Applications for Advanced Leadership Corps is now open!

Application Deadline: December 18th, 2025

Advanced Leadership Corps (ALC) is an immersive personal development program comprised of three parts:

Part 1: The coach comes to you!

In advance of the course, you will complete an assessment designed to give you insights into your leadership style. You will receive a preliminary one-on-one session with a coach that is scheduled at a time and place you select. The focus of this coaching is to work on your oral presentation skills. You will learn how to hold an audience’s attention and begin to craft your personal leadership vision. 

Part 2: Residential Leadership Program

In this week-long intensive course, you will create strong and lasting relationships with your fellow participants as you learn together in a series of activities that will strengthen your ability to effectively lead and govern. Sessions are held each day, and you will work together all day and most evenings.

Part 3: Follow-up Leadership Coaching

Every participant receives an additional session with a professional executive coach. An experienced coach will help you interpret the feedback you received from your multi-rater leadership assessments. This personal leadership coaching will help you delve further into your own behaviors and practices in a way that strengthens your capacity to lead others.

Our Goal and Vision: 

ALC is an empowered cadre of local elected leaders who strengthen their communities and help their residents feel and be engaged in the process of governing.

ALC builds an ecosystem across North Carolina for local elected officials to grow as leaders and share their knowledge and experiences.  

What You Will Learn: 

    • Improve your ability to inspire others to work toward a shared vision
    • Develop deeper insights into what it means to lead and govern in the public sector
    • Reflect on leadership as a skill to be learned and a relationship to be nurtured
    • Learn to observe and adapt to others’ communication styles to form more effective relationships

We Expect from You:
In exchange for this opportunity, we expect from you:

    • Complete all advance assignments
    • Commit to spending a week in Chapel Hill March 2nd - March 4th
    • Attend and participate in all events
    • Share with others and respect differences
    • Be fully present

Added Benefit:
Upon completion, you become part of an extensive alumni network called ambassadors and attend future ambassadors’ events tuition free.