Bridgespan: Leadership Accelerator - Creating An Adaptive Plan
Program Overview
Change can be a challenge but also an opportunity. In this program, your leadership team will create an actionable short-term plan to respond—and adapt—based on the changing world around you.
Who: Nonprofit leadership teams
Format: Online with structured team discussions and coaching support
Price per team: $15,000
Next session: AUGUST 2025; Enrollment opens on April 15
Program Benefits
Nonprofits that participate in this program are:
- More nimble and resilient
- More innovative
- More focused on the work that matters
In this program, your team will:
- Get clear on your organization's two-year vision
- Agree on your organization’s top priorities
- Develop an action plan to address areas of uncertainty
- Tailor practical tools and processes to more confidently make hard choices
Who Should Participate?
This program is designed for nonprofit senior leadership teams of three to six leaders—which is often the CEO/ED and their direct reports.
Top reasons organizations participate:
- You are looking to create a short-term bridge plan before embarking on your next strategic planning process
- You are looking to examine or refresh your existing strategic priorities
- You are a new CEO/ED or have new leaders on your team and want to align on the path forward
- You have new initiatives on the horizon and want to jumpstart action-planning
Why do this work as a leadership team: Becoming an adaptive organization requires buy-in from and agreement across senior leaders. Adaptive plans work best when the strategic vision is held by the full leadership team—not just the CEO—and each leader makes decisions that support this common goal. This program teaches your leadership team key strategic management skills that can help you adapt and respond to change.
How It Works
Your team is in the driver’s seat and can choose the pace that is right for you. Expert Bridgespan coaches provide support for your team’s point person, or project lead, via email, weekly group check-ins, and one-on-one coaching at critical points throughout the program. Your total time commitment through the process will be about 25 to 30 hours per person.
Get Started
Step 1: Complete the Request More Information form at the bottom of this page to get started or email us.
Step 2: A member of the Leadership Accelerator team will contact you within seven days to schedule a discovery call. We’ll ask you about your organization and team size.
Step 3: If we agree that the program is a good fit, we’ll send you an enrollment form!
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The Bridgespan Group is a global nonprofit that strives to make the world more equitable and just. Since 2000, we have had the privilege of advising and collaborating with many of the world’s most extraordinary social change leaders including philanthropists, nonprofit and NGO leaders, and impact investors.
We are passionate about helping social change leaders find solutions to economic and social barriers that perpetuate inequities and prevent individuals, families, and communities from having access to opportunities they need to thrive. We use rigorous research to gain insights that help our clients solve problems and achieve their goals.
Our services include strategy consulting and advising, sourcing and diligence, and leadership team support. We take what we learn from this work and build on it with original research, identifying best practices and innovative ideas to share with the social sector.
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