EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT CORE COURSE

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Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BO1370R000400550016-1 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of Legislative Liaison 20505 0 FEB 1,,25X1 TO. Mr. Thomas K. Latimer, Staff Director Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Enclosed is some background on the SIS Core Course which I hope will be of use to you in pre- paring your remarks. I would greatly appreciate it if you would return the documents to me once you have finished with them. Liaison Division Office of Legislative Liaison FORM OBSOLETE 3-79 1533 PREVIOUS EDITIONS. Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BO1370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90B0l370R000400550016-1 The Executive Development program is committed to preparing newly promoted SIS-l's to assume executive duties and responsibilities and to offer a continuing education for all senior Agency executives. This program consists currently of two separate and unique segments: the Core Course and the Electives. The Core Course is required of all newly promoted senior intelligence officers. The Electives will be scheduled on a demand basis. THE CORE COURSE The Core Course has been structured to introduce the newly promoted senior intelligence officer to the problems and opportunities of executive management in the CIA. The Course will be conducted after each promotion cycle (2 times per year), will run for approximately two weeks, and will be presented by principal officers of the Agency including the Deputy Director, the Executive Director and the Deputy Directors, and outside speakers. An off-site location such as the Xerox Training Facility will provide an environment in which the participants will study topics such as , National Security Policy, the Congress, the Law, the Intelligence Community and the Press as they relate to intelligence; as well as the Agency Culture, Resource Management, Leadership, Negotiations, and Strategic Planning. Seminars, exercises, workshops and simulations will be the major vehicles. The primary focus will be on team participation. With emphasis on day to day demands of a CIA executive. The course will also encourage strategic thinking about how CIA and the Intelligence Community will do their business in the 1990s. Participants will have an opportunity to do some self- appraisal and stock-taking and to set personal career goals for the next five years. Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90B0l370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BO1370R000400550016-1 EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT CORE COURSE No. 1 13 - 28 February 1984 EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT STAFF OFFICE OF TRAINING`AND EDUCATION Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BO1370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 CONFIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT CORE COURSE- NO. 1 STAFF:I bourse Director raining Assistant Extension: Executive Development Staff Office of Training and Education Chamber of Commerce Building.,. Room 1001 Course Location 13 - 24 February - XEROX Facility, Leesburg, Virginia 27 - 28 February - Visits to Capitol Hill, the White House, the Pentagon, and the Department of State CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90B0l370R000400550016-1 WNl~ 1DENTIAL CORE COURSE FOR CIA EXECUTIVES Course Objectives 1. This course is designed to facilitate the development of a strategic, all-Agency focus for newly promoted SIS-O1 officers and to focus on some of the specific competencies required at the executive level. To this end it will: a. help new SIS officers better understand the Agency's goals, policies, and direction under the current leadership; b. heighten awareness and acceptance of the participants' roles as executives in the intelligence environment; c. enhance conceptual skills in the conduct of relations with other Agency components and with external organizations; d. enhance competencies for managing Agency resources and activities-; e. develop skills in strategic .planning and managing change; f. help individuals hone their skills to lead, motivate and negotiate with others; g. foster a collaborative, team approach to Agency, management issues. 2. Training will be primarily experiential, with emphasis on exercises, simulations, and discussion of case studies. 3. Additional elective courses will provide a more in-depth treatment of many of the core course components. 3 CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90B0l370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 CONFIDENTIAL MONDAY, 13 FEBRUARY (XEROX FACILITY) 0900-0915 Welcome to the Executive Development Core Course Director, Executive Development Core Course, Office of Training and Education The Course Director will present an overview and discuss the objectives of the Course. 0915-0945 Introductions Participants Participants will introduce themselves, identify their component, their current assignment, and their product. WELCOME TO _SIS RANK 0945-0955 Film - "Brainpower" 1000-1100 Welcome to SIS Rank Robert W. Magee Director of Personnel Mr. Magee will discuss the responsibilities of membership in a directorate career service, the SIS compensation schedule, and stipends and performance awards. He will also talk about the SIS vs. the SES and the bonus--the quiet award. 1110-1155 Team Exercise Staff and Participants Participants will provide an oral presentation of the most memorable incident with the Agency, a description of their high point in Agency activity, or one good war story. Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 MONDAY, 13 FEBRUARY (XEROX FACILITY) INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL POLICY 1330-1430 Intelligence and National Policy Robert M. Gates Deputy Director for Intelli- gence and Chairman, National Intelligence Council Dr. Gates will discuss intelligence analysis and production from the point of view of a consumer of intelligence, the changing focus of intelligence analysis in the out years, and current issues in the world today. 1445-1545 The Instant National David Whipple Intelligence Officer NIO for Terrorism This presentation discusses the challenge and difficulties of starting up as a NIO in a critical area that transcends a number of collection and analytical functions in the CIA and the Intelligence Community. 1600-1700 Team Questions Teams will develop questions for class visits. DINNER 1930-2030 Evening Session Staff and Participants Chief, Inter- national Act i v i t i.e s" Division will discuss covert action in today's environment. Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 TUESDAY, 14 FEBRUARY XEROX FACILITY) CIA AND THE INGRESS 0800-0850 CIA and the Congress ...Clair E. George 151 O ice of Legislative Liaison . 0900-1000 The Congress and CIA Larry G. Kittlewell Senate Select Conmi ttee on Intelligence What is the proper role of Congressional; oversight? What are current Congressional concerns about the,..CIA? What is the role of the Congress in the review and funding of intelligence activities? What are the current issues? Are we still viewed as _ a "rogue elephant?, etc. 1010-1100 Temperament Sorter Chief, Executive Development Staff Preliminary Feedback on the Keirsey temperament test will be done at this time. 1100-1130 Team Questions Staff and Participants Teams will develop questions for class visits. 6 CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 TUESDAY, 14 FEBRUARY (XEROX FACILITY) 1400-1415 Overview of Legal Services Deputy General Counsel will give a brief description of the types of legal 25X1 services OGC can provide and how it can assist senior Agency managers. 1415-1445 What a Senior Agency Manager Should Know about Executive Order 12333 Chief, Intelli- gence Law Division This Executive Order regulates intelligence activities and is a key component of intelligence law. 1500-1530 How a Senior Agency Manager Should Deal with the-FOIA and Privacy Acts Chief, Litiga- gation and Legislation Division 1530-1600 Legal Aspects of Administration Chief, Adminis- trative Law Various considerations that regularly face senior Agency managers such as EEO, sexual harassment, conflict of interest, personal liability and suits against Agency employees, termination standards, and the Agency's spending authorities wirl be addressed. Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 wNr iunNI IALJ TUESDAY, 14 FEBRUARY (XEROX FACILITY) 1600-1630 Law In-Box Exercise Participants Teams will be given two of the following in-box cases to resolve: a) An FOIA release to the public; b) EEO Discrimination case; c) Conflict of interest; d) Possible conflict between an operational initiative and the Executive Order; e) Questionable use of operational funds; f) Concern over political adjustments to an intelligence product; and g) Sole source procurement directed toward a favored contractor. 1930-2100 Law In-Box Exercise (Continued) Participants Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 CONFIDENTIAL WEDNESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY XEROX FACILITY) THE IWELL IGE E COMMUNITY 0900-1000 The Department of State Amb. Herman J. Bureau of Intelligence and Cohen Research Amb. Cohen will give us a view from State/INR--the contribution of intelligence to foreign policy and coordination of State with CIA efforts. 1030-1130 Intelligence Community Staff Eloise R. Page Deputy Director, Intelligence Corrrnu n i t y S t a f f The speaker will address: Is the intelligence community a team? coordination vs. competition in collection and analysis; conflicts in estimates; overlaps in intelligence activities; the budget. LUNCH THE PRESS AND PUBLIC VIEW 1400-1445 The Leaks DCI Security Committee This presentation looks at Intelligence Community strategy in dealing with leaks to the press. 1500-1600 The Press and Public View Philip Taubman Washington Bureau, NEW YORK TIMES This presentation deals with how CIA is viewed by a journalist working the intelligence "beat". Are all CIA secrets considered open game if you make a living trying to get on the front page? What, if anything, should the CIA do to improve its image? CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 CONFIDENTIAL WEDNESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY XEROX FACILITY 1615-1715 A Secret Agency PANEL: George Lauder in Public View Director, Public Affairs Office Discussion will be on Agency strategy in dealing with the public and the news media. Should we release more or less CIA analysis to the public? Should we concern ourselves with public support. 1930-2030 The Changing Agency Culture Director of Security Changing trends in personal security, discipline, integrity, cover adjustment, and clearance criteria will be covered in this presentation. CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 CONFIDENTIAL THURSDAY, 16 FEBRUARY XEROX FACILITY 0800-0830 The Agency Culture Executive Director, CIA Our speaker will reflect on the Agency culture. What would we like to project as role models? Can we expect a new breed of intelli- gence officers, and if so are we prepared for them? STRATEGIC THINKING AND AGENCY PLANNING 0845-0945 Strategic Thinking and 25X1 Agency Planning Do security, compartmentation, and the reactive nature of our business hamper long range strategic thinking? Does the changing political process in which we must operate preclude good strategic planning? What is the framework of the CIA's strategic planning for the next ten years? 1000-1130 A Management Game: Turnaround Participants Equipped with fiscal and personnel' data, managers are assigned the task of rescuing a troubled manufacturing plant. This simulation permits individuals to work through the problem first by themselves, then in a group, and, finally, to compare their solutions to an expert's. 1400-1430 Motivation Staff and Participants The group will discuss subordinate motivation. They will develop a list of ways (informal and formal) to motivate, reward, and recognize employee contributions and performances, plus various means to facilitate their subordinates' career development. CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 W1'1' 11J1:11 I 1 Z"1" THURSDAY, 16 FEBRUARY XEROX FACILITY 1445-1545 Reduction in Force Chief, Special Activities Staff, Office of Personnel Our speaker will discuss personnel reduction on a large scale such as the 701, Schlessinger, and Turner exercises vs. the weeding out process at the career service level. He will use case studies and discuss lessons learned. MANAGING THE TNOLOGY EXPLOS ION 1930-2030 Managing the Technology. Explosion Associate Deputy Director for Science and Technology Where is technology expected to take this Agency in five to ten years? How will the cost of technology balance with the costs of people? Do changes in the operational environment, new analytical challenges, and automation lead to new applications of technology? Does this trend impose a greater security risk? Do we have a workforce that can change from shoebox to computer terminal? Are we prepared to offer these new high tech employees a more rewarding career? Are we hiring the right type of people for tomorrow's challenges? Will technology spark new working styles? Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 CONFIDENTIAL FRIDAY, 17 FEBRUARY XEROX FACILITY 0800-0845 The Agency Budget System Deputy Comptroller Officer, Office of the Comptroller ]Executive Our speakers will provide an overview of the Agency budget system, explaining the base program, ongoing and new initiatives, guidance, and reprogramming. 0900-1015 Budget Exercise Speakers and Participants Teams will conduct a strategic budget planning exercise (Strawman ranking) involving the FY85 budget. There will be a discussion of team rankings with the representatives of the Office of the Comptroller. 1030-1130 The Budget Daniel A. Childs Comptroller Our speaker will present his views on the budget process and Agency long-range planning; how we cope with ceilings, tighter budgets, etc.; will some programs'have to go? achieving flexibility. 1230-1500 Career Panel Exercise Staff and Participants Teams will represent a newly formed career panel. Each team will be required to spell out their ranking criteria, procedures for acquiring information to evaluate personnel, recorrmendations for aggressive or conservative promotion policies, plus suggestions for a system that will identify and resolve personnel that do not meet the demands of the service. CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 MONDAY, 20 FEBRUARY TUESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY XEROX FACILITY 0900-1100 Leadership Styles Michael Maccoby John F. Kennedy School of International Affairs Michael Maccoby, author of The Gamesman and The Leader: A New Face for American Management, will discuss his new model of leadership in America. 1115-1215 Leadership Attributes Participants and 25X1 Participants will develop a list of leadership attributes appro- priate to senior Agency managers and d.i,'scuss which of these are applicable in various organizational environments. 1330-1430 Leadership Talent Search Exercise Staff and Participants Teams will be tasked to recommend candidates for senior Agency positions. Team reports will indicate why certain individuals were selected and what significant knowledge, experience, managerial accomplishments/assignments, or leadership qualities led to their recommendations. 1445-1700 Managing Change Management and Administrative Training Division, OTE Any dynamic organization must expect and manage an increased rate of change. The presentation will focus on the process of change and its impact on the people in an organization. This segment will include a case study on the DI reorganization. 14 CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 TUESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY XEROX FACILITY John H. Stein Deputy Director for Operations Our speaker will present his ideas on leading a group of strong- willed, often independent, managers who vary dramatically in organizational style. 15 CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90B0l370R000400550016-1 w1.r 11JG191 lAL WEDNESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY XEROX FACILITY 0800-1030 Negotiation This presentation will include discussion of negotiation, influence, and conflict resolution. 1045-1130 Mentorship Participants This is a presentation on mentorship as it exists in the Agency, with discussion of the advantages/disadvantages and some of the alternatives. What is the role of management in promoting the process? 25X1 1400-1630 Expanding the Executive Presentation skills--tasking, organizing, improving, directing, writing, and presenting will be covered by this speaker. 1930-2000 Leadership Talent Search Staff and Presentations Participants Teams will give their presentations from the Leadership Talent Search Exercise yesterday. 2015-2130 Team Time on Strategic Plans Staff and Participants Teams organized along directorate lines will develop a 10-year strategic plan for their directorate. These plans will signal major efforts, new initiatives, program cancellations, shifts in resources, and ground work for the mid-1990s. Teams should coordinate their plans and prepare short presentations for the DDCI. Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90B0l370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 WNF 1llFN'1'1AL THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY (XEROX FACILITY) ORGANIZATIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 0800-1015 Turnaround (Continued) Part ict 1030-1130 The Decision Process Harry E. Fitzwater Deputy Director for Administration Our speaker will cover the decision process in the Agency; how to make unpopular decisions; when and when not to coordinate; managing risk. 1300-1400 Decisionmaking Staff and Participants Teams will be given an "in-box" of actual decisions made by Agency executives. They will discuss the process and behind-the-scene activity of such decisions and how they were made. 1400-1500 Contract Management Chief, Procure- ment Division, Office of Logistics Our speaker will cover the search for expertise; determining a quality contractor; contract management; sole source vs. competitive bids; the overun; performance measurement with a contractor; danger signals; when to close out. 1515-1615 Executive Wake Participants This is a group discussion. The participants will describe what they believe happened in their offices during their attendance at this Course. Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90B0l370R000400550016-1 WNFIDENTIAL THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY (XEROX FACILITY) 1630-1715 Temperament Evaluation Participants Each participant will report on results of his earlier temperament assessment. 1930-2100 In Search of Excellence The DCI has a process underway to establish this organization's goals and beliefs; a short document incorporating them presumably will be promulgated soon. But what happens next? How can we make CIA's professed goals and beliefs have meaning for our people and the way we do business? What are the impediments to making our credo live over time? How might they be overcome? Is it all just another passing bureaucratic fancy? Assistant irector of Training and Education for Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90B0l370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 CONFIDENTIAL FRIDAY, 24 FEBRUARY (XEROX FACILITY) 0800-0900 Making the System Work Staff and for You Participants Individual Exercise. Each participant will develop (for personal use) his individual growth strategy for the next five years. This plan will reflect career desires, level of ambition, new experiences, training, future assignments, financial planning, and retirement. 0915-1130 Team Time on Strategic Plans Staff and (Continued) Participants 1230-1400 The. Deputy Director of Central John McMahon Intelligence on Corporate Deputy Director Philosophy of Central Intelligence Each Directorate team will present to the DDCI its strategic plan for the next 10 years. The DDCI will comment on the team strategic plans and present his overall corporate philosophy and strategic plan. Where do we expect to be in five and ten years? What kind of intelligence officer and manager will we need for the 1990s. CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Wl~i' 1LJL:llq I IAL MONDAY, 27 FEBRUARY (CAPITOL HILL) At the end of the Core Course we will conduct a series of. dis- cussions with senior policy officials in the Washington Community. Participants will meet with these officials in their own offices and are encouraged to discuss those issues which were surfaced during the Course. 0900-1100 The White House Kenneth de Graffenreid National Security Council Staff LUNCH - U. S. Capitol 1400-1530 The United States Congress Thomas K. Latimer Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1 CONFIDENTIAL TUESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY (THE PENTAGON 1015-1200 The Department of Defense General Richard Stillwell Deputy Under- Secretary of Defense for Policy LUNCH - The Pentagon Executive Dining Room 1400-1530 The Department of State Ambassador Ronald I. Spiers Undersecretary of State for Management CONFIDENTIAL- Approved For Release 2009/01/30: CIA-RDP90BOl370R000400550016-1