Common Purpose American Express Leadership Academy Programme 2026

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.

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About Common Purpose American Express Leadership Academy Programme

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.

Benefits of Common Purpose American Express Leadership Academy Programme

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

Common Purpose American Express Leadership Academy Programme Requirements

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:

  • Have a growth mindset and be continually learning
  • Have (or are striving for) high levels of grit and perseverance
  • See failures as minor setbacks, with the tenacity to bounce back quickly and turn challenges into opportunities
  • Maintain a positive attitude when faced with change
  • Set the pace when learning from the front 
  • Take creative action to drive innovation

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.

Application Date and Process

  • Click on the link to the application website to apply.

Application Deadline

13 July, 2026

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