Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) are the leadership skills, designated by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), required for entering the Senior Executive Service (SES). The statistically validated OPM ECQs have served as the foundation for selection and OPM leadership development for federal executives across government positions for many years. Using the ECQs to appraise and recognize federal executives will complete a holistic approach not only for selecting and developing federal executives, but also for appraising, recognizing, and retaining a diverse cadre of high-performing federal executives. With the ECQs as a framework, the federal government can ensure a performance management system applicable to all executive-position responsibilities and performance expectations, as well as maintain a balanced emphasis on strategic leadership and results. Below are the five OPM ECQs.
This executive core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent in this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission, and goals. Inherent in this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts in OPM leadership development.
This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent in this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
CareerPro Global/https://www.careerproplus.com has leveraged almost four decades of career expertise successfully developing executive federal applications. As an Quality Management System driven company we have developed an ECQ Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that is incorporated into every ECQ we develop. Your Executive Core Qualifications will be developed in compliance with the Challenge, Context, Action, and Result (CCAR) model, incorporating all 28 core and fundamental competencies required by OPM and the Qualifications Review Board (QRB).
The most important characteristic required in each ECQ we write is content that is rich with examples that will crystallize your leadership skills and demonstrate how they can contribute to building a federal corporate culture that drives for results, serves customers, and builds successful teams and coalitions, both within and outside the federal agencies. You will not find a more experienced team of SES ECQ writers that is current with all federal agency development requirements and that will deliver a hard-hitting and interview-winning set of ECQs.
You may choose as few as one or up to two examples per OPM ECQ narrative. If you choose one strong example that covers every factor required in the particular ECQ, then one is sufficient. If you have several examples that cover some, but not all, factors, but combined, cover all factors, then you can use up to two examples.
Our Process:
Executive Core Qualification writers can take many hours to assist you in fleshing out five executive leadership stories and five or more hours to write each ECQ. Our fees are priced individually and fairly. Our Master Federal Career Advisors will provide you with a free quote. 800-471-9201
CareerPro Global, Inc. is the only company in the Career Services Industry that employs a defined Quality Management System with a detailed SOP to ensure the production of quality deliverables. To date, we have ghostwritten more than 5,000 sets of OPM ECQs and have not had one set disqualified by the QRB for those selected for an SES position. We are extremely proud of our track record.
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