LAUNCH: Leadership Development Experience
Lead. Align. Unite. Navigate. Cultivate. Harness.
The Northeastern LAUNCH: Leadership Development Experience is a holistic development program designed to equip aspiring leaders from any background with instantly applicable leadership skills. Through live face-to-face workshops, virtual sessions, and targeted content, LAUNCH will prepare learners to thrive in the evolving world of work. Led by D'Amore-McKim School of Business faculty, this intensive, multi-faceted program integrates theoretical knowledge and frameworks with Northeastern's practical, experiential approach to professional learning.
Leadership skills aren't optional.
Program experience
Each program module is designed to not only teach fundamental skills, but encourage learning by doing – through self-reflection, project-based learning, coaching sessions, and networking opportunities, learners will develop, engage and activate their leadership skill sets.
Session topic areas include (but are not limited to):
- Core Leadership Skills | setting direction, motivating, handling conflict
- Emotional Intelligence | self-awareness, leadership style, team dynamics
- Communication & Influence | articulating vision, inspiring & influencing
- Strategic Thinking | analyzing business challenges, identifying opportunities
- Data-Informed Decision Making | developing KPIs, data infrastructure
- Change Management | resilience, adaptability, leading transformation
- Leading in the New Normal | virtual workforce, digital transformation
Participant profile
The LAUNCH Leadership Development Experience is an ideal program for early career, high-potential employees. The content and framework is also applicable to mid-career employees advancing to supervisory roles.
Outcomes
Learners will emerge from the LAUNCH Leadership Development Experience with the ability to:
- Understand their role as growing leaders in the context of their organization
- Apply theoretical leadership principles to their workplace and industry
- Communicate clearly and effectively in an evolving landscape
- ‘Turn down the noise' – discern and distill critical information
- Make decisions based on human-centered and technological concerns
- Lead change with clarity and confidence
Why choose us
- Cluster cohort model designed to foster peer-to-peer learning, enabling individual and company-level growth
- World-class faculty with experience in academia AND business
- Tangible learning artifact to promote next day applicability and maximize ROI
- Active and applied learning techniques to create an impactful experience
- Practitioner perspectives to enhance program context and network building
- University-issued digital badge to verify and promote skill-building
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