Brenda DePuy

President, DePuy HR Associates

Brenda DePuy has 50+ years of government leadership and HR experience with DOD, NIH, NGA, NSF, and OPM. She served as an Agency Officer with OPM in Executive Resources, advising agencies on their executive programs and administering the OPM Qualifications Review Boards (QRB) that approved the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) of agencies’ tentative SES selections. She was published for diversity programs in the OPM Exemplary Practices Digest, one of 15 best practices in HR and authored an article in The Public Manager, summer 2015, “The Linchpins of Leadership.” She is a graduate of American University Key Executive Program.

Brenda is the owner of DePuy HR Associates, providing Executive Leadership training/coaching and HR consulting to federal agencies. She has trained >7,000 executives in leadership competencies. She has helped >500 executive clients with executive career strategies and gaining/writing about Executive Core Qualifications; of those that needed OPM approval, 99.5% were successful. She has trained and/or coached ten SES Candidate Development Program Classes and coached Presidential Appointees/SESs and their staff. Her clients include: DOD, DODIG, DOJ, DOL, DOC, DOE, DHS, DOS, DOT, DHHS, USDA, EPA, BEP, FNS, NASS, NRCS, FDA, VA, DHS, CBP, ICE, CIS, NGA, NIH PBGC, CNCS, FEC, NASA, NRC, HUD, NCPC, FERC, FLRA, CNCS, IMLS, Small Agency Council, PBGC, NASA, and USSS.

She has designed/presented five Capitol Hill seminars on Senior Executive Career Strategies. She is adjunct faculty for the Graduate School, designing/conducting interagency leadership sessions including sessions in the Executive Potential Program; the 2-week Washington Executive Seminar; and presented an international session for Taiwan senior executives. Designed the certification assessment process for the HUD Leadership Program and for the HUD Presidential Fellows Program - both classes received OPM certification. She has presented on a variety of Executive Development topics at Georgetown U., George Mason E-Learning Conference, American University, TOC, ASTD, ASPEN, IPMA MD, FEW Regional, 2 Excellence in Government Conferences, NAHFE 2013/14/15 and LULAC/OPM FTIP-2014-2021- as well as serving on teams of senior executives as a fellow flash mentor for both NAHFE and LULAC conferences.

Panel Information

Wednesday, July 27

1:30 PM EST

Working with Positive Intelligence by Shirzad

Using the model of Positive Intelligence, class will discuss the saboteurs we all face, the impacts on us and our work life/career. We discuss how to identify individuals’ top saboteurs using an on-line free assessment tool, which will be done in class if participants bring their laptops. For those that don’t have a laptop, another separate exercise will be available.

Thursday, July 28

1:30 PM EST

Writing Executive Core Competencies - Part 1

This workshop is open to all FTIP attendees but highly recommended for GS 13-GS 15 or equivalent. It will require advanced preparation. Participants must read OPM’s Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2010.pdf Participants will be required to prepare a 1-page typed (12 font) ECQ statement in the Challenge-Context-Action-Result (CCAR ) model on Leading Change or Leading People. The CCAR model should be your friend. Not only is CCAR required for the writing of Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ), it is also useful for interviews. Using CCAR allows you to tell your story in an interesting and compelling way. The workshop will cover ECQ writing and required focus and includes practical guidance on how to critique your ECQ statement using a checklist.