The Civic Leadership & Professional Development (CLPD) Program

Develop Leaders Who Act with Courage and Integrity

We develop the character your leaders need to navigate complex challenges, build courageous cultures, and lead with integrity when pressure is highest.

The Civic Leadership & Professional Development Program equips emerging and established leaders in the workforce with the tools to lead with courage, integrity, and purpose. Rooted in the core values exemplified by Medal of Honor Recipients, this program cultivates character, emotional intelligence, and practical leadership skills in professionals ranging from new managers all the way to the executive level.

What We Offer

"Leading with Values" Flagship Program

Three-tiered certification pathway from foundational leadership skills to advanced practice and certification.

Custom Leadership Development

Programs designed around your organization’s specific needs, culture, and leadership challenges.

Core Leadership Values

Anchored in courage, integrity, commitment, sacrifice, citizenship, and patriotism, enhanced with auxiliary values like empathy, humility, and resilience.

Applied Learning

Scenario-based training and decision-making exercises grounded in real-world leadership challenges, not theoretical case studies.

Critical Topic Deep-Dives

Leading through crisis, building courageous team cultures, effective decision-making under pressure, and creating accountability systems.

Flexible Delivery:

In-person and virtual sessions with customizable elective tracks that meet your organization where it is.

Official Certification

Participants earn NMOHCFL certificates and shareable digital badges recognizing their leadership development.

Why It Matters

Organizations that invest in character-based leadership development see measurable improvements in decision-making quality, team culture, and organizational performance. Leaders develop the courage to make difficult decisions, the integrity to build lasting trust, and the resilience to persist through uncertainty.

Why Most Leadership Programs Fail

What Everyone Else Does

Talk about values

Our Approach

Build character skills through practice

Most programs describe what integrity looks like. We teach you how to develop integrity through progressively challenging situations where your values are tested.

What Everyone Else Does

Safe Simulations vs. Managed Discomfort

Our Approach

Managed discomfort where real growth happens

Character isn’t forged in comfortable role-plays. We create authentic challenges that push you to your growth edge with the support structure to make sure you succeed.

What Everyone Else Does

One-time workshops with no follow-up

Our Approach

Sustained development with accountability structures

The inspiration from a workshop fades in weeks. Our programs build in the reinforcement and community support that creates lasting behavior change.

The Leader's Journey Workshop

Core Values Clarity
58.1% PRE
37.3%
20.8%
50.7%
43.8%
+36.4% POST
Long-term Legacy / Service
67.1% PRE
35.1%
32%
25.6%
67.6%
+26.1% POST
Difficult Conversation / Confidence
71.6% PRE
50%
21.6%
56.8
33.7%
+18.9% POST
Regular Reflection Practice
78.4% PRE
54.1%
24.3%
45.9%
50%
+17.5% POST
Follow Through / Courage
86.3% PRE
58.1%
28.2%
50%
47.3%
+11.0% POST
Seek Different Perspectives
83.8% PRE
63.5%
20.3%
55.4%
39.2%
+10.8% POST
Leading Under Pressure / Playbook
90.4% PRE
47.3%
43.1%
35.1%
60.9%
+5.5% POST
Invest in Developing Others
90.5% PRE
47.3%
43.2%
50%
45.9%
+5.4% POST
Aware of Personal Biases
87.8% PRE
73%
14.8%
43.2%
48.7%
+4.1% POST

Breakthrough Leadership Gains From One Workshop with a Medal of Honor Recipient:

The workshop generated exceptional growth in three critical areas that matter most for first responder leadership:

Core Values Clarity
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Leaders moved from 58.1% to 94.5% reporting clear understanding of their leadership values. But the real story is conviction: the percentage who “Strongly Agree” more than doubled from 20.8% to 43.8%. Leaders didn’t just clarify their values—they gained deep certainty about them.

Long-term Leadership Vision & Service
Improvement
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Leaders showed dramatic growth (67.1% to 93.2%) in their focus on legacy, developing others, and leading in service of something larger than themselves. The conviction shift is striking: “Strongly Agree” more than doubled from 32% to 67.6%. Leaders moved from short-term operational thinking to legacy-focused leadership.

Confidence in Difficult Conversations
Improvement
0 %

The percentage of leaders confident handling hard conversations and pressure situations rose from 71.6% to 90.5%, directly addressing a critical operational need. Conviction grew as “Strongly Agree” increased from 21.6% to 33.7%.

The Conviction Pattern Across All Metrics:

Beyond percentage increases, the shift from “Agree” to “Strongly Agree” reveals deepening commitment:

Regular Reflection Practice

“Strongly Agree” doubled from 24.3% to 50%

Aware of Personal Biases

“Strongly Agree” more than tripled from 14.8% to 48.7%

Leading Under Pressure

“Strongly Agree” jumped from 43.1% to 60.8%

Leaders didn't just learn new concepts. They developed genuine conviction about values-based leadership practices.

Overall Impact: 94.4% of participants reported positive outcomes, with an average improvement of +15.1% across all leadership competencies.

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What The Program Offers

Leading with Values

“Leading with Values” flagship Program with a Three-Tiered Certification Pathway: From foundational leadership skills to advanced practice and certification.

Custom Leadership

Custom leadership development programs with Medal of Honor Recipients focused on specific leadership needs of organizational partners

Core Leadership Values

Anchored in courage, integrity, commitment, sacrifice, citizenship, and patriotism but buoyed with auxiliary values like empathy, humility, and resilience.

Applied Learning

Scenario-based training and decision-making exercises grounded in real-world leadership challenges.

Relevant leadership

Relevant leadership deep-dives into critical topics like leading through crisis, building courageous team cultures, and effective decision-making

Flexible Delivery

In-person and virtual sessions with customizable elective tracks.

NMOHCFL certificates

Earn official NMOHCFL certificates and shareable digital badges.

Why It Matters

Cultivate ethical, resilient, and empathetic leaders

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Foster a consistent leadership language across organizations

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Improve decision-making, culture, and team performance

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Prepare rising leaders to meet tomorrow’s challenges with honor and discipline.

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Recognizing that leadership is a lifelong journey, we want to expand access to values-based learning and leadership resources for diverse adult learners, including those who might not otherwise have such opportunities.

Dr. Justin Habash
Senior Vice President of Leadership Programs and Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning at the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University