Deadline: 18th December 2024 | A leadership development program that seeks to ground emerging leaders in a values-based leadership framework to advance inclusive and lasting change in their communities, in the Asia-Pacific region, and across the world.
From Indonesia to Hawaiʻi, President Obama’s ties to the Asia-Pacific have informed his values and his faith in the emerging generation of changemakers across the region.
Leaders Asia-Pacific launched in 2019 to equip these leaders with a values-based leadership framework to advance inclusive and lasting change in their communities.
Leaders Asia-Pacific is a six-month, hybrid leadership development program. For 8-12 hours a month, the program brings together a small cohort of 35 emerging leaders from across sectors and issue areas to step outside of what they lead, to examine how they lead.
Over the course of the six-month program, Leaders engage in 21 core sessions that run weekly on Saturdays for about 2-3 hours each. In these workshops, Leaders gain key tools to advance their leadership and impact, such as storytelling, understanding power dynamics, and communicating across differences. Leaders also are paired with a leadership coach, who supports their learning and personal growth throughout the program. They also meet with prominent regional leaders to talk about values-based leadership. Past guest speakers included Minister Audrey Tang of Taiwan, President Surangel Whipps Jr. of Palau, Former Vice President Leni Robredo of the Philippines, atomic-bomb survivor Koko Kondo of Japan, and other activists and business leaders.
Obama Leaders can expect to come out of the program with a stronger understanding of values-based leadership; of how to lead change and lead together; and how to leverage themselves as leaders to realize inclusive and lasting change.
Location
The program currently invites individuals residing in American Samoa; Aotearoa New Zealand; Australia; Brunei; Cambodia; China; Cook Islands; Federated States of Micronesia; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Hawaiʻi; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Kiribati; Korea, North (DPRK); Korea, South (ROK); Laos; Macao; Malaysia; Marshall Islands; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Pitcairn Islands; Samoa; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Taiwan; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Vietnam; and Wallis and Futuna to apply.
Citizenship and Residency
You must meet one of the following criteria:
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Citizen of an eligible country or territory OR
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Permanent resident of an eligible country or territory OR
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A refugee or asylum seeker in an eligible Asia-Pacific nation or territory OR
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Have lived in an eligible country or territory for at least the last 5 years, regardless of citizenship or permanent residence
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Your work is geographically focused on creating positive change for local communities, an eligible nation or territory, and/or the broader Asia-Pacific region. You demonstrate a strong commitment to continue to focus your work in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Leaders Asia-Pacific program is currently scheduled to begin the week of September 1, 2025 and will conclude no later than May 1, 2026, with planned breaks throughout.
Find out more and apply at the official link below:
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Apply before 18th December, 2024