Leadership Development

How do we lead together?

We are dedicated to empower our oikees in their change agent journey! Our leadership initiatives aim for the personal and professional development of our participants, equipping them with knowledge, tools, skills, capacities, traits and inner dimensions (mindset) to become conscious leaders who are proactive and capable of creating change towards sustainability and the well-being of people and planet. Our leadership development initiatives equip students & their allies with what they need to facilitate change in their environment:

LEAP YOUth

LEAP YOUth is an intense 10-month-long leadership development journey that inspires young people to become more responsible and sustainable in their decision making, it challenges participants to face the most daring questions in life – Who am I? What is my purpose? What impact do I want to have on people and the planet? - and to develop the skills necessary to become positive contributors to the benefit of their communities and our world. It helps them to have an empowered voice and encourages them to be proactive about the change.

LEAP Researchers

We invite Early Career Researchers (inside or outside of the oikos community) for a 9-month program that focuses on participants’ personal development and capacity building, alongside providing support in the field of research and teaching. It helps shape their perspective on transforming education and prepares them to face the challenges in their role as well informed, reflective, and purpose-driven change agents and allies to our students.

LEAP Tools

The LEAP tools are a living set of resources and guides to help oikos students, alumni, partners and friends of oikos on the journey to conscious leadership. It supports you to practice conscious leadership and develop yourself and your community in the following areas inspired by the Inner Development Goals:

Learn more and access all LEAP Tools here! Exciting resources like the ultimate 5-step guide to setting up your own leadership journey with your community await you!

LEAP Life

The LEAP Life Track is the self-led track organised by engaged LEAP alumni. It has informally started at the end of the first LEAP Advanced cohort in 2016. Everyone contributes to design and runs the track with ideas, feedforward and active participation, stepping up and taking the responsibility for sessions or elements. In this way LEAP alumni keep a space to continue supporting each other in their personal development.