Senior Executive Leadership Forum (SELF)
Senior executives today are faced with many serious challenges as they lead their agencies. Budget reductions, resource allocation, and rising equipment costs, are just some of the issues presenting serious challenges to business and government leaders alike. The Senior Executive Leadership Forum (SELF) has been designed to enhance the business and personal leadership skills of those in executive positions. These skills will better enable leaders to face the many serious challenges of today.
Due to the budget issues facing our local and private agencies, we have decided to postpone the inaugural session until 2012.
• Application and Selection Process
Program Information
SELF will be offered as a one-week summer session, with a three-day follow-up session in the fall. The SELF program will offer an experiential learning initiative that challenges executive-level participants to examine competitive environments, select and implement a strategy, manage risk, and communicate the value proposition to effectively operate an organization in today’s complex globally-challenging environment.
The SELF program will match the business acumen learning with cutting edge leadership processes aimed at creating balanced relationships and a common language between public and private sector executives using a dynamic, business-based simulation that permits participants to practice business and leadership decisions in a team-centric experience. Different processes and styles reflected in private and public sectors will be explored. Active coaching sessions will be offered with certified executive coaches and team facilitators to help participants analyze and hone their own leadership traits.
Participants will apply what they have learned in Week One toward a “reality-based” initiative serving both private and public sectors. This participant-coordinated project will allow participants to use their leadership skills and business acumen to solve an issue or create an opportunity in the marketplace.
Classes will be held on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Classes are held from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily. The first week of classes will be held in the early summer, with classes beginning on Sunday and ending on Friday. The second week of classes will be held in the fall, with classes beginning on Wednesday and ending on Friday. Individuals accepted to this program must be prepared to commit to this schedule. Attendees who do not live in the greater Richmond metropolitan area will be provided lodging in a local hotel within close proximity to the school.
Who Should Attend
The Senior Executive Leadership Forum is appropriate for individuals who meet the following criteria:
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Applicants must be in an executive position within the public or private sector. Out-of-state applicants are welcome.
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Applicants must be senior level staff responsible for policy making, financial management, and critical decision making at the executive level of the organization.
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Possess a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Have a personal commitment to expand one’s leadership abilities and use these skills to benefit his/her organization and community. - Possess prior training, education, and life experiences consistent with the requirements of this program.
A program of this type requires a total commitment on the part of the attendee and his or her organization. Full-time attendance is mandatory for all classes and program activities.
Certification and Credit
This intense program of study is taught by full-time and adjunct faculty from Virginia Commonwealth University. A certificate of completion will be presented at graduation for those successfully completing the SELF program. In addition, the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services has approved this program of study for in-service training credits for those participants working in a public-safety capacity. College credit is not available for this program.
Participants in the Senior Executive Leadership Forum will earn up to seven Continuing Education Unit Credits (CEU's) from the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for Corporate Education. Applicant forms will be available upon registration and there is no additional charge for these continuing education units. Some participants may incur a fee for CEU's applied to certain associations, due to the requirements by those associations.
Application and Selection Process
Each applicant must submit the SELF application form (above), or you may contact the VPCF to have a form sent to you. The following items must be submitted along with the application:
- Resumé of the applicant (include work experience, education, and training history);
- Agency organizational chart with the applicant’s current position clearly identified;
- A letter of interest from the applicant to the SELF Selection Committee indicating why he/she wants to attend SELF and what the applicant’s goals and expectations are of the program.
Completed application packets are to be mailed to the office of the Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation. Please note - faxed application packets will not be accepted.
Applications received are submitted to the SELF Selection Committee at various intervals. When the selection committee completes their review of the pending applications, applicants will be notified of the status of their application.
Evaluation of each application will be based upon: applicant meeting the pre-requisites of the program; proper completion of the application; submission of all required attachments; and thoroughness, thoughtfulness, and professionalism demonstrated in letter of interest to the SELF Selection Committee.
Program Fees
The program cost includes tuition, textbooks, course materials, breakfast, lunch, break refreshments, and housing accommodations.
Thanks to the generosity of the The School of Business at VCU Center for Corporate Education, one full needs-based scholarship is available to attend this program. This scholarship was created to honor the memory of Lex T. Eckenrode, and is available to sworn law enforcement officers employed in the Commonwealth of Virginia who qualify for and are accepted into the SELF program. For more information on this scholarship, please contact Stephanie Diaz at (804) 285-8227 .
When funding is available, the Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation will accept applications for needs-based scholarships from applicable law-enforcement agencies. For more information on these scholarships, click here.
Questions?
For more information or any questions concerning this program, please contact the Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation office at (804) 285-8227 or email info@vapolicefoundation.org.