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Government Leadership Training with a Trusted, Experienced Partner

Develop a pipeline of leaders who can collaborate together effectively while balancing regulations and budget constraints.

Working in a government agency or military and defense organization means facing unique and complex challenges.

Cross-boundary collaboration can be difficult for public sector workers. Leaders are bound by tight government budgets and regulatory roadblocks, and financial constraints often require a creative approach in motivating employees. Societal pressures and institutional changes mean government leaders must be agile, innovative, and resilient in adapting to change.

To address these and other challenges unique to leading in the public sector, we offer government leadership development training and have decades of experience developing public sector leaders.

We can deliver government leadership training solutions for leaders of all levels in government, aerospace, and defense agencies, departments, and organizations.

We’re a pre-qualified vendor on the GSA Training Schedule and can work directly with you or partner with others who share our passion for government leadership training.

Partnering for Successful Government Leadership Training

Whether you’re looking for a skilled partner with the resources to handle a large, global initiative, or an engagement designated as a small-business set-aside, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of government leadership development solutions and can work directly with your agency or organization — or with other leadership development firms or partners, including industry experts with SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, and 8A small businesses.

We also partner with Management Concepts, the leader in federal training and workforce development services, to offer our most popular programs in versions customized for the context of leading in the U.S. federal government:

Frontline Federal Leader Impact: Asynchronous online development for managers leading on the front lines of the U.S. federal government.

The Effective Federal Leader: Live online program experience for mid-to-senior level federal leaders who lead managers.

Leading Strategically in the Federal Government: Online program for federal executives whose work has strategic implications for their agencies.

Our Government Leadership Development Partnerships & GSA Training Offerings

Depending on your needs, timeframe, and budget, you can choose from our leadership programs and solutions, or customize a government leadership training for your agency or organization.

Hundreds of leaders attend our core government leadership development programs each year, as we are a pre-qualified vendor for the programs and services available on the MOBIS GSA Schedule. The GSA tuition for these programs is a fixed price listed in our contract with GSA for federal government agencies.

Whatever government leadership training solution you choose, our public sector leadership experts will help you strengthen your organizational culture and ground your development efforts in proven research.

Choose the Right Government Leadership Training for Your Agency or Department

Customized Government Leadership Development Solutions

Partner with our experts to prioritize and solve your short- and long-term issues with a custom leadership plan and strategy.

We start with a discovery process to pinpoint your organization’s most complex leadership challenges and then build a custom government leadership development experience that trains leaders to perform better, drive change, and solve agency challenges.

An exclusive, research-based solution tailored to meet the needs of your government agency, department, or organization

Leadership Programs

Targeted to equip leaders at every tier of the organization, our time-tested, proven leadership programs help hone the key skills needed to meet the common challenges faced at each leader level.

Build these fundamental skills into scalable government leadership development training and develop cohorts of your leaders, teams, or administrators at once.

Flexible, with many available dates and options
Special pricing available for government agencies and departments through our GSA contract

GSA-Approved Leadership Programs & Assessments

Get the most of our research-based leadership development without a large investment of your staff’s time or agency budget.

Our government leadership training programs and tools approved on the GSA schedule include live virtual training, in-person leadership development, self-directed online programs, leadership tools and assessments, and customized services. We can provide U.S. federal government clients:

A wide range of proven off-the-shelf and customized leadership training services and products targeted to develop your talent

Multi-Day Government Leadership Training Program Delivery Options

Our government leadership development programs deliver lasting, impactful results. Depending on your timeframe, choose from scalable 1-day to 5-day programs. Below is a partial list of these offerings, which can be adapted for your agency. Options include:

1-Day Program Topics:

Building Coalitions – Leading Across Boundaries
Cultivating Employee Engagement
Building Personal Resilience
Developing and Communicating Your Vision
Emotional Intelligence Workshop
Feedback That Works
Influencing Skills Workshop
Leading in Ambiguity
Managing Workplace Conflict
Teambuilding Skills for Leaders
Talent Development for Managers

2-3 Day Program Topics:

Leading Across the Agency
Coaching Skills Workshop
Driving Innovation
Executive Leadership Program (SES/SIS)
Servant Leadership Program (all levels)
Strategic Leadership Program (no simulation and no coaching; GS15-SES)

4-5 Day Program Topics:

Prepare to Lead (GS 9-11)
Federal Leader Development Program (GS13-15)
Leadership Enhancement Program (GS15 – SES2)
Transforming to a Culture of Innovation (mid- to upper level managers)
Senior Executive Leadership Program (SES/SIS)
Strategic Leadership Program (with simulation and coaching)
Leading Organizational Change (GS15-SES)

Other topics and competency programs available upon request.

What Our Government Clients Are Saying

For 50 years, we’ve worked closely with leading government and defense agencies to build stronger government leaders and achieve transformational change. Because of our long history as a government leadership development partner, we understand what it takes to develop effective leaders in the context of the public sector.

Our experience includes military and government leadership training initiatives for organizations including the Federal Agency Technical Division, teams at the U.S. Department of Defense, Afghan Army intelligence officers, high-potential officers in the U.S. Air Force, and many more.

“The unit-of-effort, team-of-teams approach made us twice as powerful as we would have otherwise been.”

General Lloyd Austin
Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense
Alumnus of our Leadership at the Peak program

Boundary Spanning in a High-Pressure, High-Stakes Environment

“CCL provided an outstanding senior leader development workshop for our U.S. Army Reserve Brigade during our 2-week annual training period. In the short amount of time we had, we tackled leading strategically, collaborating across boundaries, developing talented subordinates, having talent conversations, and developing a winning leadership culture. The Brigade put the tools to action and is the recipient of 2 prestigious awards; CCL helped us get there!”

Senior Army Leader and Former Brigade Commander

Impact of Our Government Leadership Training

What our clients in government and defense agencies are saying about partnering with us for government leadership development:

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Our Military & Government Leadership Development Experts

Bill Adams
Leadership Solutions Partner

A former U.S. Army officer and West Point faculty member, Bill has more than 25 years of experience leading government teams and more than 10 years of experience teaching psychology, performance enhancement, and leadership. He works as a Leadership Solutions Partner at CCL.

Chris Beckert
Leadership Solutions Partner

A former U.S. Army officer and Army War College faculty member, Chris has more than 30 years of experience leading government teams and more than 10 years of experience in delivering programs in executive and strategic education, and in teaching strategic leadership and strategy.

Tracy Thomas-Roberts
Strategic Business Partner

Tracy is co-lead of our government practice and has over 20 years of experience partnering with public sector and military clients. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and French from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in International Management & Finance, and an MBA in Global Business from the University of Maryland.

Talk With Our Government Leadership Experts Today

Get in touch with us. We’ll partner with you to create the best government leadership development solution for your agency or organization.

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