Online Leadership Training for Public Managers

 

 

The following links go to online training sites that offer some courses on leadership. If you know of any excellent online leadership training options not listed here, please contact us and we will be happy to add them to the list.
     

  • Graduate School USA

    Graduate School USA offers a number of instructor-supported distance learning courses covering issues such as team leadership, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills for non-supervisors.

  • Partnership for Public Service

    In addition to its many in-person leadership training opportunities, the Partnership for Public Service offers several 1virtual training options for leaders and aspiring leaders, including "Building a Culture of Engagement," which helps frontline supervisors and managers use appreciation, communication and empowerment, to engage employees.

  • FasTrac

    Over 50 U.S. Government agencies subscribe to the FasTrac online training program, which has over 1,700 courses (mostly from SkillSoft and Netg).  The vast curriculum includes excellent courses on emotional intelligence, delegation, motivation, performance management, change management, coaching, mentoring, negotiation, and team building.  There is generally no fee to employees of agencies that have subscribed to the curriculum.

  • Arbinger Institute

    Arbinger’s Outward Mindset Online is a self-paced, video-driven course consisting of 10 learning modules with over 30 videos of between 5 and 10 minutes each. Each module is accompanied by a downloadable guide with tools and exercises that participants can use to both further their learning and to apply to their work on an ongoing basis. The program is not simply a recording of Arbinger’s in-person workshops, nor is it a traditional e-learning program in which participants simply click dry content. In the program’s absorbing video lessons, real people demonstrate how the inward mindset damaged their relationships, diminished their effectiveness, and hurt their organizations. They also explain how they used Arbinger's mindset-change, accountability, and collaboration tools to significantly improve their relationships, work more effectively, and attain superior results. Most importantly, the lessons also create a real desire in the user to become more outward and teach them the tools that will enable them to do so.