Leadership Caucus is a well-respected seven-month leadership development program for early-career Executive Directors and highly qualified senior leaders. Since 2005, it has nurtured hundreds of social sector leaders and provided foundational tools to build their leadership skills. Although held virtually this year, the indelible impact of the Caucus was no different from years prior. Participants rated their overall satisfaction with the program at 94% and provided glowing feedback: “I LOVED the Leadership Caucus. There's nothing I'd change. There was a great mix of learning concrete skills and opportunities to work out specific challenges or issues we're encountering in our work.”

High Performing Managers Initiative is a seven-month leadership development program for mid-career managers. It offers leadership tools and frameworks for these emerging leaders to leverage their individual strengths to effectively navigate their positionality in their respective organizations. Topics covered included: Leading and Managing for Success; Managing for High Performance; Identity and Situational Leadership; and Maximizing Influence and Impact. When using a 360° evaluation tool to assess leadership skills, participants noted that the “360° evaluation was an eye opener to see what [they] should be doing, stop doing, or doing more of.”

Community Response Cohort Program is a three-month, pandemic-specific training program for youth service organizations that pivoted to provide childcare and enrichment options for public school students. It provided participants with a firm grounding in best practices, core competencies, and skills needed to understand and use outcomes for program planning and management during a challenging year. Participants appreciated learning the different styles of leadership and sharing space with fellow service providers -- one of whom noted that "The overall training was supportive and informative. I loved the 1:1 coaching aspect and space to talk to peers."