Contexr Center for Leadership

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Leadership Development  |  Engagement Programs  |  DOD & IC Career Advice

Leadership Development

Learn the Art of the Possible

Visionary leaders embrace uncertainty and search for opportunity in challenges. Contexr draws on US, British, and Australian military methodologies to strengthen your leadership skills and your organization's responsiveness to change.

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Engagement Programs

Graduate-Level Programs on Demand

Agile and scalable in content, detail, complexity, and duration. Briefings for audiences of 1–1,000. Seminars, structured brainstorming, COA briefs, hypotheticals, snap reverse debates, and more.

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DOD & IC Career Advice

From Entry-Level to 4-Star

From people considering the career field right through to senior leaders contemplating the right mix of ops, education, and joint postings. How to work in the Pentagon without going tribal. Security clearance matters. And much more.

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Leadership Development

What is the difference between a leader and a manager? A manager works best within a defined environment — their primary task is to avoid chaos and achieve objectives in a timely manner. A leader must have a vision for the organization and ensure their managers have the tools to realize that vision.

Visionary leaders embrace uncertainty and search for opportunity in challenges. They will not hesitate to change the status quo if it no longer delivers outcomes. The best leaders create an organizational culture where people can speak freely, exercise initiative, and be allowed to make the occasional mistake in the interests of advancing the organization's goals.

Contexr draws on US, British, and Australian military methodologies to strengthen your leadership skills and the responsiveness of your organization to change management.

Engagement Programs

A curriculum is a set of sign posts to the state of the art of knowledge on any topic. Let Contexr develop graduate-level programs on subjects important to your organization.

Our programs are agile and scalable in content, detail, complexity, and duration. We deliver briefings to audiences of 1–1,000. We offer seminars, structured brainstorming, COA briefs, hypotheticals (guided war game format), snap reverse debates, and more.

A weekly 2-hour session guided by an outside subject matter expert is an ideal team-building format — improving communication, building trust, and helping leaders improve culture even in busy organizations.

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."

— John F. Kennedy

DOD and IC Career Advice

From people considering the career field right through to senior leaders contemplating the right mix of ops, education, and joint postings to get where they want to go.

How and when to use social media. How to work in the Pentagon without going tribal. How to navigate a difficult boss. Helpful advice on security clearance matters. And much more.

"The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails." — John Maxwell

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