GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FORUM
Senior-level Leader Cohorts
GLF cohorts for senior-level leaders are typically for those in the mid-to-second half of their career and/or those in senior leadership positions with significant experience and responsibility in globally oriented social purpose work.
We carefully build cohorts composed of leaders who have roughly similar levels of leadership maturity and experience. Factors that may help determine which cohort is the best fit could include:
Guiding Questions & Cohort Topics
A unique aspect of the GLF program is that leadership and management content is put through the lens of leaders that are globally minded and have global and social impact dimensions to their work.
The GLF program is guided by the framing questions that follow. Specific topics for each cohort are determined by the faculty in response to the real=time challenges and needs of the group. Throughout the cohort, GLF is committed to advancing conversations around the interplay between power, privilege, racism, colonialism, and the white savior complex in global development, leadership and management.
1. SELF: Who am I as a leader and how do I stay true?
Topics may include: origins and development of social purpose commitments; hope and motivation; professional evolution and aspirations; vision and mission; values and culture; personal strengths & growth edges; rest & renewal; kitchen cabinet and support; future goals.
2. PEOPLE: How do I serve as an effective and inclusive leader of people?
Topics may include: Agility and Adaptability; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Boards; Teams; Power and Influence; Strategic Communications; Constituency Development; Navigating Difficult Conversations and Conflict.
3. ORGANIZATION: How do I influence change within my organization?
Topics may include: Adaptive Leadership; Theory of Change; Organizational Endgame; Agility and Adaptability; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Change and Transition Management; Strategy and Planning; Learning and Impact; Governance Structures.
4. SYSTEMS: What is my role in moving toward more equitable systems?
Topics may include: Decolonizing global development; Effective partnerships & Government Relations; Innovative Financing.
The "Hot Seat": Client-Centered Creative Problem Solving
Each participant will have the opportunity to bring a leadership challenge to the group in the form of a question that starts with “How to…” and will be guided through a structured, facilitated creative problem solving process. The process includes both divergent and convergent dimensions and is controlled by the “client” themselves. The group offers questions and suggestions, and the client closes with their set of next steps. Hot Seat topics are the real-world leader case studies that anchor the curriculum.
Peer & Faculty Supports
Participants will be assigned an intimate “accountabilibuddy”group to check in with at least once between each cohort session.
Cohort participants are also invited to schedule up to one hour of one-on-one coaching or mentor meetings with faculty members. These sessions are typically used by participants to support and/or develop their individual leadership goals, prepare for the hot seat, and/or to further support, advice and accountability after they have shared their hot seat with the cohort.
Schedule and Time Commitment
Cohorts meet for a total of five days -- broken into full day and half sessions -- over six to seven months. When the cohort meets for the first time, a mutually agreeable schedule for the sessions is established.
Between sessions, cohort participants have assignments that may include readings, short videos, peer check-ins, and applying and practicing new ways of leading. Participants are invited to schedule up to two one-on-one coaching or mentoring meetings with cohort faculty to support individualized leadership goals, challenges, and growth.
All cohort participants prepare and lead a short presentation on their leadership at the closing of the cohort.
Ready to Apply?
Click below to apply for GLF today!
We carefully build cohorts composed of leaders who have roughly similar levels of leadership maturity and experience. Factors that may help determine which cohort is the best fit could include:
- Size/complexity of organizational experience
- Experience managing/leading teams
- Length of experience in leadership roles
- Complexity of issues addressed in roles
- Positional authority
- Team, organizational, and system influence
- Breadth of global development knowledge
Guiding Questions & Cohort Topics
A unique aspect of the GLF program is that leadership and management content is put through the lens of leaders that are globally minded and have global and social impact dimensions to their work.
The GLF program is guided by the framing questions that follow. Specific topics for each cohort are determined by the faculty in response to the real=time challenges and needs of the group. Throughout the cohort, GLF is committed to advancing conversations around the interplay between power, privilege, racism, colonialism, and the white savior complex in global development, leadership and management.
1. SELF: Who am I as a leader and how do I stay true?
Topics may include: origins and development of social purpose commitments; hope and motivation; professional evolution and aspirations; vision and mission; values and culture; personal strengths & growth edges; rest & renewal; kitchen cabinet and support; future goals.
2. PEOPLE: How do I serve as an effective and inclusive leader of people?
Topics may include: Agility and Adaptability; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Boards; Teams; Power and Influence; Strategic Communications; Constituency Development; Navigating Difficult Conversations and Conflict.
3. ORGANIZATION: How do I influence change within my organization?
Topics may include: Adaptive Leadership; Theory of Change; Organizational Endgame; Agility and Adaptability; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Change and Transition Management; Strategy and Planning; Learning and Impact; Governance Structures.
4. SYSTEMS: What is my role in moving toward more equitable systems?
Topics may include: Decolonizing global development; Effective partnerships & Government Relations; Innovative Financing.
The "Hot Seat": Client-Centered Creative Problem Solving
Each participant will have the opportunity to bring a leadership challenge to the group in the form of a question that starts with “How to…” and will be guided through a structured, facilitated creative problem solving process. The process includes both divergent and convergent dimensions and is controlled by the “client” themselves. The group offers questions and suggestions, and the client closes with their set of next steps. Hot Seat topics are the real-world leader case studies that anchor the curriculum.
Peer & Faculty Supports
Participants will be assigned an intimate “accountabilibuddy”group to check in with at least once between each cohort session.
Cohort participants are also invited to schedule up to one hour of one-on-one coaching or mentor meetings with faculty members. These sessions are typically used by participants to support and/or develop their individual leadership goals, prepare for the hot seat, and/or to further support, advice and accountability after they have shared their hot seat with the cohort.
Schedule and Time Commitment
Cohorts meet for a total of five days -- broken into full day and half sessions -- over six to seven months. When the cohort meets for the first time, a mutually agreeable schedule for the sessions is established.
Between sessions, cohort participants have assignments that may include readings, short videos, peer check-ins, and applying and practicing new ways of leading. Participants are invited to schedule up to two one-on-one coaching or mentoring meetings with cohort faculty to support individualized leadership goals, challenges, and growth.
All cohort participants prepare and lead a short presentation on their leadership at the closing of the cohort.
Ready to Apply?
Click below to apply for GLF today!