The emphasis of the TLP is on team leadership models, ecosystem management, managing organizational change, oral and written communication, and problem solving techniques. The program lasts for 12 months, and requires participants to be away from their positions for about four months total. Tuition for the TLP is paid out of the Department's Working Capital Fund.
Bureaus are responsible for paying travel and per diem expenses of their participants.
TLP graduates are awarded a certificate which allows a one-grade noncompetitive promotion to any position for which they meet the technical qualifications within three years of graduation from the Program.