LAND AND MARITIME
This Program now Provides a Structured Program for DLA Proteges and Mentors from Aviation, (J6), Distribution, Disposition, Land & Maritime
Welcome DLA Land and Maritime
Mission: Build a dynamic mentoring partnership to cultivate professional development, empower employees to reach their full leadership potential, and achieve career goals within a high-performing organization.
Defense Logistics Agency
The Mentoring Program is designed to develop employees in various group learning experiences through formal and situational experiences. The program is tailored to our developmental requirements, and team learning experiences with core activities that all of you will be exposed to throughout your time in this partnership. This is a developmental program for both you as employees and the organization. In DLA we believe a strong mentoring program helps prepare employees to take on the challenges and changes in the workforce, increase productivity, and foster a positive work environment and employee retention. As proteges, you will identify the major competencies necessary for improvement and growth, while participating in this mentoring program. At the end of this engagement, we believe we will develop a cadre of highly qualified men and women representative of your workforce to compete for the next level of leadership.
DLA Mentoring Portal
The DLA Mentoring Portal will facilitate all we accomplish in this relationship. All mentoring activities will be tracked in this mentoring space. Mentoring as a learning approach is the approved approach for engaging, developing, and retaining DLA's organization's talent and know-how. This platform will provide you with the ideal solution for capturing and transferring knowledge and expertise between each other during your mentoring relationship. This mentoring solution combines industry best practices with world-class, software to deliver a complete mentoring solution that has been tailored for use in your DLA organization.
The 2024-2026 DLA Mentoring Program(s)
Your DLA Mentoring Program seeks to enhance and develop individual leadership capabilities through a team-centric, collaborative approach. Participants will be exposed to learning models that are aligned with the Leadership Performance Standards.
Program Overview:
- The program will incorporate Matching Proteges with compatible Mentors
- Roles & Responsibilities will be clearly defined & mutually agreed upon in a mentoring agreement
- We will have defined events, curriculum, and optional activities for you along your established path
General Requirements:
- Complete the DISC Assessment
- Monthly Partnership Training(s)
- Complete Monthly Growth Assignments
- Participate in the Mid-Point Refresher
- Create Individual Mentoring Action Plans
- Participate in a Mentoring Relationship
- Review Key Knowledge Areas
The DLA Mentoring Program Goals May Include:
- Developing a knowledgeable, accountable cadre of problem solvers
- Growing talent to meet the evolving needs of the Agency (succession planning)
- Encouraging Employee Retention
- Rotational Developmental Assignments
- Cross-Training
- Sel-Directed Study
- On-the-Job Training
- Focus Groups
- External assignments and facilitated training sessions