Common Purpose is currently accepting applications for its American Express Leadership Academy Programme 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The American Express Leadership Academy is designed to strengthen leadership capacity in the nonprofit sector. Participants develop skills in resilience, storytelling, and influence through experiential, hands-on learning, peer collaboration, and mentorship. The program targets senior nonprofit leaders or executives-in-training committed to driving organizational and community impact within their regions.
Participants gain:
Practical tools and tactics to apply immediately in their work
Enhanced capacity to influence within and beyond their organization
Access to diverse networks of nonprofit leaders and mentors
Skills, mindsets, and knowledge to thrive in dynamic and uncertain contexts
Support in transforming teams, organizations, and community impact
The Academy is for people in the non-profit sector who are intentionally striving to be better equipped to respond adaptively to challenges, and to keep going in the face of adversity.
As a Resilient Changemaker you are looking to:
In so doing you can move your organization forward, with a greater potential to create a wider impact in society, because you are better able to cope with the pressures of our modern world.
Apply for Common Purpose American Express Leadership Academy Programme