Unlock a complete picture of your leadership effectiveness with a 360-degree assessment that gives you more than just feedback—it gives you a roadmap for growth. You’ll gather insights from your own self-assessment, your supervisor, your direct reports, and your colleagues to reveal your true strengths and the growth opportunities holding you back. In this workshop, you’ll dive into your results, transform feedback into actionable strategies, and design a personalized development plan that accelerates your performance. Plus, you’ll receive a 30 minute one-on-one coaching session with the facilitator after class (to refine your plan and ensure you can put it into action immediately). Walk away with clarity, confidence, and a concrete path to becoming the leader others want to follow.Important: This course requires pre-work. You’ll complete a 360-degree assessment before class, including feedback from colleagues and a self-assessment, which requires 4–6 weeks of lead time.

Build practical collaboration skills through a fun, scenario-based experience. Participants step into a fictional, high-stakes crime investigation where hands-on activities reveal how teams communicate, make decisions, and overcome silos. In today’s fast-paced government environment, mission success depends on strong teamwork. This experience will give government professionals tools they can immediately apply to solve problems and strengthen team results–no matter their role.

Understand how revolving funds and reimbursables are integral to a federal organization’s ability to sustain business operations. You will learn the procedures related to business operations, including developing prices and producing financial statements, and participate in an experiential capstone exercise in which you will demonstrate how these concepts are applied at an agency level and within the federal government.

Explore how to effectively assess, evaluate, and manage contractors to help ensure that the acquisition of services from contractors satisfies mission needs. You will learn practical techniques to develop and define service requirements and manage the resulting contractor performance. You will apply the seven-step services acquisition process to numerous team-based exercises.

Discover business acumen competencies including industry orientation, organization, cost and financial planning, business strategy/development, supplier management, incentives, and negotiation. This course will provide a thorough understanding of the strategy, finances, operational considerations, and motivators that drive contractor business decisions.

Understand how to navigate contract law and learn to identify and avoid legal problems relating to ethics, data rights, fiscal law, protests, and contract management. You will analyze actual court decisions, discuss how judicial decisions impact the acquisition process, and leave class with best practices you can implement on the job.

Enhance your skills and effectiveness with the Acquisition & Contracting Performance Accelerator, a specialized program offering personalized, one-on-one sessions with subject matter experts. Designed for federal acquisition and contracting professionals, this program helps you optimize procurement strategies, ensure compliance, and drive mission-critical results. Each targeted session delivers expert guidance in key areas such as procurement planning, source selection, contract administration, small business engagement, performance-based services contracting, leading contracting teams, and excelling as a strategic business advisor. Whether you’re navigating complex regulations, preparing for leadership roles, or aiming to increase your impact, these high-impact sessions provide practical insights, real-world strategies, and direct mentorship from experienced professionals. Strengthen your expertise, boost your performance, and confidently advance your career in federal acquisition and contracting.

Discover methods to apply an Agile acquisition framework within the confines of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). You will gain an understanding of an Agile acquisition approach and the challenges of applying this framework in the federal environment through role-playing activities and federal case studies. You will participate in hands-on exercises that reinforce your learning after examining real contracts where Agile has been used successfully.

Leverage a nuanced understanding of FAR part 12 to effectively streamline the process for acquiring commercial products and commercial services to save your project time and money. Learn how to determine what a commercial product or commercial service is and follow a more efficient and cost-effective acquisition strategy. Identify the difference in the process for noncommercial acquisitions from requirements definition to contract award. You will leave class with the ability to take advantage of this acquisition approach through analysis of relevant case studies.

Learn how to use the performance management cycle and performance improvement plans (PIPs) to effectively address poor performance in the federal government. Through discussions and scenarios, you will learn to assess employee performance, partner with human resources (HR) to manage the PIP process, and navigate difficult conversations. Whether you’re an experienced supervisor or building your skills, you’ll be ready to identify performance issues, determine next steps, and keep your team performing at a high level.

Learn how to support supervisors in addressing poor performance in the federal government. Through discussions and scenarios, you will explore HR’s role as a partner across the performance management cycle, including the performance improvement plan (PIP) process and after the PIP concludes. Whether you’re an experienced HR specialist or building your skills, you’ll be ready to coach supervisors to manage performance fairly, consistently, and in compliance with federal regulations.

Understand the various types of cost-reimbursement contracts, their unique demands and requirements, how to administer them, and best practices for managing modifications or terminations. You will learn how to effectively administer these complex contracts while understanding the associated benefits and challenges. Prior to enrolling in this course, you should know basic federal contracting principles and procedures.

Advance from basic AI use to structured, professional applications of generative AI in federal work. Learn how to shape AI outputs using advanced prompting strategies and structured workflows that produce consistent, high-quality outputs while operating within federal policy and security constraints. Practice using AI to analyze problems and improve the quality and clarity of workplace deliverables. You will leave the course able to build repeatable AI workflows, collaborate effectively using AI tools, and apply AI responsibly to support mission outcomes.

Meet your FAC-COR Level III training requirements or maintain your FAC-COR or DoD-COR Certification in an advanced class facilitated by an expert who can answer your most nuanced questions. Going far beyond just developing COR documentation, you will develop critical thinking, procurement strategy, requirements definition, and contract management skills necessary for successful contract performance. You will participate in complex simulations that will push the limits of your expertise and teach you strategies to manage any contract.

Enhance your understanding of the cost principles! This deep dive on Subpart E of 2 CFR 200 will explore common issues and help you identify potential unallowable costs. Learn to understand what can be charged to a grant award and how to properly document your costs for more effective award management.

Explore the requirements of the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, known as the Green Book, the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Circular A-123, Management's Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control and other authoritative guidance to provide a framework and standards for implementing, assessing, and maintaining internal control over reporting (ICOR). This two-day course will explain the entire ICOR process from initial planning through reporting on the results and support your auditing needs during an internal control review. Exercises enable you to gain hands-on experience with completing critical parts of the ICOR assessment.

Survey established leadership practices to evolve your leadership strategy. In this course, you will learn advanced leadership skills and techniques to influence your organization's culture, lead others through strategic plans, and spark change with enhanced communication skills.

Understand the processes and guidelines that govern simplified acquisitions under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. Not only will you use practical exercises based on actual legal decisions to apply the basics of simplified acquisitions, but you will also be exposed to the ever-changing electronic commerce methods of acquiring supplies and services using required sources. If you are looking for an update on simplified acquisition procedures, consider taking the Simplified Acquisition Refresher course.

Reinforce your confidence in successfully using simplified acquisition procedures (SAP) to help meet mission needs. In this immersive workshop, you will gain focused practice in vital skills such as oral solicitation, negotiation, and streamlined documentation. Leverage simplified procedures for diverse acquisitions from non-commercial product and noncommercial services procurements up to $350,000 and commercial products and commercial services acquisition up to $9 million. Outcomes include confidence, efficiency, productivity, communication, and compliance.

Understand the source selection process by exploring the legal basis behind it, evaluation factors and standards, and the interconnected relationship among all of the various aspects. Learn the nuances of the source selection process by participating in negotiation, role-playing, and applying learned skills and techniques to case study-based exercises. You will practice preparing effective proposal instructions, conducting debriefs among stakeholders, and more.