LEAP Program

The oikos Leadership Program – LEAP inspires young people to become more responsible and sustainable in their decision making and equips them with insights, knowledge, and tools to do so. The program helps empower their voices and encourages them to be proactive about change. Since its launch in 2015, the program has supported over 250 participants to lastingly transform their lives. The oikos LEAP Program is constantly evolving with the help of numerous volunteers who shape the program with their inputs and feedback and partly represent the voices of the community. According to the needs there are now 4 different Tracks with distinct foci, two of them added in 2020:  LEAP Advanced Track - Intense 9-months personal development journey.  LEAP Chapter Track - an opportunity for our chapters to receive support, reflect on, and practice responsible leadership at the local level.  LEAP Researchers Track - for earlier career researchers to develop their leadership, teaching and research skills  LEAP Life Track - for LEAP Alumni from all Tracks to continue your development.

This program would not be possible without the work of our countless volunteers. Many LEAP Alumni return to the program as coaches to continue their leadership journey and help new generations of LEAPers – as we like to call our participants –in the process. This year we also managed to engage professional coaches to provide individual coaching for all our participants and a few of the team members. This year close to 40 volunteers were engaged in one of the Tracks.

LEAP Advanced 2019/20 Cohort

The LEAP Advanced Track is an intense 9-month-long participant-driven personal development journey that challenges participants to face the most daring questions in life – What are my values? What is my purpose? What results do I want?