Transform Your Team’s Potential into Measurable Impact
Are you ready to take your organization’s leadership to the next level?
At the Excellence in Changemaking Institute (ECI), our signature Leadership Academies design services result in empowered emerging and senior changemakers to achieve mission-critical goals. From improving collaboration and filling leadership pipelines to driving measurable impact, our programs are tailored to meet your organization’s unique challenges and strategic priorities.
Let’s co-create a transformative leadership development journey that aligns your team with your mission, fuels innovation, and strengthens your capacity to deliver results.
ECI’s Signature Leadership Academies for Emerging and Senior Changemakers
What Sets ECI’s Leadership Academies Apart?
Our programs combine research-informed practices, culturally responsive approaches, and innovative adult learning methodologies to deliver bespoke, practical leadership development experiences.
Key features include:
Tailored Leadership Development Plans – Customized to address your team’s needs and your strategic goals.
Live and Asynchronous Learning – Combine in-person training, online modules, and intentional cohort experiences to build cross-team relationships.
Personalized Leadership Coaching – 1:1 coaching to help participants address specific leadership and professional challenges that are holding them back from reaching their full potential.
Project-Based Learning – Practical, hands-on learning tied directly to your organization’s needs and objectives.
Comprehensive Support – Monitoring, evaluation, and sustainability plans to ensure long-term impact.
Key Competencies Your Leaders Will Master
Our academies help changemakers develop the skills they need to lead with confidence and purpose:
Strategic Decision-Making
Self-Leadership
Managing Conflict and Change
Systems Thinking and Change Management
Facilitating Collaboration Across Teams
We can also integrate any other leadership competencies needed to advance your strategic goals.
How We Work with You
Our process is designed to deliver a seamless experience from start to finish:
Needs Assessment – We begin with an in-depth evaluation of your organization’s training and development needs.
Curriculum Development – Create a fully modular curriculum with tiered tracks, original learning materials, and assessments to track progress.
Program Implementation – Support includes staff training, train-the-trainer resources, and operationalization plans.
Evaluation and Sustainability – Ongoing monitoring and evaluation ensure your program achieves its intended impact and continues to grow with your organization.
Why Partner with ECI?
At the Excellence in Changemaking Institute, we bring unparalleled expertise in:
Values-Driven Leadership
Collaborative Instructional Design
Integrated Strategic Planning and Execution
Program Facilitation and Management
Our team works as an extension of your organization, offering support from program design to delivery and beyond. The result? Empowered leaders ready to translate values and strategy into action.
Who This is For
Our customizable Leadership Academies are ideal for:
Nonprofits – Strengthen your team’s capacity to deliver your mission.
Foundations – Equip your grantees with the tools to increase their impact.
Values-Driven Organizations – Build a leadership pipeline aligned with your vision and values.
If you’re ready to develop leaders who can guide your organization into the future, we’re here to help.
Success Stories
"My experience as a participant (in the leadership program) was transformational. Everything we were learning along the way was directly applicable to my daily work. The care and thoughtfulness that was put into every session, every moment, and every detail was always apparent. Not only did I become more effective in my work, but the cohort experience also provided me with a community of like-minded peers that I will be connected to for the rest of my life. We agree that we wouldn’t be where we are today without our shared program experience!"
— Melissa Ryan, CARD Strategies
"The program design experience was exceptional. ECI’s approach is deeply co-creative, which was both inspiring and effective. After our program refresh, we saw a 50% increase in qualified applications and positive feedback about the program experience. I would definitely work with ECI again."
— Adora Land, Former Program Director of the Dr. Josie R. Johnson Leadership Academy with the African American Leadership Forum
Take the First Step Toward Transformative Leadership
Empower your leaders to turn values into impact and strategy into results.
Contact us today for a FREE Leadership Academy Consultation and start building a stronger, more connected organization.
📩 Email us at hello@excellenceinchange.org or Click here to schedule Your consultation.
Ready to Lead the Change?
Partner with ECI and elevate your leaders into effective changemakers. Together, we’ll create a leadership academy that drives real, sustainable impact for your organization and creates a legacy of excellence in changemaking.
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