SOW Dr Robbins.pdf

Statement of Work Leadership and Cultural Training Support

1. PROJECT TITLE: Leadership Development Support – Dr. S.L. Robbins providing expertise on the criticality of inclusion and belonging in the 21st century.

2. BACKGROUND: The US Navy – NSWC Indian Head Division is working to create an organizational environment in which its people can perform at their best. As part of its work, NSWC Indian Head Division is placing a greater focus on understanding of human behavior and why we interacted the way we do. Past and current efforts have provided a good start and now NSWC Indian Head is now looking to build on that momentum with an even more resonating and comprehensive approach that will become an integral part of individuals’ day-to-day mindsets and organizational operations.

NSWC Indian Head requires a more compelling science-based approach for its leadership development journey. This work of inclusion and understanding self, controlling self must be reframed and reconceptualized as a human behavioral and neuroscience endeavor that has, at its core, the foundation of belonging (and psychological safety). Such an approach is often more attractive to a wider number of people and can help NSWC Indian Head Division more fully include and leverage the diverse experiences and perspectives that can be found in its current and future workforce.

3. SCOPE: The scope of this contract is for SL Robbins and Associates to provide IHD specific services which will support the achievement of the

1. Further developing inclusive mindsets prepared to address issues of better human understanding and belonging

2. Continuing to cultivate a science-based foundation for understanding inclusion

3. Introducing the organization and its leaders to the HERO Skills for Leadership

Practice Program

Specifically one six-hour in-person facilated session at IHD Level which includes participants an organizational foundation for the work of inclusion, belonging and the impacts of human behavior – Your Brain is good at inclusion but……..

Participants will gain insight into the What?, Why? and How? of inclusion from perspectives grounded in human behavioral science and cognitive research.

Touching on subjects that range from unconscious bias to the brain’s hard-wired need to belong to the power of caring, participants will obtain a more effective vernacular and more complete toolbox for the work of inclusion. Additionally the session will intro the participants to HERO Skills for Leaders where participants explore Dr. Steve Robbins’ HERO Skills for Leadership Practice Program. HERO is an acronym that stands for Humility, Empathy, Reflection and Openness.

These meta-cognitive skills are foundational for cultivating high performance teams. Down-played by some as so-called “soft-skills,” research has shown these skills are vital for creating a psychological environment in which people’s brains perform optimally on a more consistent basis. Put in scientific lingo, the brain is always seeking psychological safety and stability and leaders have the HERO Skills tend to produce more psychologically safe and stable environments that allow the brain to perform well on a more consistent basis.

The in-person session will be 6 hours in length with a cap of 40 participants.

Date of Service: 17 September 2024 Cost: $32,500.00

4. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS: N/A

5. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:

The contractor will provide education and training services as described above with the primary goals of:

1. Further developing inclusive mindsets prepared to address issues of better human understanding and belonging

2. Continuing to cultivate a science-based foundation for understanding inclusion

3. Introducing the organization and its leaders to the HERO Skills for Leadership Practice Program

6. DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE:

17 September 2024, at Indian Head, Maryland for 40 participants. Session will be conducted from 0800-1500.

7. GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED EQUIPMENT AND INFORMATION (GFE/GFI):

The government will provide the appropriate venue, computer connections, audio, visual equipment and seating for the session. The government will make copies of any handouts or printed materials identified and provided by the contractor.

8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

The facilitated instructional training session will take place at the College of Southern Maryland Velocity Center, 4465 Indian Head Highway, Indian Head, MD, 20640.

9. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 September – 30 September 2024.

10. SECURITY: The work is unclassified.