Be The Leader You Seek
The mission of the GW Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (GW CEPL) is to develop public leaders who make a positive difference in their organizations, communities, and the lives of the people they serve. The Center further fulfills its mission by weaving together a combination of academic and practitioner resources to provide rigorous, graduate-level executive education, grounded in the realities of public sector leadership and management.
For more information about working with CEPL and to see their full list of executive education and leadership coaching offerings, click below.
We Teach Managers to Become Leaders
Rise to Your Next Leadership Challenge
We offer a variety of open enrollment programs that benefit all current leaders and aspiring leaders. Our rigorous, hands-on programs range from equipment women with the ability to master and hone their leadership skills to providing people with the tools to dominate the public speaking sector; all led by our dynamic “Pracademics” — faculty who are academics and practitioners. Earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) in a results-driven community and become part of our lifelong Alumni network.
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Jim Robinson – Executive Director, GW CEPL
and courage to co-create our future on this planet.”
Executive Education
The George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (GW CEPL) offers customizable training programs tailored to the needs of federal agencies, focusing on the Executive Core Qualifications set by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Their subject matter experts bring real-world leadership experience to design programs that address specific organizational challenges. They also offer off-the-shelf bundles for SES Candidate Development Programs, which can be customized, delivered virtually, and completed over 12 months to two years.
Custom Offerings
GW CEPL can customize all of our open enrollment offerings curriculum to fit your organization’s needs. Using our extensive experience working with government agencies, we will work with your team to develop a tailored program that fits your agency’s scope and mission objectives. Our federal clients have the ability to purchase standardized training opportunities, tailor programs by combining offerings, or request full customization.
Our subject matter experts are carefully selected not only for their academic credentials, but also for having distinguished themselves in managerial roles in the public and/or private sector. Together, our team brings broad exposure to real-world leadership problems and effective solutions, designing case studies and examples that reflect the particular challenges that are facing your organization.
All of GW CEPL’s programs for the federal sector focus on the Executive Core Qualifications identified by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Off-The-Shelf Bundles
For federal agencies seeking to work with a University to provide the academic components of their SES Candidate Development Programs (SES CDP), the George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (GW CEPL) is pleased to provide the following offerings from its commercial, off-the-shelf open enrollment programs that meet the academic components required by the US Office of Personnel Management for certified SES CDPs (see OPM Checklist).
- The bundle can be tailored to meet specific requirements of the agency. A minimum of 10 participants is required for bundling.
- The program can be offered virtually. Components can be scheduled to meet the agency’s preferred timing, from 12-months to two years.
- GW CEPL will work with the Agency’s CDP program staff to manage the interface between the agency’s responsibilities and the academic components provided by GW.
