Excellence for leaders in rising communities.
Sharing what we know with people who rarely have access to it, and learning as much as we bring.
One of the things we care most deeply about is carrying that same level of excellence to places and people who rarely have access to it: underserved communities, often far from any business school or university.
In exchange with the best
We are in ongoing exchange with leading experts and institutions in leadership, coaching, and talent development, including Harvard, Columbia, and IESE.
Tools for people who lack access
We bring tools, insights, and ways of thinking to people who would otherwise have little access to them, and they put those to work in their businesses and communities.
What we learn travels back
Ideas about leading with very little, building trust quickly, and deciding under real pressure find their way into our programs everywhere else.
Supporting entrepreneurs in Kenya
One of our current projects supports entrepreneurs in Kenya, most of them women, with a blend of leadership assessments, train-the-trainer programs, and coaching through Ati, our virtual AI coach.
These programs provide participants with practical tools, frameworks, and support, helping them develop leadership skills, overcome challenges, and unlock new opportunities. Through our partnerships, participants work with the same assessments and frameworks we use in our other programs, adapted together with them to fit their businesses and communities.
At the Leadership Alliance, learning goes both ways.
Time and again, we are humbled by the resilience, creativity, and wisdom of the people we support, and we come away having learned just as much, if not much more, from them as they do from us.
How the project works
Each project is built together with local partners and combines three elements.
Leadership assessments
Participants work with the same assessments and frameworks we use in our other programs, adapted together with them to fit their businesses and communities.
Train-the-trainer programs
Trainers and facilitators from the region learn how to work with these tools and bring them to their own groups.
Coaching with Ati
Participants can work with Ati, our virtual AI coach, on the challenges they meet in their businesses.
Some of our partners
What we support, and what we find out
In addition to supporting and learning from people and communities worldwide, we research questions like this one: what helps people bring out the best in others? We share what we find in The Times of Talent, our magazine on learning and leadership, along with stories about how people learn and teach around the world.
When to Stand Still, When to Move
Amos, a Maasai guide in Kenya, explains how people in his community learn to handle danger from childhood.
Read the story →The Herders Who Teach Through Stories
On the Mongolian steppe, nomadic herders pass on what they know by telling stories.
Read the story →Four Quechua Words for Developing People
Know, care, work, give back. A university in Cusco builds its idea of education on four Andean values.
Read the story →Want to support the Alliance?
We're always looking for partner organizations, funders, and facilitators who want to help widen access.