The Leaders Shaping Our Global Impact
About Global Center for Protocol Development Founders and Advisory Board
With over 40 years of functional protocol experience on multiple continents and a team of experts providing advice from front-line experience, the Global Center for Protocol Development was created with the best intentions for professionals far and wide.
For the founders, sharing their knowledge has been a long-time family affair. With former and current university professors in both families as well as teaching through sports coaching, the founders take great pride in carrying on the tradition of developing the next generations. We believe that the legacy you leave in this world is the imprint you make on those you come in contact with. Our hope is to shape our professional legacies by helping our students take the protocol profession into the future.
Our advisors are some of the foremost experts in their professions who rose to very high levels in their careers. Their wealth of knowledge and experience is invaluable for the learning that they influence for our students. From leadership and international relations to communication and of course protocol, their credentials are commendable and their guidance shapes the content of the courses that we offer. Our profession is better for having them provide their gracious support.
ABOUT GCPD
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Our Vision
Innovative Development and Professional Certification for Protocol Professionals and Leaders
At the Global Center for Protocol Development, our vision is to revolutionize the field of protocol training and consulting by nurturing the full potential of each individual, transcending beyond the boundaries of traditional employee development. We are committed to fostering the unique traits essential for successful protocol professionals and developing them as they apply to different aspects of the job. Our goal is to set the gold standard in foundational protocol education and certification, empowering aspiring protocol professionals and leaders to not only excel in their careers but also to become their best selves. We envision a future where our comprehensive approach becomes the benchmark, inspiring a global community of skilled, conscientious, and interconnected protocol experts.
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Our Training Philosophy
Meaningful Development
Our training philosophy is that while teaching professionals how to perform specific tasks and relative concepts is highly valuable, we feel there is a better way that we can prepare those same professionals to be successful in a Protocol position. In the world of Protocol, the gray area dominates. While there are certainly enduring customs and courtesies that carry-on internationally and make up the backbone of what we do, the majority of Protocol professionals work in a much more small-scale, flexible environment. Regardless, as Protocol professionals we are advisors to our organizational leaders and adapt the way we operate according to what they prefer. So while there are great concepts to learn and essential for being successful as a Protocol professional, we feel the best way to help you is by helping you build the characteristics that you will need, all taught using Protocol concepts. We want our graduates to leave our courses feeling not only more knowledgeable about Protocol, but feeling more confident in their ability to handle the many diverse and ever-changing requirements that come with the job. We don’t want you to feel more comfortable about supporting other people, we want you to feel more comfortable about who you are and how you are an essential component in the dignitary support and event planning efforts of every organization. With these enhanced traits, you will no longer be handicapped by the amount of Protocol knowledge you learned in a training course. You will have the foundational tools to be a successful Protocol professional and be well on your way to being a high performing, recognized expert in your field!
Our Protocol Leader course goes even one step further by not only helping to develop the characteristics of a successful Protocol leader, but is taught using foundational concepts of leadership, program management, and more. Because let’s be honest, while there could be advanced concepts of Protocol that could be useful to a Protocol leader, who by the way is likely already recognized as a Protocol expert, those concepts won’t teach you how to appropriately manage a Protocol office and be a high-performing leader of people. Our Protocol Leader training course is one-of-a-kind and a must have for any new or experienced Protocol leader. This is also one of the requirements for earning the distinguished, renowned Protocol Leader Certification, the industry seal of quality for senior-level Protocol professionals.
Long story short, we like to look at it like this: Traditional training is like giving a person a book. It’s going to be great information that will certainly be helpful in certain situations provided that the reader can appropriately determine when to use it. Our training on the other hand, is like teaching the person how to read the book, how to apply the knowledge, and how to find the next edition!
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