Claire Thurston
LEAD Certificate Program Manager
Phone: 303-671-1136
Email: LEAD@opm.gov
LEAD provides a complete leadership development curriculum for current and aspiring government leaders. LEAD is designed to recognize the developmental efforts of government employees by providing official recognition of achievement at a given level of leadership. Each leadership level requires the participant to complete five seminars within three years. (Please see the LEAD table below)
The table below lists the recommended seminars for each certificate level. For your convenience each seminar listed is a hyperlink directly to the seminar page which identifies course description, dates, locations, and costs.
Leadership Level | Assessment | Core Development | Policy Awareness | Skill Immersion | ||||
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Project / Team Lead(No performance appraisal responsibility) |
Take the following: |
Take the following |
None Required |
Take three of the following: |
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Supervisor(Conducts performance appraisals for non-supervisory staff only) |
Take one of the following:*This program may be used for the Supervisor Certificate if taken before or during your first year of being a supervisor. |
Take both: |
None Required |
Take three of the following: |
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Manager(Conducts performance appraisals for at least one or more supervisors) |
Take the following: |
Take one of the following:
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Take one of the following: |
Take two of the following: |
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Executive(Senior Executive Service or equivalent senior manager level) |
Take one of the following:
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Take one of the following: |
Take one of the following: |
Take two of the following: |
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Leadership for Professionals(Federal professionals who are not in a formal management position but who exercise influence, design and implement policy, and work in broad partnerships within and outside their agency.) |
Take the following: |
Take the following: |
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A seminar that provides assessment of current leadership effectiveness and/or potential customized for each level of leadership. OPM uses a simulation assessment for the Team Lead level; an instrument-based assessment (e.g. 360, MBTI) for the Supervisor and Manager levels; and a behavioral assessment for the Executive level
A seminar that provides an overview for the key competencies considered critical to succeed at each level of leadership, as well as opportunities to develop those competencies
A seminar that provides essential policy knowledge that cuts across almost all Manager and Executive level positions such as budget and finance
A seminar that provides deep development on a specific skill or ability so that the participant can use it immediately upon returning to their agency
Most seminars are offered at either the Eastern Management Development Center (EMDC) in Shepherdstown, WVA; the Western Management Development Center (WMDC) in Aurora, CO or the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) in Charlottesville, VA.
For more information please contact the CLCS Certificate Program Manager: Claire Thurston at LEAD@opm.gov or 303-671-1136. For current seminar dates and prices go to www.leadership.opm.gov or select the seminar name in the LEAD table above.
For more information: Follow the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) link.