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New Member Announced! 13L would like to welcome Gail Williams as a new member of the leadership collective. Gail's passion for leadership development issues will be a tremendous asset to the group. Gail, welcome aboard.
A Reach-Out to Prospective Members. The members of 13L -- Scott Derrick, Don Jacobson, Jeffrey Vargas, Mike O'Leary, Jeri Buchholz, Patricia Armstrong, and Gail Williams -- are currently meeting with prospective members from across federal departments and agencies. To learn more about membership in 13L, please check out the Q&As for Prospective Members.
13L in the News. The May 15 edition of Government Executive magazine discusses 13L in a fascinating article about idea-generating groups in the federal sector. Also, Federal Times highlighted 13L in a recent article about networks for midlevel and young federal employees.
Superb Article about Leadership in Federal Agencies. Jim Trinka, assistant director of the FBI Training and Development Division, has penned an excellent Federal Times piece on what federal managers need to do to engage employees -- focus on developing others, results-driven performance, and communication. Check it out here.
13L Members to Speak at 2006 Excellence in Government Conference. Member Scott Derrick will discuss the formation of 13L at a peer-to-peer session on "How to Launch a Federal Network" on Monday, July 10th. On that same day in a breakout session entitled "Leading from the Middle," member Don Jacobson is scheduled to serve on a panel exploring how mid-level managers can achieve performance management and align employees to achieve the agency mission. More
Viewpoint on Leadership. In this month's Viewpoints column, member Scott Derrick discusses the importance of developing your strengths in a review of the enlightening book Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton.