Developing Second Line of Leadership

Transform how your organization develops its emerging leaders

It is critical to invest in your organisation’s leaders, yet Bridgespan’s research has found that nonprofits typically struggle to develop a strong leadership pipeline.

Through the Developing Second Line of Leadership module, you can transform how your organisation develops its emerging leaders. In this program, Bridgespan will support your leadership team in creating a customized approach to talent development that will help grow your organisation’s next generation of leaders.

This program is for organisations located in India, South Asia, and South-East Asia. If you are based Africa, please visit our BNDP Africa program. If you are in any other geography, please explore our Leadership Accelerator program.

Program Benefits for Nonprofits and Social Enterprises

Building a steady pipeline of eager, effective leaders can lead to:

Greater retention of high performers
A stronger, more inclusive, and more intentional culture
A team that is better prepared to thrive in dynamic and uncertain conditions
Greater stability and resilience within the organisation

At the end of the three-month period, leadership teams are expected to:

Define what “great leadership” looks like for current and future leaders by crafting a set of equitable leadership competencies
Co-create professional development plans with your staff that you can use immediately
Create an action plan to implement talent development across the organisation

Who Should Participate?

The Developing Second Line of Leadership program is meant for leadership teams of nonprofits and social enterprises. This program may be the right for your organisation if:

Your organisation is growing, or you have completed a strategic plan and want the right talent to bring it to life
You want to ensure you’re centering equity in your talent development practices
You need to perform succession planning for key senior leaders

Please refer to the Developing Second Line of Leadership curriculum for further details on the module.

What Our Alumni Have to Say About the Developing Second Line of Leadership Module [Previously called Investing in Future Leaders]

“This programme made us think in a different way and also pushed us to analyse the existing competencies through a different lens.”
–Dr. Indrani Bhattacharya, CEO, Child In Need Institute

“The program has kicked us off in our leadership development journey and given valuable exposure to our next rung of leaders on what this could entail.”
–Azeez Gupta, Co-Founder, Rocket Learning

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Developing Second Line of Leadership

Transform how your organization develops its emerging leaders

Program Benefits for Nonprofits and Social Enterprises

Who Should Participate?

What Our Alumni Have to Say About the Developing Second Line of Leadership Module [Previously called Investing in Future Leaders]

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