---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 412.401"
title: "5"
number: "412.401"
heading: "Continuing executive development."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/412.401"
---

# §412.401. Continuing executive development.

- (a) Each agency must establish a program or programs for the continuing development of its senior executives in accordance with [5 U.S.C 3396(a)](/usc/5/3396.md?p=a). Such agency programs must include preparation, implementation, and regular updating of an Executive Development Plan (EDP) for each senior executive. The EDPs will:
  - (1) Function as a detailed guide of developmental experiences to help SES members, through participation in short-term and longer-term experiences, meet organizational needs for leadership, managerial improvement, and organizational results;
  - (2) Address enhancement of existing executive competencies and such other competencies as will strengthen the executive's performance;
  - (3) Outline developmental opportunities and assignments to allow the individual to develop a broader perspective in the agency as well as Governmentwide; and
  - (4) Be reviewed annually and revised as appropriate by an ERB or similar body designated by the agency to oversee executive development, using input from the performance evaluation cycle.
- (b) Consistent with [5 U.S.C. 3396(d)](/usc/5/3396.md?p=d) and other applicable statutes, EDPs may provide for executive sabbaticals and other long-term assignments outside the Federal sector.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1103(c)(2)(C), 3396, 3397, and ch. 41.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 65388, Dec. 10, 2009, unless otherwise noted.