Program Overview
A 40-hour applied federal leadership program for high-potential employees, aspiring leaders, team leads, and future supervisors. Learners build public-service judgment, self-awareness, communication, collaboration, accountability, conflict-management, decision, and capstone skills.
Who Should Attend
Early-career federal employees, high-potential individual contributors, team leads, and employees preparing for future supervisory responsibilities.
Program Details
- Total program time: 40 hours
- Delivery: Interactive self-paced: 40 active online hours
- Instructor: ADR Academy / Guno O. Ritfeld and approved faculty, as assigned
- Passing standard: 80 percent plus all required work products
- Certificate: Issued after all completion requirements are verified
Learning Outcomes
- Connect leadership behavior to public trust, mission, lawful authority, and service.
- Build a measurable individual development plan using feedback and evidence.
- Communicate clearly, lead collaborative work, and address conflict constructively.
- Complete a 90-day workplace leadership impact plan and evidence portfolio.
Eight-Module Curriculum
- Public Service Leadership and the Federal Context
- Self-Awareness, Integrity, and an Individual Development Plan
- Communication, Emotional Intelligence, and Plain Language
- Teams, Collaboration, and Shared Accountability
- Conflict Management and Constructive Conversations
- Problem Solving, Decisions, and Responsible Innovation
- Accountability, Priorities, and Personal Productivity
- Leadership Capstone and 90-Day Application
Delivery and Completion
- Complete all eight modules and eight required applied work products.
- Pass every module knowledge check and the final assessment with at least 80 percent.
- Satisfy the active online-learning time and submit the course evaluation.
Authoritative References
This curriculum is aligned to OPM leadership-development guidance. OPM does not prescribe a single number of hours for agency leadership programs; the employing agency remains responsible for its training policy and requirements.
ADR Academy Support
- Florida HQ: 121 South Orange Avenue, Suite 1500, Orlando, Florida 32801 — (407) 298-3751
- DC Metro (Principal): 3100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 200, Arlington, Virginia 22201 — (703) 584-5504
- Rhode Island: 10 Dorrance Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 — (703) 584-5504
- Toll-free: (866) 384-4563 — info@adraceu.com — www.adraceu.com
