Accelerated Leadership Class (ALC)

Peterson Air Force Base ALCPilot Program for Airmen / Dorm Residents

• Goal: provide a leadership program that is interactive, effective and fun

• Objectives• Provide an Accelerated Leadership Class (ALC) utilizing

current Leadership Models, research and high challenge experiential learning activities

• Practice Leadership and Followership Skills• Execute a leadership outcome from this experience

Responsibilities• 21st Space Wing Program• Pilot Program managed by PAFB Outdoor

Adventure Program (OAP)• Instructed by Garcia Wood, Director of Training

Services for Camp Leaders (contractor)• Transportation by OAP or LRS

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Target Groups• 12 Student capacity for Pilot Program

• Targeted Participation Groups

• E1 – E4• Junior NCO

• Expand target audience after pilot

Benefits • Each individual will gain an understanding of his/her

leadership style, how to lead others, how to create a successful environment for leading, how to give and receive feedback.

• The group will have the opportunity to choose a Leadership project that will improve life at the base.

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Tentative Schedules for Pilot Program• Start in Feb or March 08• Seven sessions • Options

• 1230-1630, six straight days, seventh day TBD• 1230 -1630, three sessions a week for two weeks,

seventh day TBD• 1230-1630, twice a month for three months

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Session 1: • Introduction to ALC• Discuss Individual and group goals• Insights Profile taken • Building foundation for next sessions

• What is Leadership? • Who do you want to be? (journal)• Who does this team want to be?

• Social Contract • Activities: Tent Pole, Keypunch, Tug of War, Daniels

Model, Emotional Intelligence• Logging exercise: journal and questions have not been

created yet

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Insights Discovery System--What’s it all about…

• Understanding Yourself• Understanding Others• Learning to Adapt to Better Connect With Others

• In Order To….• Improve interpersonal communication• Understand and value differences in others• Increase team/organizational effectiveness• Develop of key leadership competencies

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Objectives

• To help develop the ability to• Understand the nature of perception and its

importance in our relationships with others

• Identify the four basic Insights color energies and the characteristics associated with each

• Understand that any person will exhibit all of the color energies to some extent, but will show a preference for using one more than the others

• Understand the relative strengths and weaknesses of each color energy and the relationship between strength and weakness

Insights Discovery System

Perception - we can disagree and both be right

The Insights Color Quadrants

Bad day red

COLS 3.1

Cool Bluedetailed

structured

realistic

Fiery Redbig

bold

challenging

safe

value-based

thoughtful

Earth Green

fantasticpassionatebeyond yourwildest dreams

Sunshine Yellow

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Session 2• Orienteering day at La Foret

• Find points with a competitive edge • Ethical decision making framework discussion

• Logging exercise

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Session 3 • High Ropes at Fort Carson

• Giving and receiving support• Reversibility as a leader • Followership • Emotional Intelligence • Daniels Model• Goal setting

• Realistic Goals• Stretch goals • Team goals

• Logging exercise

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Session 4• Rock Climbing at Red Rock Canyon

• More practice at stretching oneself• Partner climbing• Initiate Feedback Loop

• Logging exercise

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Session 5 • Problem Solving Challenges at La Foret

• Practicing leadership skills, time management, and strategic planning

• Integrating what has been learned thus far• Feedback

• Logging exercise

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Session 6 • Feedback and Action Planning for

Leadership Project• Give back to Peterson Community

• Choosing a Leadership Effort as a group

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Session 7 • Open session for Leadership Project• Capstone Briefing to Wing Leadership• Graduation Ceremony

• Cost for Pilot Program is $5200• Plus Insights ( $75 x 12 = $900) • Plus journals with written pre-printed guide, $100

• Wing Funded non-personal services contract for $5100

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