Director, Leadership Institute

Location: Mount Vernon, VA

Job :967

# of Openings:1

The Director of the Leadership Institute provides strategic and operational leadership for Mount Vernon’s portfolio of leadership education and executive development programs. Using George Washington’s leadership qualities and historical example as a practical framework, the Director translates lessons from Washington’s life and leadership into relevant, actionable learning for the modern workplace. Programs integrate rigorous scholarship with contemporary leadership practice and emphasize strategic thinking, leadership, management, communication, team building, collaboration, character, credibility, and effective execution.

The Director is responsible for the quality, growth, reach, and impact of the Institute’s approximately 75 annual onsite programs, primarily based at the George Washington Presidential Library, as well as regional, national, online, and customized programs. The role works with senior leaders, scholars, faculty, clients, and Mount Vernon colleagues to design experiences for audiences ranging from boards and executive teams to intact teams and emerging leaders.

• Board meetings and board development sessions, with programming tailored to governance, strategic perspective, stewardship, decision-making, character, and organizational leadership.
• Team retreats designed to strengthen alignment, communication, trust, collaboration, team effectiveness, and shared accountability.
• Executive-level leadership and management programs that connect strategic vision with leadership, management, execution, communication, and leading through change.
• Emerging leader development programs that build foundational leadership capability, self-awareness, communication, judgment, collaboration, and readiness for increased responsibility.

• Set the strategic direction for the Leadership Institute and ensure programs demonstrate how George Washington’s leadership qualities can be applied to contemporary organizational challenges and the modern workplace.
• Conceptualize, design, deliver, and continuously improve programs that integrate historical scholarship with practical applications in strategic thinking, leadership, management, communication, team building, collaboration, character, credibility, and execution.
• Develop and facilitate customized experiences for boards, executive and senior leadership teams, intact work teams, and emerging leaders, adapting content, format, case examples, and facilitated discussion to each audience’s objectives and organizational context.
• Serve as a credible facilitator and thought partner for senior executives and board-level audiences, creating environments that encourage reflection, candid dialogue, productive challenge, and actionable takeaways.
• Execute leadership programs in close collaboration with Mount Vernon teams, ensuring a cohesive participant experience that leverages the distinctive assets of the George Washington Presidential Library, Mount Vernon, its collections, and experiential offerings.
• Identify, cultivate, and solicit prospective clients, including government agencies, corporations, nonprofits, associations, educational institutions, and other organizations seeking high-quality George Washington-centered leadership development.
• Consult with clients to assess leadership and organizational needs and translate those needs into clear program objectives, learning outcomes, agendas, and customized experiences.
• Build and maintain a strong community of scholars, leadership practitioners, facilitators, and adjunct faculty who bring historical expertise and contemporary leadership perspective to Institute programming.
• Ensure faculty and facilitators are…