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DHS Leader Development Program

About the Program

The mission of the DHS Leader Development Program (LDP) is to lead the DHS-wide development-related strategies, systems, policies, tools and communities of purpose that are instrumental to enabling a culture and practice of effective leadership to support and sustain a proficient, engaged and mission-capable workforce.    ​

​The LDP utilizes DHS-specific Leader Development Competencies and a DHS-wide Leader Development Framework to outline the minimum development necessary for proficiency at all leader levels. ​

​This Framework, which breaks down each level of leadership into separate developmental “stones”, identifies roadmaps for required and best-practice development activities at each level, and includes the Leadership Bridges strategy to encourage development in advance of accession to increased levels of leadership responsibility. 

 

Stone Levels

  1. Foundations & Milestone (Nonsupervisory)

  2. Cornerstone (First-Line Supervisor)

  3. Keystone (Second-Line Manager)

  4. Capstone (Executive/SES)

     

 

 graphic is a chart explaining DHS Leader Development Program Framework.

 


Resources

 

Learning Without Limits   

Leadership skills, like any other set of competencies, require continual development in order to respond to the constant changes that leaders encounter.  However, leaders at all levels are busy and may have little opportunity for classroom training or online courses. The “Learning Without Limits" strategy evolves a culture of continual learning and offers guides and resources to help translate awareness to reflection and knowledge. 

Learning Without Limits provides a variety of different learning tools and options for continual and leadership development.  Development options include book lists, blogs, videos and so much more!  

DHS Leader Development Learning Website 

Designed to help guide the professional development of the DHS workforce within the DHS-wide Leader Development Framework, the Leader Development Learning Resources site complements the DHS Learning Without Limits and Leader Development Program. Includes suggested books and competency development resources, all broken down by leader level.

DHS Leader Development Learning Café

This series provides real-time and practical development opportunity regardless of the level at which you lead. It is also a great way for DHS supervisory leaders to satisfy part of their DHS Continuous Leader Development annual competency development requirement. 

The Learning Café series is designed for participants to learn from seasoned leaders, practitioners and subject matter experts who engage in dialogue, share practical insights, lessons learned, and tips to enhance leadership competencies. Each 45-minute session will feature a speaker from various Components, a presentation, informal interview-style discussion, with opportunities for participants to engage in Q&A.

  

Program Manager

Alyssa Lombardi Blase