ECQ Facts
For many federal jobs, when you are submitting a Senior Executive Service application (or SES)you may be asked to submit Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) statements. The ECQ is used to determine your abilities as a leader. ECQ statements cover these core skill areas: leading change, leading people, results driven, business acumen, and building partnerships/communication. In answering these statements, you will need to draw upon past experience/situations where you demonstrated your ability to lead others, made sound decisions, planned, and inspired a team to perform effectively.
Leading change - this statement is about how you can take an organization's vision (often their mission plan) and enhance the vision by integrating key goals, company values and other factors. You must demonstrate your ability to adapt and maintain continuum while making changes, retain and improve upon customer service, encourage and foster team ideas, and maintain your focus even in adverse situations.
Leading people - this statement is about how you go about promoting an ethical team, your ability to maximize the potential of your team, and meet the organization's goals and mission.
Driving results - this statement is about how you obtain results by accountability and continuous improvement of your team. It includes ability to make quick and accurate decisions and plan, implement and evaluate programs.
Business insight - this statement is about how you obtain and administer, human, financial, informational and material resources in a manner that instills trust and meets the mission of the organization. The statement also should include your technological and resourcing abilities.
