North Carolina Leadership Accelerator

paving the path to the leadership level for emerging professionals.

The North Carolina Leadership Accelerator (NCLA) prepares individual contributors and mid-career professionals in in North Carolina’s Research Triangle and Charlotte regions with a transformative experience designed to enhance visibility, influence, and advancement of mid-career professionals across the region’s core industries.

Who Should Consider This Program?

The North Carolina Leadership Accelerator curriculum is most suitable for professionals and individual contributors with more than 5 years of experience or leaders recognized for management potential.  The foundation of the NCLA program is recognized for its ability to consistently pave pathways from management to leadership-level roles for high-potential professionals.  We welcome the nation’s most promising professionals from all industries, as selected by their supervisors.

Anchored by our globally recognized subject matter experts, exhaustive research, and decades of experience, our leadership programs provide our participants with the tools, resources, and networks to navigate challenges often experienced by professionals of color, delivered through a rigorous curriculum intended to foster career growth for professionals of all backgrounds and across career levels.  We curate a supportive and productive learning environment and welcome professionals from all backgrounds who believe they will benefit from the program and are committed to growing their leadership with purpose and impact.

The Partnership admits program participants without regard to race, color, religion, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability.

The Partnership does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in the administration of its leadership development programs, convenings, or its employment policies.

THE NORTH CAROLINA ACCELERATOR EXPERIENCE.

Regional economic focus

The curriculum builds competence and regional economic awareness with attention on establishing industry, peer, and mentorship networks to build and leverage professional influence.

Career advancement

Each class meets monthly for advanced training sessions designed to hone and upgrade skills so that participants can effectively move into and succeed in leadership positions.

executive coaching

Between sessions, participants meet in focused cohorts to work with an executive coach in assessing and applying learning and peer feedback. Coaches leverage Emotional Intelligence theory and findings of their individual personalized assessments, among other tools to strengthen relational and professional insight.

Alumni Feedback

98%

Of alumni would recommend The Partnership to a colleague.

85%

Of alumni have enhanced their job performance as a result of The Partnership.

83%

Of alumni could better navigate organizational cultures after their programs.

81%

Of alumni say The Partnership has strengthened their professional networks.

Explore Program Enrollment

Information for the next cohort coming soon

Program Fee: $7,000

For More Information: Contact Claire Cooper at ccooper@thepartnershipinc.org