Women in the SES:
Networking to the Top
Whoever coined the phrase “blend
networking into your life” accurately
described one of the best ways to imple-
ment the crucial practice of networking in
a hectic career.
The Senior Executive Service com-
“The opportunity for networking is
prises men and women charged with always there,” explains Terri A. Dickerson,
leading the continuing transformation
director of the Office of Civil Rights at
the U.S. Coast Guard. “It’s a matter of
of government. These leaders possess
availing yourself, and making the time
for it.”
well-honed executive skills, and share a
broad perspective on government and
A member of the government’s senior
executive corps, Dickerson says there are
a public service commitment, which
only two other female senior executive
members in her division (the Coast Guard
is grounded in the US Constitution. has nine SES positions), and all of them
Members of the SES serve in the key
perform completely different jobs and
work in separate buildings.
positions just below the top presiden-
Dickerson adds, “It’d be easy to say ‘Oh
tial appointees. SES members are the well, I don’t have the time; it’s too com-
major link between these appointees
plicated to construct a means of network-
ing.’ But really, it isn’t true.”
and the rest of the federal work force.
One member of the small, three-person
They operate and oversee nearly every group acts as coordinator, and plans dates
government activity in approximately
for the women to get together. Seminars
for federally employed women, or a
75 federal agencies.
lunchtime speaking session at the Treasury
Institute are the most likely places for a
rendezvous.
“The easiest thing in the world would
be for me to say ‘Oh no, I’m too busy,
and I can’t,’” explains Dickerson. “But
I’ve found, whether it’s the content that
a speaker delivers, or whether it’s just the
opportunity to get out and meet other
people and engage with other women
from the Coast Guard, it is just really very
valuable.”
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