Many democratically elected leaders learn how to govern only by on-the-job experience. While such practical training may give leaders the basic skills to oversee governmental operations, the addition of formal training can add immeasurably to their “total leadership” skills and knowledge base. Formal training provides the strategic and diagnostic tools leaders need to effectively deal with a complex array of competing interests in the public and private sectors. In addition, globalization and rapid changes in technology require leaders to develop highly specialized competencies, which will determine the direction and success of current and future policies.
TPPA’s two-part leadership-training program brings certainty and consistency to programmatic development and conflict resolution for both routine and controversial policy questions. Part One addresses the development of self-management skills to facilitate personal transformation and examines how lifelong perspectives and attitudes toward performance and leadership ability can be dramatically changed. Part Two focuses on the personal, administrative, political and governing skills that equip leaders to deal effectively with everyday policy questions, as well as dramatic changes in political and social culture. |
