In fall of 2023, the Steelcase Foundation launched its inaugural cohort of the Brilliant Leaders Fellowship, which invests in the professional development and social and emotional growth of local community nonprofit leaders to elevate their voices, power, and impact, and to support the mutual goals of navigating and transforming systems.
This initiative addresses the need for emerging nonprofit leaders to have time and structured opportunities to learn outside of their day-to-day work environments, build supportive relationships with systems and community leaders, reflect on their work and purpose, and re-energize from the emotionally heavy work they do. As visionary and courageous leadership can often be lonely and exhausting, Fellows get the chance to step back from the day-to-day demands of their role, meet with extraordinary peers who push their thinking, and build social capital with systems and community leaders.
Since the first forum in October, leaders have gathered for learning, sharing, and connecting with the goal of creating a strong system of support, ideation, collaboration, and leadership. Hear from cohort members and Foundation staff as they share their insights into the Prorgam. To learn more about the Brilliant Leaders Fellowship, check out our website here.
