LEAP (Leadership Excellence Accelerator Pathway)

This is a pilot program focused on preparing mid-career leaders for the next stage of their leadership journey. In Leadership Excellence Accelerator Pathway [LEAP], a cohort-based program, we will dive deep into leadership mindsets and competencies that prepare you to successfully shift from tactical to strategic leadership and start and build habits necessary for inclusive and transformational leadership effectiveness at BU and beyond.

Are you aspiring to expand and deepen your leadership practice and want to explore the next phase of your leadership journey? Then we invite you to nominate yourself or a member of your team for this pilot program.

Participant Eligibility

To be considered for this program, you must be:

• In your current role at BU for two or more years.
• Career level M3-M4 (please speak with your manager to identify your career level, if needed.)
• Have a performance rating of 4 or higher.
• Committed and able to attend each of the six modules and a luncheon.

Program Outcomes

Self

• Align Strategic priorities to purpose, vision, and values.
• Model practices that nurture inclusion, while challenging systemic bias.
• Demonstrate emotional regulation in services of promoting team well-being.

Team

• Empower direct reports/team to achieve excellence.
• Communicate with compassion and clarity to empower, elevate, and engage.
• Drive and support innovation and change.

Department

• Demonstrate stewardship of operational and financial health of their organization.
• Apply contextual awareness to all aspects of leadership role.
• Utilize systems thinking to facilitate efficiency while driving quality.

Sample Topics

Mindsets: Growth mindset, Appreciative mindset, Systems mindset

Habits + Practices + Skills

• Inclusion & belonging
• Communication
• Trust & transparency
• Influence
• Decision Making
• Accountability
• Intellectual/Cultural humility
• Strategic prioritizing
• Ethical stewardship
• Business acumen