Get Ready to Lead.

This program is for you if you are eager to learn the foundational skills to enhance your professional capabilities, develop skills to achieve personal success, want to grow in your career but need guidance on what steps are required to make it happen and need assistance in creating your personal brand.

In order to complete the program, participants are required to attend both weeks of training and complete bridge assignments between the first and second weeks of training.

Participants in the ALP benefit because they:

• Learn about the fundamental competencies of leadership and the importance of a leadership mindset.
• Work with others across disciplines and agencies.
• Develop strategies for career development that expand professional and personal development.
• Gain insight into motivating factors that spur public service participation and one’s own interests and skills.
• Develop a network of peers they can continue to rely on for support.

Organizations benefit from sending their employees to the ALP because they:

• Demonstrate their commitment to professional development.
• Reinforce the importance of continual learning.
• Gain employees who have been provided the skills and tools to advance their careers.

The Aspiring Leaders Program is strategically designed around three program components; assessment, experiential learning and individual development.

Individual Development – Participants are taught the importance of effective career management and are required to create a career development that they will present to the class.

Assessments  – Participants take the True Colors® assessment that gives them a better understanding of themselves and others. Using this knowledge, participants create career strategies to expand their professional and personal development.

Experiential Learning – Participants engage in activities that challenge them to ask questions, explore the world around them, and develop skills.

Participants in the program are nominated by their agencies based on their leadership potential, or they apply directly with the support of their agency based on their personal developmental objectives. Employers can expect that participants in the program will be away from their positions for two weeks. * Participants can expect to work on individual and team activities outside the training sessions.

Eligibility of completion from the Aspiring Leader Program requires participants to finish all program components, attend all training sessions, and participate in all aspects of the program — NO exceptions. Please consider these requirements carefully before submitting an application.