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Professional Development Priorities: A Director’s View

7 May 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel David Buchanan, CD, MDS, MA

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Political

Strategical

Tactical

Operational

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Our Professional Development(PD) Foundation – The General System of War and Conflict

ExpertiseCognitive Capacities

Social Capacities

Change Capacities

Professional Ideology

SeniorDP 5

Political Strategic

Systems Thinking

PartneringParadigm Shifting

Stewardship

AdvancedDP 4

IntermediateDP 3

JuniorDPs 1 & 2 Tactical Analytical

Interpersonal

Openness Internalizing

Our PD Foundation – Leadership Development Framework

Leadership Levels

Leadership Meta-Competencies

Tactical

Operational

Military-Strategic

Politico-Strategic

Educ Trg

Self-Dev Exp

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• Scan environment internally and, more importantly, externally for:• Lessons.• Opportunities.

• Develop partnerships that: • Support development or refinement.• Enact action.• Create synergies.

• Add/enhance Subjects in PD.• Cultural Intelligence.• Change management.• Systems thinking.

An Enhanced Approach

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• In depth research of others to find opportunities.

• Initial reach out to establish partnerships.

• Update to our curriculum to include new subjects.

Next Steps/Way Ahead

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Questions/Comments