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
Talk about values
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.
Safe Simulations vs. Managed Discomfort
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.
One-time workshops with no follow-up
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
- Pre-Training: Agree
- Pre-Training: Strongly Agree
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- Pre-Training: Strongly Agree
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:
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.
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.
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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Equip emerging and established leaders in the workforce with the tools to lead with courage, integrity, and purpose today!
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.