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      "body": "Every format draws on the same practitioner-built leadership curriculum and instructors who have done the work. Choose what fits your headcount, timeline, and budget, or combine them.",
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        "Any course or certificate in our leadership catalog, delivered onsite, live online, or blended",
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        "A published schedule across the federal leadership curriculum, entry to advanced",
        "Live online, or in person at 1050 Connecticut Ave NW in Washington, DC",
        "No minimum headcount and no setup: register and go",
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      "heading": "From first-time supervisor to senior executive",
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          "level": "Level II",
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          "level": "Level III",
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          "name": "L.E.A.D Certificate Program (Self-Paced)",
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          "label": "Email the group training team",
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      "heading": "An established federal training institution",
      "body": "Graduate School USA's federal leadership curriculum is designed and taught in-house by practitioners who have led federal teams and organizations, not licensed from a generic library.",
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          "q": "Do your programs align to the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs)?",
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          "q": "What's new in your federal leadership training?",
          "a": "Our curriculum is refreshed to current federal law, policy, and practice; we added new AI courses for the federal workforce; courses now run in a modern learning portal, and self-paced courses add an always-available AI coach; and self-paced online options let a learner start anytime and still take the live class for free within a year."
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      "area": "Supervisory and management fundamentals",
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          "label": "From Peer to Leader: Successfully Navigating the Transition",
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          "label": "Principles of Managing Organizations",
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          "label": "Leadership Skills for Non-Supervisors",
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          "label": "Executive Leadership Excellence",
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        {
          "label": "Executive Survival Skills",
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        {
          "label": "Executive Presence for Government Leaders",
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        {
          "label": "Preparing to Lead in the 21st Century",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/preparing-to-lead-in-the-21st-century"
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        {
          "label": "The First 90 Days for New Federal Managers",
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    {
      "area": "Change management",
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          "label": "Exploring Change at Work",
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        {
          "label": "Change Management for Leaders: Preparing for an Unknown Future",
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        {
          "label": "Leading Strategic Change",
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    {
      "area": "Team leadership",
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      "area": "Coaching and mentoring",
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          "label": "Coaching Skills for Today's Leaders",
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        {
          "label": "Mentoring Skills",
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        {
          "label": "Coaching Conversations: GROW-Model for Government Supervisors",
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          "label": "Emotionally Intelligent Leaders",
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        {
          "label": "Resilient Leadership: Managing Stress and Burnout in Public Service",
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        {
          "label": "Creating Healthy Boundaries for Federal Employees",
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      "area": "Decision-making and critical thinking",
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        {
          "label": "Critical and Analytical Thinking Skills",
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        {
          "label": "Decision Making and Problem Solving",
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    {
      "area": "Influence and communication",
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          "label": "The Power of Influence over Authority",
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        {
          "label": "Leadership Communication",
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        {
          "label": "Public Speaking and Presentation Mastery for Government Leaders",
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        {
          "label": "Storytelling for Government Leaders: Communicating Mission and Impact",
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        {
          "label": "Plain Language Writing for Federal Communicators",
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        {
          "label": "Principled Negotiation Skills for Government Leaders",
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    {
      "area": "Relationships and coalition-building",
      "note": "Build the trust and coalitions that get cross-agency work done.",
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          "label": "Leading Through Relationship-Building",
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        {
          "label": "Building Coalitions at Work",
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        {
          "label": "The Impact of Relationships and Coalitions",
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        {
          "label": "Establishing Effective Relationships With Employees",
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      "area": "Organizational and strategic management",
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        {
          "label": "Creating a Results-Driven Culture",
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        {
          "label": "Cultivating an Engaging Workplace",
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        {
          "label": "Achieving Organization-Wide Results",
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        {
          "label": "Managing Money, People, and Technology",
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        {
          "label": "Applying Management Skills to Meet Organizational Goals",
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    {
      "area": "AI and technology leadership",
      "note": "Lead your agency's people through the shift to AI at work.",
      "courses": [
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          "label": "AI for Government Leadership and Management",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-federal-leadership-management"
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        {
          "label": "Government Leadership AI Bootcamp",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/government-leadership-ai-bootcamp"
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        {
          "label": "AI Change Management in Government",
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      "area": "Government-specific and public service leadership",
      "note": "Purpose, budgets, and generations, built for federal and state service.",
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          "label": "Leadership Rooted in American Principles: Serving with Purpose",
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          "label": "Leading a Multi-Generational Government Workforce",
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          "label": "Financial Acumen for Federal Leaders",
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        {
          "label": "Financial Acumen for State Leaders",
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          "label": "The First 90 Days for New State Government Managers",
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      "area": "Women's leadership",
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          "label": "Empowering Women: Leadership Essentials",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/empowering-women-leadership-essentials"
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        {
          "label": "Women in Leadership: Strategies for Success",
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          "label": "Networking Tips for Women in Leadership",
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