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Developing the Next Generation of Frontline Leaders

A 24-week leadership and workforce-development program, customized to meet the unique needs of the critical frontline professionals in your sector.

The problem we're solving

55%
of U.S. workers report experiencing burnout.
63%
of those who quit a job cite no opportunities to advance.

Sources: Eagle Hill Consulting (2025) · Pew Research Center (2022)

The people most committed to the mission are often the first to go, and their knowledge goes with them. The Public Allies LEAD Academy is changing that.

The response

24 people across 24 weeks.

Two-day retreat

Each cohort opens with a two-day formation retreat.

12 Leadership Labs

Twelve four-hour labs over 24 weeks with leadership curriculum plus technical training.

Coaching throughout

Group and individual coaching run alongside the program.

The framework

Foundational Capabilities

Skills that cross boundaries are in short supply. Systems and strategic thinking, change management, and stakeholder engagement are consistently among the capabilities frontline staff most need — and the hardest to develop on the job.

LEAD Academy builds those capabilities directly, equipping the professionals closest to the work to lead from where they are, in any sector, in any role.

  • Systems & strategic thinking
  • Change management
  • Equity
  • Community & partnership building
  • Policy & stakeholder engagement
  • Accountability & performance
  • Communication & data use

Frontline staff already hold knowledge that most organizations need to improve outcomes.

LEAD Academy builds the tools they need to enact change.

How We Address It
Cohort Learning
Model
Personalized
Coaching
Tools &
Training
Results Based
Evaluations
The Results
24
Frontline staff vested in the practice of leadership without a title, informed by systems thinking, data use, and policy engagement applied to work they already do.
04
Implementation-ready contributions, each shaped with the communities closest to the problem, advancing a priority the partner organization already cares about and handed to a named partner sponsor who owns what happens next.
180
Days of evidence. Analysis includes whether the model works, from baseline through the end of the program.

Our partners

Built to be adopted

LEAD Academy is designed to be shaped around each partner's mission and workforce. Meet the organizations putting it to work.

Launch partner

City of San Antonio Metro Health

A 24-week cohort developing frontline public health leaders across the department.

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