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Course Details

Audience

High-potential managers and executives

Credits

1.8 CEU's

Course ID

EXEC9911

Tuition

$ 1,699.00

Schedule

Course Code

Course Title

Course Dates

EXEC9911L001

Executive Survival Skills

May 7 – 9, 2024

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EXEC9911L001

Executive Survival Skills

September 23 – 25, 2024

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EXEC9911A001

Executive Survival Skills (Virtual Instruction)

December 10 – 12, 2024

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Course Information

Course Description

Executive Survival Skills (ESS) is a three-day course designed for high-potential managers and executives. The course helps participants be better equipped to lead change through a deeper understanding of leadership and team building skills and practices. The curriculum covers topics such as leading in turbulent times, emotional intelligence and leadership roles, leadership presence, situational leadership, change dynamics and tools, team development and trust, and appreciative inquiry.

The course will address the theoretical and practical leadership aspects essential for survival in today's changing environment. Examine how the leader's attitude, values, and beliefs influence organizational performance. Analyze your critical thinking/ decision-making processes and apply strategies to improve them. Learn to be resilient, overcome setbacks and avoid career derailment in the rapidly changing, high-pressure environment of executive leadership

Who Should Attend?

Individuals at the GS 13-15 level, participants in agency Candidate Development Programs and SES members seeking additional or refresher training. In order to receive a certificate of completion from Executive Survival Skills, learners must attend all days of instruction and complete all course requirements.

Class Type:

1. Online

Virtual Instructor-Led (EXEC9911A) Class Length: This class is listed as a 3 day course.

2. In-Person Classroom

Executive Survival Skills - EXEC9911L Class Length: This class is listed as a 3 day course.

3. On-site

Contact our Business Development department for more information.

Learning Objectives:

Understand your leadership role in the change process
Strategically plan agency and organizational change initiatives
Develop strategies to implement the required change initiatives
Identify priorities and opportunities for your individual development as a leader of change

Learning Outcomes:

Balance competing demands from superiors and those you supervise
Have a deeper understanding of your leadership and team building skills
Be better prepared to engage in self-analysis, and to identify individual strengths and areas for further development
Gain leadership skills that will enable you to excel in the workplace, attain organizational goals, and increase the performance of your office

Long-Term Leadership Development

The Center offers four popular long-term training programs tailored to the needs of government employees from the GS 4 to GS 15 levels or equivalent. The programs continue to address the needs of organizations and their employees to stay relevant, adapt to change, and be equipped with the necessary skills to lead and be led.

These programs require an application be submitted to Graduate School USA. Some agencies have internal procedures that require you submit your application to them to conduct their own vetting process. In other cases, an individual can apply directly as long as they are authorized by their agency and meet the qualifications. Further detail about each program is included below. For more information contact us at clm@graduateschool.edu or your agency’s training coordinator.

See Our Updated 2022 Leadership Program Schedule

Senior Leadership Seminar

Managers or leaders at the GS 13-15 level have the option of attending one or more of the following courses included in our Senior Leadership Seminars (SLS). If you attend all courses in the seminar series, you receive a SLS Certificate. These courses do not require an application and can be attended over a number of years.

Enhanced Leadership Courses

The Center for Leadership and Management uses a variety of assessments in their courses. These assessments are also available to organizations on a contract basis as well as anyone on an individual basis. For more information contact us at clm@graduateschool.edu.

Assessments

The Center offers a number of courses that expand on our longer term programs, are tailored to senior leaders, or both. Some of these courses are contract only. If interested, we can bring the course to your organization or host it for a group for your agency here at the Graduate School. There is no application required for enrollment.

Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B)
Leadership Effectiveness Inventory (LEI)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®

Related Information

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Executive Potential Program

The Executive Potential Program (EPP) is a 12-month competency-based leadership development program that provides training and developmental experiences for high-potential executives at the GS 13-15 levels or equivalent. The program theme is "Leading Change."

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Executive Leadership Program

The Executive Leadership Program (ELP) is a nine-month competency-based leadership development program that provides training and developmental experiences for mid-level employees at the GS 11-13 levels or equivalent. The program theme is "Leading People."

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New Leader Program

The New Leader Program (NLP) is a six-month program designed to prepare employees at the GS 7-11 levels for management and leadership positions. The program theme is "Leading Self."

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Aspiring Leaders Program

The Aspiring Leaders Program (ALP) is a two-month program designed to prepare employees up to GS 6 levels (or equivalent industry professionals) for a foundational understanding of leadership competencies. The program theme is “Leadership Foundations.”

Contract Holder

Contract Number GS-10F-0228P