AGA TOPICS Newsletter

The Council for Excellence in Government Announces the Government Financial Fellows and the Spring 2008 Excellence in Government Fellows Programs

AGA and the Council for Excellence in Government have combined their strengths to create a specialty focus for financial management professionals within the Excellence in Government Fellows program: The Government Financial Fellows Program. This special program has been added for mid-level federal managers with responsibility in financial management areas. Specific occupations include budgeting, accounting, auditing and investigations, financial systems, and program management. This hands-on, results-based leadership development program is central to the missions of the Council for Excellence in Government and AGA: to improve the performance and accountability of government. 

For the past 19 years, the Excellence in Government’s Fellows Program has been empowering and training the next generation of great leaders in government with a focus on achieving results.  Designed for government employees at the GS-14 and GS-15 grade or equivalent (high performing GS-13s may apply), the Fellows Program trains and teaches participants to:  

•     effectively lead people and manage change;

•     achieve and measure results in complex environments;

•     build partnerships and motivate teams; and

•     learn insights into self.

The Council for Excellence in Government has designed the Fellows program to be convenient for working professionals.  During the 12-month program, Fellows remain in their full time jobs, spending approximately three days about every six weeks for seven sessions with their “coaching teams” working on issues critical to their own development and to achieving their agencies’ mission goals. A central feature of the Excellence in Government Fellows program is benchmarking where the classroom is real life, real-time and real results. Through benchmarking activities Fellows get a behind-the-scenes look at the most successful, high-performance organization and companies, and a chance-of-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and engage some of the most effective leaders in government and business. 

The Financial Fellows and Spring 2008 Excellence in Government Fellows programs are kicking off the week of April 7 and we will be accepting applications for that program on a rolling basis until March 25, 2008. For more information on the Fellows program please visit the Council’s website, download the Financial Fellows Program file or contact Chris Wingo at 202.728.0418.