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Public Sector Leader Certificate Program

The Xavier University Williams College of Business, Department of Criminal Justice and the Xavier Leadership Center have partnered to create a Public Sector Leader Certificate Program (PSLCP). The Public Sector Leader Certificate Program is designed for leaders in law enforcement, public safety and city management seeking to develop the knowledge, skills and tools required to successfully lead their organizations. Additionally, participants learn how to apply these skills when they work with others during day-to-day operations, where decision-making, critical thinking, and leadership are required.  This understanding is especially helpful during high-stress situations, such as active-shooter situations, fires, accidents, environmental crises, political meetings, press conferences, as well as daily internal and external issues, which require strategic planning, personnel management, and communication.

This highly interactive program that has been created by and for public officials includes:

  • A pre-program, which includes an in-depth individual leadership assessment tool, the Everything DiSC 363 for Leaders. (This tool will be sent to participants and their leaders/direct reports prior to the program date and will need to be completed before attending the program).

  • A five-day (non-consecutive) core leadership curriculum that includes topics of personal leadership, strategy, influence, change management and performance management. (This core program takes place at the Cintas Center and is attended with the same cohort group of public sector leaders, as well as a mixed cohort of professionals from the private sector.)

  • A Capstone full-day program, which takes place after the completion of the Leadership Foundations program, which is dedicated specifically to leadership topics unique to public sector leaders, including current trends, such as political, economic, socio-cultural and, technological issues as well as topics relating to ethics, human resources and external communications with the public and media. (This program will also take place at the Cintas Center and participants will exclusively be members of the public sector, including but not limited to firefighters, police officers, and public safety officials, city managers and employees in manager or leadership positions).

Next session begins March 12, 2014.

To learn more, visit Xavier Leadership Center or download full brochure.