The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2005

management training is closely associated with Sec. Powell, who frequently cited the importance of training for his own military career. However, the Leadership and Management School was actually founded in 1999, two years before Powell arrived in Foggy Bottom. The school’s first dean, Ambassador Aurelia Brazeal, and cur- rent dean, Ambassador Prudence Bushnell, have over- seen the creation of a full range of leadership and man- agement training for all State Department employees, including specialists and Civil Service personnel. The program encourages instruction at frequent intervals in formal training environments, in line with the belief that employees should not wait until they have “manager” or “leader” written in their job description to begin devel- oping talents in these areas. The core leadership training series consists of manda- tory basic, intermediate and advanced courses leadership for employees at the GS-13/FS-3, GS-14/FS-2 and GS- 15/FS-1 grade levels, as well as the Senior Executive Threshold Seminar for people newly promoted to the Senior Civil and Foreign Services. Those courses are complemented by over 25 electives that focus on specif- ic skills. In addition, coverage of leadership and manage- ment principles is embedded in the various professional tradecraft courses. U.S. Ambassador to Laos Patricia M. Haslach, a mem- ber of the Senior Foreign Service, describes herself as “a F O C U S J U LY- A U G U S T 2 0 0 5 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 21 Ben Comes to FSI I n August 1994, the year after FSI took up its new quarters, it got a patron saint: a 1,500-pound, six-foot-high bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin, America’s first diplomatic agent. AFSA originally donated the statue on Foreign Service Day in 1982 to mark the State Department’s 200th anniver- sary. But the statue, which has a companion in the front courtyard of Embassy Paris, was tucked away in obscurity outside the department’s C Street entrance. Speaking at the dedication ceremony, Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott said, “It is my hope that this figure will provide inspiration in this new location as successive genera- tions of new American diplomats pass before it.” Katie’s a model leader. She’s bright, articulate, and unassuming. Yet her charm and congeniality belie an extraordinary competitiveness and academic intensity. Miss Hall’s has given her what she needed most: the challenge and motivation to achieve her potential. • College-preparatory, boarding and day school, for girls in grades 9-12 • Advanced Placement classes in all disciplines • Student/Faculty ratio: 5 to 1 • 100% college placement • Horizons: community service/internship program • ESL and TOEFL preparation 492 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA 01201 • (413) 499-1300 • www.misshalls.org • e-mail: info@misshalls.org