Frederick C. Jefferson III currently holds the position of Acting Director of the Leadership Management School at The Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, VA and serves as Course Chair and Lead Trainer for the US Department of State’s executive level leadership development programs, including the Ambassadorial Seminar, the Senior Executive Threshold Seminar (SETS) and the National Security Executive Leadership Seminar (NSELS). Frederick is a certified Leadership Coach and graduate of LCCP Cohort III. He is an executive coach with more than 20 years of international experience in organization change management, leadership development, and strategic communications.
Frederick has worked as a senior consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, The MITRE Corporation and Lee Hecht Harrison where he has had the opportunity to develop and deliver leadership and organizational development programs that focus on strategic planning, strategic communications, and change management.
Frederick’s thought-provoking coaching and consulting presence encourages leaders to take stock of their strengths, get clear on their goals, and gain perspective on how to effectively accelerate change and drive organization effectiveness. In addition to his Leadership Coaching certification Frederick is also certified by the International Coaching Federation.
Frederick holds a master’s degree in Organization Development from American University/NTL, an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Psychology from Cambridge College, and is currently pursuing an Ed. D in Human and Organization Learning at George Washington University.
The Leadership Learning Collaborative (LLC) was formed in the fall of 2007. The Leadership Coaching Certificate Program (LCCP) was the first of a consortium of LLC’s leadership development opportunities.
Dr. Frederick C. Jefferson, Jr, Professor Emeritus, University of Rochester Warner School and Jim Ramerman, Executive Coach and CEO of Ramerman Leadership Group are the LLC founding members. The original impetus of the Collaborative was to share perspectives on facilitating leadership and organizational change and to explore potential partnering opportunities.
The UR faculty was exploring new avenues to deepen the leadership development experience of Warner School doctoral students seeking to become school principals and superintendents. The experience was anticipated to extend leadership and organizational development program offerings to UR faculty and staff senior leaders.
In parallel, the principals of Jim’s firm at that time were seeking to develop their capacity to strengthen their leadership development pedagogy, rooted in their leadership consulting and coaching experience. Jim had a passion and priority to facilitate the development of new coaching professionals and enhance their ability to drive organizational change.
Cohort I of the Leadership Learning Certificate Program (LCCP) was launched November 16, 2008. The University of Rochester’s Warner School and Ramerman Leadership Group continue as principals in the Leadership Learning Collaborative and LCCP faculty.