State officials attend award-winning Governor's Executive Development Program
Monday, October 4, 2010
Each year, top faculty from Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma
present this executive education program. Through the program, participants increase
their knowledge and skills and broaden their perspectives in their role as leaders.
“This opportunity was one of the best learning experiences of my management career,”
said Carolyn Kelly Johnson, 2010 program participant from the Oklahoma Department
of Human Services. “The presentations were thought-involving and relevant to management
and leadership within my organization.”
The Governors Executive Development Program is a partnership between OSU, OU and
the State of Oklahoma Office of Personnel Management. The OSU Center for Executive
and Professional Development helps to facilitate the program each year.
The four-and-a-half-day program is designed around the five Executive Leadership
Competencies identified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management; business acumen,
leading change, leading people, results driven, and building coalitions/communication.
“We are extremely pleased that our five-year partnership with OSU’s Center for Executive
and Professional Development in the Spears School has better prepared 153 senior-level
state officials, including 24 agency directors and eight cabinet secretaries, to better
serve their agencies and the people of Oklahoma,” said Oscar Jackson, Oklahoma OPM
Administrator and Cabinet Secretary of Human Resources and Administration.
Lee Manzer, OSU professor of marketing, served as the faculty coordinator for the
program. Guest speakers for the program included Bob Blackburn, Executive Director,
Oklahoma Historical Director and Vince Orza, Oklahoma City University.
The program received the UPCEA award for Innovative Program in the mature program
(non-credit) category for the Central Region. Each year, UPCEA awards recognize its
members' outstanding contributions to the Association and the field, as well as their
achievements in innovative programming, marketing and promotion, community development
and services, research and publications and many other areas. The award was presented
at the 2010 Celebration of Excellence Programs conference on Sept. 23 in Colorado
Springs, Colo.
For more information about the annual Governor’s Executive Development Program for
State Officials, contact Wravenna Bloomberg at 866-678-3933 or wravenna.bloomberg@okstate.edu, or visit cepd.okstate.edu.