Take both of these courses:

• Leadership Assessment Program - Level I
• Team Development: Team Building and Team Leadership

And choose any three of the following courses:

• Conflict Resolution Skills
• Effective Writing in the Federal Government
• Facilitation Skills for Leaders
• Leadership Skills for Non-Supervisors
• Project Management Principles

Take one of these courses:

• Leadership Assessment Program - Level I
• Leadership Assessment Program - Level II

And take both of these courses:

• Supervisory Development I: Fundamentals
• Supervisory Development II: Learning to Lead

And choose any three of the following courses:

• Coaching and Mentoring for Excellence
• Communicating Face to Face
• Conflict Resolution Skills
• Effective Writing in the Federal Government
• Managing the Flexible Workplace
• Resiliency 2.0
• Women’s Leadership: Succeeding in the Workplace

Take the following course:

• Leadership Assessment Program Level II

And take one of these courses:

• Management Development: Leading from the Middle
• Management Development: Leading Organizations

And take another one of the following courses:

• Dynamics of Public Policy
• Federal Regulatory Policy
• Federal Budgetary Policies and Processes
• Science, Technology and Public Policy
• National Security Policy

And take two of the following courses:

• Adapting to Organizational Change: Enabling 21st Century Leaders
• Coaching and Mentoring for Excellence
• Communicating Face to Face
• Conflict Resolution Skills
• Developing Customer-Focused Organizations
• Extraordinary Leadership
• Organizational Resiliency
• Resiliency 2.0

Take one of these courses:

• Senior Executive Assessment Program (GS-15)
• Leadership Assessment Program Level II (GS 14)

And take one of these courses:

• Executive Development: Leading Change
• Leadership for a Democratic Society

And take one of these courses:

• Dynamics of Public Policy
• Federal Regulatory Policy
• Federal Budgetary Policies and Processes
• National Security Policy
• Science, Technology, and Public Policy

And take two of the following courses:

• Adapting to Organizational Change: Enabling 21st Century Leaders
• Conflict and Negotiations for Federal Executives
• Creating and Sustaining Organizational Excellence
• Crisis Leadership
• Leadership Competencies: Preparing for the Next Step
• Emotional Competence: Working with Others for Results
• Executive Communication Skills: Leading the Process of Change
• Inter-Organizational Collaboration
• Leadership for a Global Society
• Strategic Planning for Executives
• Working with Congress for Federal Executives

Take these courses:

• Leadership Assessment Program Level I
• Collaborative Leadership: Working with Others for Results

And choose any three of these Policy Awareness and Skill Immersion electives:

Policy Awareness

• Dynamics of Public Policy
• Federal Budgetary Policies and Processes
• Federal Regulatory Policy
• National Security Policy
• Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Skill Immersion

• Adapting to Organizational Change: Enabling 21st Century Leaders
• Conflict Resolution Skills
• Crisis Leadership
• Effective Writing in the Federal Government
• Facilitation Skills for Leaders
• Project Management Principles
• Resiliency 2.0
• Women’s Leadership: Succeeding in the Workplace
• LEAD Certificates are issued for a specific level of leadership.
• For a given level, you must complete the required number of courses in EACH column of the table below, which will result in a total of five courses to be completed for each LEAD Certificate level.
• The last of the five courses must be completed within three years of the start date of the first course taken.
• It is recommended, but not required, to complete the Assessment and Core courses first, before taking the Policy and Skill categories.
• You may earn a LEAD Certificate for a level of leadership, even if you are not at that level, but we strongly recommend checking with your training manager to see whether your agency has any specific rules regarding taking courses for a higher level than your current position.
• The LEAD Certificate Program is a self-paced program, which means OPM is not formally involved until you complete the five required courses for a given level of leadership. This also means you register for each course individually as you progress through the program.
• Within 90 days of completing the last of the five courses at a given level, you must email a list of your five completed courses with the start dates to validate completion within the three year period to the OPM LEAD Certificate Program Manager at LEAD@opm.gov.
• Once validated, you will have 90 days to submit a four-to-six page capstone paper detailing lessons learned and describing at least one example of application back on the job. The paper will be reviewed for Pass/Fail by an OPM Program Director/Faculty Member.