Program Curriculum

• Defining leadership within state government
• Creating public value
• Driving government performance
• Personal leadership
• Individual coaching, 360 degree feedback
• Leadership foundations
• Creating a strategic vision
• Creating high performance teams
• DiSC Profile
• Creating a motivating work environment
• Managing individual performance
• Ethics in government
• Rolling out the vision: internal and external
• Organizational performance
• Team coaching
• Preventing corruption, abuse, fraud, and waste

Pre-Work

Participants will complete a 360-degree assessment, as well as a DiSC profile.

Who Should Attend

Top leadership or succession planning candidates for executive leadership positions.

The Executive Leadership Program is an interactive and challenging learning environment designed for agency heads and their direct reports. Participants will focus on personal leadership, creating high performing organizations, ethics and public values. Additionally, individual results of the 360-degree assessment and the DiSC profile will be analyzed. The Institute for Leadership Advancement at the Terry College of Business, UGA and Carl Vinson Institute of Government provide this program.

The Benefits

Participating government executives will enjoy:

• Greater self-awareness.
• Greater confidence in leadership behaviors.
• Identification of areas of development.
• Increased understanding of performance measurement and management.
• Greater knowledge of public sector ethical issues.
• Increased knowledge of how to:
• Use and manage different leadership styles.
• Create a motivating work environment.
• Create and manage high performance teams.
• Lead strategically.
• Roll out a vision.
• Deal with significant performance challenges facing their agencies.