Leadership Institute Africa
Who Should Attend
LIA is designed for cross-sector organizations across Continental Africa addressing a pressing organizational or system-level challenge. We strongly recommend applying
as a small team (6–8 executives) from the same organization to ensure the work continues
after the week ends. Teams should represent diverse roles essential to solving the identified
problem of practice.
Structure and Bottom Line
Program Structure
Duration: 5 days (Monday–Friday) Arrival of Sunday Evening
- Pre-Intensive (Diagnosis & Alignment) Before arriving, participants complete 360-degree assessments, establish baseline data, and identify a specific organizational "Systems Challenge" that their team will work on throughout the program.
- The Immersion Deep-dive workshops on the Shifting Self & System™ methodology. Leaders engage in collaborative case clinics, self-mastery reflections, and executive coaching to shift their leadership defaults.
- Application & Emergence Structured Collaborative Inquiry Cycles where leaders actively apply the frameworks to their identified Systems Challenge in real-time, supported by the shared wisdom of their cohort.
- The Deliverables The intensive culminates in concrete assets designed to drive immediate organizational impact:
- A Contextualized Strategic Focus: A key, precisely defined area of focus that is entirely unique to each team's operational reality.
- An Executable Action Plan: A fully vetted, strategic roadmap that is ready for immediate implementation on day one back at the office.
- A Practical Leadership Toolkit: Applied strategies, theories of action, and continuous improvement guides to sustain the work long-term.
- A Lifelong Network: A built-in coalition of cross-sector collaborators and executive thought partners.
Bottom Line
The Bottom Line: Participants leave with concrete tools, shared commitments, and a dynamic strategy to meaningfully advance their organization’s mission including:
- Accelerated Strategy Execution: By dismantling internal silos (Collective Inquiry), teams execute complex strategic shifts faster and with less friction.
- Measurable Behavioral Shifts: Post-program 360-degree evaluations will demonstrate quantifiable improvements in self-awareness, psychological safety, team trust, and adaptive decision-making.
- Increased Retention & Capacity: By treating teams as adult learners and building "communities of practice," organizations reduce dependency on external consultants and increase retention of top talent.
A Concrete Action Plan: Every leader leaves with a tested theory of improvement and a strategic roadmap for their specific organizational challenge.