2025 application will be opened on July 15, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact pli@slac.stanford.edu

Program Sessions

The academic program is tailored to the DOE context and incorporates several courses with Stanford University content. Below is a summary of the session themes with detailed descriptions.

Event 1: Preparing To Lead DOE Projects
> 01/22/2024 - 01/25/2024 @ NNSS

  • Themes: Kickoff, self-assessment, project pre-planning, executing project strategy, cultural perspectives
  • Participants will prepare to complete leadership self-assessment exercises
  • Includes content from Stanford instructors to teach you a framework for strategic execution that incorporates a variety of proven approaches and emerging concepts to align project initiatives with strategic objectives

Event 2: Becoming a Highly Effective Leader
> 03/18/2024 - 03/21/2024 @ Stanford 

  • Themes: Effective project leadership; stakeholder relationships; managing major project teams; communications and writing skills; team/technical report writing.
  • Participants will review completed leadership self-assessment exercises
  • Includes content from Stanford instructors to provide new insights and skills that will enable you to coordinate, communicate and collaborate more effectively with team members, regardless of location

Event 3:  Positioning the Project for Success 
> 05/13/2024 - 05/16/2024 @ UC Boulder

  • Themes: Risk and contingency management; decision theory, analysis, geometric thinking; front-end planning process; presentation skills

Event  4:  Leading Innovation
> 06/2024 - 07/2024 @ Online - Self-paced 

  • Online Stanford course
  • Theme: Understanding the crucial role that leadership plays in achieving top organizational performance.

Event  5: Delivering High-Risk Complex Projects
09/09/2024 - 09/12/2024 @ ANL

  • Themes: Construction/vendor management; interfacing with vendor/construction firms; project delivery methods
  • Includes content from Stanford instructors to teach you the critical success factors of program execution

Event 6: Navigating to the Finish
> 11/18/2024 - 11/21/2024 @ Washington, DC

  • Themes: Negotiations; change management; stakeholder relationships; crisis management;
  • Presentation of capstone projects;
  • Participants will reflect on career planning and self-reflection;
  • Concluding certificate ceremony and celebration

2025 - TBD