ABOUT THE COURSE
Executive Leadership is a formation course for current and emerging leaders who want to build their practice deliberately and from African foundations. It treats leadership as something developed over time, grounded in African philosophical traditions including Ubuntu, stewardship, and servant leadership, then tested against the real contexts leaders work in.
The course asks the harder questions of leadership directly. What does power require of a person, and what does it cost them? What does it take to lead with excellence in environments built to reward mediocrity? How does a leader stay accountable to their own commitments?
Participants move through seven connected themes: ethical leadership, strategic communication, systems thinking, adaptive leadership, purpose driven leadership, power and negotiation, and leadership in practice. Honest self examination is paired with applied work, so ideas are worked out against each participant’s own role and responsibilities.
WHAT YOU’LL WALK AWAY WITH
- A leadership compact that holds you accountable to your own commitments.
- A leadership autobiography that traces how you lead and why.
- A personal ethical framework tested against real dilemmas.
- Fluency in African leadership traditions, from Ubuntu to stewardship and servant leadership.
- The judgement and tools to lead with excellence where systems reward mediocrity.
- A community of peers across sectors, and the ALADI alumni network.
WHO IT’S FOR
Senior and mid career leaders across public service, civil society, the private sector, and development organisations in Africa. Suited to leaders across sectors who want to lead from a clear sense of who they are and what they stand for.
THE DETAILS
Four Formats:
12 week fellowship (blended)
one week intensive (residential)
one week standard (residential)
3 day leadership summit.
Ten modules across fifty sessions at full length, roughly 83 contact hours.