Brookings Executive Education

Program Series

Executive Leadership for America

Leading change takes experience, courage, and a great deal of energy and imagination.

In this course, you will work with stimulating thinkers and strategic development experts to build on your tried-and-true leadership qualities and push yourself to develop fresh insights and approaches. Learn to confront the challenges that come with your high-level responsibilities and find time to reflect on what it takes to make a difference at the top of public service organizations.

Taking place at The Boar's Head Inn, in Charlottesville, Va., this course explores the governmental framework created by the founders in a setting favored by Thomas Jefferson.

This course fulfills forty hours of OPM-mandated interagency training for SES Candidate Development Programs and may be taken instead of Public Leadership 21C for advanced participants pursuing the Certificate in Public Leadership. Tuition includes lodging, all meals, and program materials.

Who Should Attend

  • Senior Executive Service (SES) Members
  • SES Candidates
  • GS-15 executives

OPM Competencies

  • Public service motivation
  • Creativity
  • Resilience

Programs In This Series

Leaders use networks of trusted, collaborative relationships to respond and lead solutions to problems

Program Benefits
  • Understand the historical framework for constitutional government and the legacy bestowed by the Founders
  • Gain a fresh perspective on persistent challenges
  • Establish energizing and enduring relationships with expert peers
  • Increase appreciation for the importance of federal service and provide a clearer understanding of the diverse roles of the government executive
  • Learn how to create an organizational environment that is responsive to change, but also true to its purpose and tradition