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"…action learning is both a process and a powerful program that involves a small group of people solving real problems while at the same time focusing on what they are learning and how their learning can benefit each group member and the organization as a whole" ~ Michael Marquardt
| Date | Topic | Champion(s) /Sponsor(s) |
Scenario | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25-29, 2000 | How do you Explore Methods to Manage Human Resources Management Council (HRMC) Issues Bureau-Wide Throughout the Disciplines? | Jeffrey Armbruster Lew Wade (sponsor) |
2000.0925.ALS-1 | |
| How do we Plan, Prioritize, and Implement Multidiscipline Training Within the Concept of a Strong Region/Discipline Organization? | Dianne Jeffries | 2000.0925.ALS-2 | ||
| How to Develop a Single Source for Bibliographic Information About All Reports Published by the USGS and Authored by the USGS? | Barb Ryan Ken Lanfear (sponsor) |
2000.0925.ALS-4 | ||
| June 4-8, 2001 | Performance Reviews for Non-Research Grade Employees | Bill Fordyce, Janice Nash and Dianne Jeffries (sponsors) |
2001.0604.ALS-1 | |
| Cost Containment in the USGS | Kathy Clement and Carol Aten | 2001.0604.ALS-2 | ||
| Integrating Leadership Competencies and Behaviors | Jeffrey Armbruster Nancy Driver (sponsor) |
2001.0604.ALS-3 | ||
| Leading Up, Down and Across 360 Degree Leading |
Jeffrey Armbruster Nancy Driver (sponsor) |
2001.0604.ALS-4 | ||
| June 18-22, 2001 | Develop a Marketing Plan for the Leadership Development Program | Jeffrey Armbruster Nancy Driver (sponsor) |
2001.0618.ALS-1 | |
| How does the USGS Implement Knowledge Management? | Karen Siderelis Dianne Jeffries (sponsor) |
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| How do you really do integrated science? | Bonnie McGregor | 2001.0618.ALS-3 | ||
| Leading up, down and across 360 degree leading |
Jeffrey Armbruster Nancy Driver (sponsor) |
2001.0618.ALS-4 | ||
| June 17-21, 2002 | Vision for the USGS | Chip Groat Barbara Wainman |
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| Support of DOI and National Program Needs | Tom Casadevall Tim Miller (sponsor) |
2002.0617.ALS-2 | ||
| Business Model | Bonnie McGregor | 2002.0617.ALS-3 | ||
| How Do You Lead Through Competitive Sourcing? | Kathy Clement |
2002.0617.ALS-4 | ||
| September 16-20, 2002 | Strategic Change Success Stories | Barbara Wainman Carol Aten |
2002.0916.ALS-1 | |
| Developing Next-Generation Senior Leadership Cadre | Kathy Clement, Bonnie McGregor Dianne Jeffries (sponsor) |
2002.0916.ALS-2 | ||
| Center Director involvement in Bureau Planning and Business Practices Activities | Chip Groat Tim Miller (sponsor) |
2002.0916.ALS-3 | ||
| How do we enhance and maintain the scientific credibility of the USGS in a difficult and competitive budget climate? | Pat Leahy Linda Gunderson (sponsor) |
2002.0916.ALS-4 | ||
| June 9-13, 2003 | How does the USGS Implement a meaningful integration of its research and education contributions during a restrictive and competitive budget climate? | Bob Ridky (sponsor) | 2003.0609.ALS-1 | |
| How can a science impact office be designed so that it is sustainable? | Carl Shapiro (sponsor) | 2003.0609.ALS-2 | ||
| How do we get the business rules, developed by the separate disciplines, to reinforce an interdisciplinary approach to science? | Bob Doyle | 2003.0609.ALS-3 | 2003.0609.ALS-3 Results | |
| September 15-19, 2003 | Leadership and the OAS: What are we hearing? | Barbara Wainman | 2003.0915.ALS-1 | |
| Strategic Facilities Management | Bob Doyle | 2003.0915.ALS-2 | 2003.0915.ALS-2.Results | |
| Integrated Science Planning – Getting Project/Field Center Involvement | Bonnie McGregor Tom Armstrong (Sponsor) |
2003.0915.ALS-3 | 2003.0915.ALS-3.Results | |
| USGS Role in Science with DOI Bureaus | Sue Haseltine | 2003.0915.ALS-4 | ||
| August 2-6, 2004 | The Executive Leadership Team: Are they a team and is their leadership effective? | Bob Doyle Barbara Wainman |
2004.0802.ALS-1 | 2004.0802.ALS-1.Results |
| Creating a Rewarding USGS Environment: Assessing the future | Bonnie McGregor Janis Nash (Sponsor) |
2004.0802.ALS-2 | ||
| Implementing a Federal Enterprise Architecture Within The USGS: Charting The Future For the Survey | Karen Siderelis Andrea Alpine (Sponsor) |
2004.0802.ALS-3 | ||
| Developing Successful Leaders and Managers: Preparing for the Future | Kaye Cook Stacy Bushee (Sponsor) |
2004.0802.ALS-4 | ||
| April 11-15, 2005 | Less with Less: The Communications and Leadership Challenge | Bob Doyle and Barbara Wainman Leslie McElroy, Jess Weaver (Sponsors) |
2005.0411.ALS-1 | |
| Maintaining a Rewarding USGS Environment in Times of "Less with Less" | Olivia Ferriter, Janis Nash, Laure Wallace and Stacy Bushee (sponsors) |
2005.0411.ALS-2 | 2005.0411.ALS-2.Results | |
| USGS Fleet Management | Carol Aten | 2005.0411.ALS-3 | 2005.0411.ALS-3.Results | |
| July 11-15, 2005 | Managing Leadership Development | Suzette Kimball Carole Carter (sponsor) |
2005.0711.ALS-1 | 2005.0711.ALS-1.Results |
| Maintaining a Rewarding USGS Environment in Challenging Times | Amy Holley Janis Nash (sponsor) |
2005.0711.ALS-2 | 2005.0711.ALS-2.Results | |
| Naming and Renaming USGS Organizations | Carol Aten | 2005.0711.ALS-3 | 2005.0711.ALS-3.Results | |
| Creating a Leadership-Centered Culture in Times of Doing "Less with Less" | Barbara Wainman | 2005.0711.ALS-4 | 2005.0711.ALS-4.Results | |
| April 3-7, 2006 | Improving the Ability of USGS Managers to Engage and Lead Employees | Bob Doyle and Pam Malam | 2006.0403.ALS-1 | 2006.0403.ALS-1.Results |
| Proactively and Positively Managing Organizational Change During Regional Restructuring | Pat Leahy and Suzette Kimball |
2006.0403.ALS-2 | 2006.0403.ALS-2.Results | |
| Competitive Sourcing at the USGS | Karen Siderelis and Barbara Wainman |
2006.0403.ALS-3 | 2006.0403.ALS-3.Results | |
| Engaging Employees and Stakeholders in the Bureau Science Strategy | Linda Gunderson and Marty Goldhaber (Sponsors) | 2006.0403.ALS-4 | 2006.0403.ALS-4.Results | |
| July 17-21, 2006 | Improving the Ability of USGS Managers to Engage and Lead Employees | Bob Doyle and Pam Malam | 2006.0717.ALS-1 | 2006.0717.ALS-1.Results |
| Molding Mark Myers | Barbara Wainman Amy Holley (Sponsor) |
2006.0717.ALS-2 | 2006.0717.ALS-2.Results | |
| Science, Facilities and Administrative Costs | Karen Baker | 2006.0717.ALS-3 | 2006.0717.ALS-3.Results | |
| The Role of USGS Science in Structured Decision-Making Processes | Sue Haseltine Ken Williams and Dan Ashe (Sponsors) |
2006.0717.ALS-4 | 2006.0717.ALS-4.Results | |
| March 26-30, 2007 | The Diversity Business Case | Pam Malam Alesia Pierre-Louis (Sponsor) |
2007.0326.ALS-1 | |
| Leading the Effort to Implement a USGS Data Integration Blueprint | Karen Siderelis Kevin Gallagher (Sponsor) |
2007.0326.ALS-2 | ||
| Engaging Employees in the New USGS Science Strategy | Bob Doyle Barbara Wainman |
2007.0326.ALS-3 | ||
| Achieving the USGS Science Strategy: Maximizing Organizational Effectiveness | Suzette Kimball Dave Russ and Jess Weaver (Sponsors) |
2007.0326.ALS-4 | ||
| June 25-29, 2007 | Increasing USGS Partnership Opportunities through Additional Funding Acceptance Authorities | Karen Baker Louie Pectol (Sponsor) |
2007.0625.ALS-1 | |
| USGS Response to DOI's Technical Guide and Departmental Order on Use of Adaptive Management by DOI Bureaus | Sue Haseltine Ken Williams (Sponsor) |
2007.0625.ALS-2 | ||
| The Diversity Business Case | Pam Malam Alesia Pierre-Louis (Sponsor) |
2007.0625.ALS-3 | ||
| March 31-April 4, 2008 | The Diversity Business Case | Pam Malam Alesia Pierre-Louis (Sponsor) |
2008.0331.ALS-1 | |
| Engaging Partners in a New Way: The National Global Warming and Wildlife Science Center | Sue Haseltine | 2008.0331.ALS-2 | ||
| Moving Toward a Common Bureau-Wide Science Planning Process | Barbara Wainman | 2008.0331.ALS-3 | ||
| June 9-13, 2008 | The Diversity Business Case | Pam Malam Alesia Pierre-Louis |
2008.0609.ALS-1 | |
| Moving Toward a Common Bureau-Wide Science Planning Process | Barbara Wainman | 2008.0609.ALS-2 | ||
| Increasing Program Efficiencies | Barbara Ryan | 2008.0609.ALS-3 | ||
| March 30 – April 3, 2009 | Top Ten Potential: Making the USGs One of the Government's Best Places to Work | Suzette Kimball Barbara Wainman |
2009.0330.ALS-1.Results | |
| The Leadership Case for Diversity | Pam Malam Alesia Pierre-Louis (Sponsor) |
2009.0330.ALS-2 | 2009.0330.ALS-2.Results | |
| Leading the USGS through a Time of National Economic Challenge | Matt Larsen | |||
| Science at the DOI: Who's Responsible for What? | Sue Haseltine | |||
| June 15-19. 2009 | Top Ten Potential: Making the USGS One of the Government's Best Places to Work | Suzette Kimball Barbara Wainman |
2009.0615.ALS-1.Results | |
| The Leadership Case for Diversity | Pam Malam Alesia Pierre-Louis (Sponsor) |
2009.0615.ALS-2 | 2009.0615.ALS-2.Results | |
| The Proposed John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis | Sue Haseltine? | 2009.0615.ALS-3.Results | ||
| March 22-26, 2010 | Engaging All Employees in Science Excellence | Marcia McNutt Suzette Kimball |
2010.0322.ALS-1.Results | |
| USGS EPN: The Dilemma of Consolidation | Kevin Gallagher | 2010.0322.ALS-2.Results | ||
| The Leadership Case for Diversity | Bill Werkheiser w/ Veronica Johnson |
2010.0322.ALS-3.Results | ||
| June 14-18, 2010 | Boundary Spanning Leadership at the Science Resources Management Interface | Marcia McNutt Suzette Kimball |
2010.0614.ALS-1 | 2010.0614.ALS-1.Results |
| Talking Change: How to More Effectively Communicate About the Reorganization | Barbara Wainman w/ Joanne Taylor |
2010.0614.ALS-2 | 2010.0614.ALS-2.Results | |
| USGS Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill | Sue Haseltine Dave Bornholdt (Sponsor) |
2010.0614.ALS-3 | ||
| March 21-25, 2011 | The Use of Economics in the USGS as a Bridge between Science and Societal Decisions | Ione Taylor Carl Shapiro (Sponsor) |
2011.0321.ALS-1 | 2011.0321.ALS-1.Results |
| Strengthening the Bonds between USGS Diversity Sub-Councils and USGS Employees | Leslie Holland-Bartels Alesia Pierre-Louis (Sponsor) |
2011.0321.ALS-2 | 2011.0321.ALS-2.Results | |
| Leading a "Best Place to Work" in Federal Government Effort | Ralph Charlip Alesia Pierre-Louis (Sponsor) |
2011.0321.ALS-3 | 2011.0321.ALS-3.Results | |
| August 1-5, 2011 | The National Research Program within the Context of the USGS Strategic Directions | Bill Werkheiser Jerad Bales (Sponsor) |
2011.0801.ALS-1 | 2011.0801.ALS-1.Results |
| The Use of Economics in the USGS as a Bridge Between Science and Societal Decisions (follow up) | Ione Taylor Carl Shapiro (Sponsor) |
2011.0801.ALS-2 2011.0801.ALS-2a |
2011.0801.ALS-2.Results1 | |
| Strengthening the Bonds Between USGS Diversity Sub-Councils and USGS Employees | Leslie Holland-Bartels Alesia Pierre-Louis Diversity Sub-Council (Sponsor) |
2011.0801.ALS-3 | 2011.0801.ALS-3.Results | |
| Cutting Costs While Keeping Our Science Strong | Karen Baker Barbara Wainman |
2011.0801.ALS-4 | 2011.0801.ALS-4.Results | |
| March 12-16, 2012 | Launching and Developing an Identity for the New USGS Environmental Health Mission Area | Suzette Kimball, Ione Taylor, Patti Bright, Herb Buxton | 2012.0312.ALS-1 | 2012.0312.ALS-1.Results |
| Creating an Engaged Workforce by Communicating Effectively with Employees | Barbara Wainman, Tom Brocher, Sarah Gerould, Veronica Johnson, Kurt Newman, Greg Steyer |
2012.0312.ALS-2 | 2012.0312.ALS-2.Results | |
| Strengthening the Bonds between USGS Diversity Sub-Councils and USGS Employees | Leslie Holland-Bartels, Alesia Pierre-Louis, John Szemraj | 2012.0312.ALS-3 | 2012.0312.ALS-3.Results | |
| June 11-15, 2012 | A New Vision for Laboratories in the Water Mission Area | Bill Werkheiser, Jerad Bales | 2012.0611.ALS-1 | 2012.0611.ALS-1.Results |
| Strengthening the Bonds between USGS Diversity Sub-Councils and USGS Employees | Leslie Holland-Bartels, Alesia Pierre-Louis | 2012.0611.ALS-2 | 2012.0611.ALS-2.Results | |
| Sustainability, Science, and the USGS | Marcia McNutt, Ione Taylor, Carl Shapiro, Sally Brady | 2012.0611.ALS-3 | 2012.0611.ALS-3.Results | |
| Conflict Management | Employee & Career Development | Human Resources | Organization Development | Pay & Benefits | Performance & Conduct | Staffing & Workforce |