CEO Initiative
Because our future depends on today’s leaders. We’re supporting new CEOs and building a community of practice around outstanding leadership in Jewish nonprofits.
The first-ever national CEO Onboarding Program designed for top-level organizational leaders in the American Jewish community.
The Leading Edge CEO Onboarding Program is a cohort-based leadership development program for CEOs who have served in their role for under two years. In the program, new leaders lay the groundwork for organizational success and connect with a growing community of their peers. Participants work directly with experts in leadership development and elite leaders and thinkers in the American Jewish community to take their competencies — and their organizations — to the next level.
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Program Highlights
- Support from an experienced, expert executive coach
- Participate in training at the Center for Creative Leadership, a preeminent leadership development institution
- Connect with leaders and funders of major national and key local organizations in the American Jewish community
- Attend a comprehensive, on-the-ground Israel experience to better understand of the range of issues related to Israel and how to facilitate important related conversations back home
- Undergo a 360-degree evaluation to gain critical self-knowledge for improvement
Applicants are:
- The most senior professional leader of an organization in the Jewish community who has been with their organization for no more than 24 months
- Representing a charitable organization that has been in existence for at least three years
- Able to attend all in-person convenings, sessions with coaches, and webinars
- Able to secure an organizational commitment of $5,000 to support participation in the program and pay for domestic travel-related expenses
Applications are currently closed.
Sign up to be notified when applications for next year’s program are open in early 2021.
Related Resources
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Leading Edge partnered with a Senior Editor from Harvard Business Review to distill the most important elements of running a successful nonprofit CEO search.
CEOsArticleBeyond the Glass Ceiling: Understanding Gender Inequities in the Jewish Communal Workforce
While approximately 70% of our sector’s workforce identifies as women, women represent only 30% of our CEOs.
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