Executive Leadership Program
Energy Workforce’s Executive Leadership Programs prepare high-performing, high-potential individuals to further develop their leadership skills. The year-long programs prepare future leaders for the responsibilities they will face and the qualities they will need as they successfully advance in their organizations. Provided by Heidrick & Struggles and FranklinCovey.
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Director-Level Leadership
WHO IT’S FOR
Managers and directors who lead multiple direct reports and deliver results across functions, with peers and up to senior leadership. It’s built for the high performer who has outgrown “doer” leadership, and for the leaders you’re counting on as your next bench.
Overview
Director-Level Leadership is Energy Workforce’s Level 2 program, designed for leaders gaining exposure to enterprise-wide collaboration and strategic responsibility. This program is an interactive and experiential program designed to provide leaders the skills needed to lead with vision and navigate with inuence on their teams and organization. Delivered in partnership with Heidrick & Struggles, the program blends research backed tools and insights with four personalized coaching sessions from an ICF-certi ed executive coach. Participants emerge with a deeper understanding of their leadership impact, and the tools to build high performing, engaged teams across the business.
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Course and coaching provided by Heidrick & Struggles.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN
- Lead as a coach
- Influence up, across and down.
- Develop and engage talent.
- Build high-performing teams.
- Understand their leadership shadow.
- Lead through change and adversity.
- Think beyond their own team
2027 Course Dates
In-Person Classes: March 23 | September 14
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Virtual Classes: March 25 | May 13 | September 16 | November 18
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New for 2027: Enterprise-Level Leadership: Navigate the Enterprise with Agility and Simplicity
WHO IT’S FOR
Senior Directors, Vice Presidents and Of cers stepping into enterprise leadership, including leaders who have previously completed Cultivating High-Performing Teams. They lead leaders, own results that cut across functions and are increasingly visible to the C-suite and the board. It’s built for the executives you’re counting on to steer the business today and to lead it tomorrow.
Overview
New for 2027: Enterprise-Level Leadership features an entirely new curriculum focused on leading at the enterprise level. This program, Enterprise-Level Leadership: Navigate the Enterprise with Agility and Simplicity, will be offered every other year, alternating with Cultivating High-Performing Teams, giving senior leaders two distinct development experiences within the Executive Leadership Program Enterprise Level course.
Delivered in partnership with Heidrick & Struggles, the program builds strategic, people and personal agility while helping leaders simplify complexity, mobilize the organization and lead with condence through ambiguity. Through hands-on simulations, a six-month enterprise team challenge, executive coaching and mentorship, leaders strengthen their ability to make high-stakes decisions, communicate with the C-suite and board, and work on the business rather than in it.
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Course and coaching provided by Heidrick & Struggles.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN
- Make the shift to enterprise leadership.
- Lead with agility.
- Lead with simplicity.
- Mobilize the organization.
- Confidence in ambiguity.
- Understand the 7 Functions of an Executive Team.
- Communicate with the board and the C-suite.
- Own their shadow at the top.
- Put AI to work.
2027 Course Dates
In-Person Class: March 24 | September 15
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