Get that moving truck ready

[The Patriot]

Willingness to be mobile is key to career development in the acquisition workforce.In Army acquisition, moving up might mean moving out--out of your comfort zone. Leadership in recent months has been encouraging mobility, or the willingness of workforce members to relocate for work, for one big reason: the development of the employee. "Leadership seems to unanimously find value in a person working in multiple organizations in multiple locations--that brings a wealth of perspectives to that person," said Scott Greene, chief of the leader development branch for proponency and leader development at the Office of the Director, Acquisition Career Management (DACM), Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

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