Emerging Leaders

The Emerging Leaders professional development program is designed to help aspiring and emerging nonprofit leaders develop the leadership capabilities, management skills and confidence to advance their professional contribution and accelerate their careers in the nonprofit sector.

Program Structure and Content

The program is intended to yield tangible, near-term value to participants (and their employers) and support their longer-term leadership development.  It employs experiential learning and outside experts and speakers to weave the following learning tracks together:

• Hard Nonprofit Skills & Management Training

• Individualized Leadership-in-Action “Stretch” Projects

• Leadership Competencies – e.g., Self-awareness, Team Dynamics

• Mentoring – Periodic Conversations With a Nonprofit Leader

• Expert Panels and Guest Speakers, Including Executive Directors

• Facilitated Peer Support