DEVELOPING STRATEGIC LEADERS

DEVELOPING STRATEGIC LEADERS
FOR THE 21st CENTURY)

This analysis considers existing efforts in the Office
of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), State Department,
and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and provides
appropriate recommendations for each. It also outlines
the changes required to existing personnel management
systems and development programs to create an
effective cadre of civilian national security professionals
for the policy process. Clearly, these recommendations
may be applicable for other executive agencies as
well. These three departments were selected because
they have traditionally had the primary (if not exclusive)
role in the development of foreign and defense policy.
There are also obviously growing requirements
for those with technical expertise, human resource
management, finance/comptroller skills, etc. The
development of personnel with these talents for these
three agencies is not the subject of this monograph.