Executive Edge Program
Register by January 17, 2024!
Why choose the Executive Edge program?
Leadership is not just about strategy. It’s about becoming a dynamic people leader, navigating an ever-changing organizational landscape, and more. If you’re a senior leader poised for executive leadership, the Executive Edge Program offers a holistic approach to your professional development through:
- Immersive learning sessions
- Integrative mindfulness practices
- Increasing authenticity, trust, and leadership competencies
- A cohort of peers who are on a similar leadership growth path
- Personalized executive coaching
The Executive Edge cohort experience will:
- Deepen your understanding of your personal leadership
- Orient your understanding of human behavior for maximum individual, team, and organizational impact
- Increase your self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, and motivation for better decision making, goal setting, and stress management
- Teach you to navigate complex scenarios and lead creatively through change and in times of uncertainty
- Build your community of peers across industries
- Prepare you to create more equitable organizations by changing or challenging inequitable systems
Are you ready for the Executive Edge Program? Enroll now or learn more by contacting Program Manager, Laddan Shoar, using the links below.
Financial Commitment
$8,500 Tuition
Time Commitment
The program begins with a mandatory opening retreat in February, followed by five monthly workshops, and concludes with a mandatory full day retreat and evening graduation in September.
Participants should expect 10-12 additional hours of work per month outside of program sessions.
Participants may miss only one session to remain in the program. Habitual tardiness will count towards an absence. If you cannot attend a mandatory event, please consider rearranging your schedule or enrolling for a future year.
Program Dates for 2025
Mandatory Overnight Launch Retreat: Thursday, February 20 – Friday, February 21
Monthly Workshops (9am-4:30pm):
Tuesday, March 25
Tuesday, April 29
Tuesday, May 20
Tuesday, June 17
Tuesday, July 15
Mandatory Final Retreat & Graduation: Tuesday, September 16 (Program Day and Evening Graduation)
Resources
Executive Edge 2025 Information Sheet
Diversity Scholarship Application
Tuition Assistance Application
Tuition Assistance and Diversity Scholarships:
We encourage all applicants to seek tuition payment/reimbursement from their employer. In cases where the full cost of tuition is a burden for either the employer or the individual, a limited amount of tuition assistance is available on a first come, first serve basis, based on enrollment date. Tuition assistance is based upon demonstrated need and is limited to no more than 50% of the tuition cost. Eligibility for tuition assistance includes, but is not limited to, self-paying individuals or individuals sponsored by a nonprofit organization. To apply for tuition assistance, please submit the tuition assistance request form with your enrollment.
Leadership Columbus also offers a limited number of Diversity Scholarships of $1000 per participant. To apply for a Diversity Scholarship, please submit the Diversity Scholarship application form with your enrollment.
Learn more about Leadership Columbus’ commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.