Leadership

Leadership Courses

These courses and programs prepare leaders and supervisors to accomplish the Service’s mission. Skills are developed for emerging, mid-level, and advanced levels of leadership and supervision. Courses are based on the FWS Leadership Competency Development Model and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Department of the Interior mandatory supervisory training requirements.

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Creating Psychological Safety

Target Audience:

FWS Employees

Summary and Objectives:

The Creating Psychological Safety workshop will explore the importance of members of teams feeling safe to: give voice to...

High Trust Project Management Learning Journey

Target Audience:

FWS employees

Summary and Objectives:

The 10-week High Trust Project Management Learning Journey is a special collection of carefully curated management content from proven Franklin Covey offerings. Learners will get a Franklin Covey All...

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Online)

Target Audience:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other DOI employees

Summary and Objectives:

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Online) aligns with timeless principles of effectiveness with modern technology and practices. The path to sustained and lasting success is possible...

Radical Collaboration

Target Audience:

All FWS Permanent Employees

Summary and Objectives:

Radical Collaboration teaches practical methods to significantly improve skills for building collaborative relationships. This course focuses on creating trusting, collaborative environments and on transforming...

Level One Leadership: Design Your Leadership Journey

Target Audience:

Employees who want to proactively develop their leadership capacity.

Summary and Objectives:

This course focuses on individual and interpersonal leadership skills and introduces learners to Adaptive Leadership, which is integral to USFWS' competitive leadership programs. The...

Introduction to Polarity Thinking for Adaptive Leadership

Target Audience:

All GS Levels

Summary and Objectives:

Polarities are interdependent pairs that need each other over time to achieve a greater purpose shared by both. These interdependent pairs could also be called paradoxes, dilemmas, tensions, or adaptive challenges. They are unavoidable...