frontline supervisors performance appraisals within their respective agencies.
Recommend agencies be given funding designated for leadership development with
oversight by the agency CHCO.
Other areas of consideration identified by the Subcommittee include:
How to maintain the high level of leadership development in all agencies.
How to train effectively on a low budget (e.g., Scholarship Programs to OPM’s Federal Executive Institute (FEI)).
How to further encourage agencies to continue to look for SES candidates outside their
agency (not just promote from within).
Re-examine the Executive Core Competencies.
An applicant pool of HR professionals be created and maintained to which agencies can send their HR vacancy announcements.
Expanding the government-wide framework to require continuous learning and
leadership preparatory training in agency leadership development and succession
planning.
