Global Leadership Challenge 2024 for Young Leaders

Applications for the Global Leadership Challenge 2024 are open. They seek a diverse group of postgraduate students and young professionals who are ready to rise to the challenges of our time and develop themselves as the responsible leaders our world desperately needs now. GLC Members can participate virtually from around the world.

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About Global Leadership Challenge

Opportunity Details

The Global Leadership Challenge will convene 100 young leaders selected through an open application process. Applicants will be evaluated on their commitment to responsible leadership and passion for engaging with complex global challenges.

Benefits of Global Leadership Challenge

  • Become part of a diverse global community of young, responsible leaders
  • Engage with world-renowned academics and senior business and policy leaders
  • Develop SD action projects that address some of the most pressing global challenges using design thinking principles
  • Learn to lead in a way that not only advances personal ambition but actively seeks the wider good of society
  • Earn an official Certificate of Achievement
  • Receive bespoke leadership training and mentorship offered by the Oxford Character Project
  • Win an invitation to attend the 54th St Gallen Symposium in May 2025 as Leaders of Tomorrow, if your team is one of the top performing teams.

Global Leadership Challenge Requirements

  • They welcome applications from around the world and from all academic disciplines.
  • You are a student (currently enrolled in a Masters or a PhD programme) or a young professional (aged between 21-30 years).
  • You have finished your undergraduate studies.
  • You have already demonstrated your commitment to responsible leadership through extra-curricular activities and/or work experience.
  • You are committed to investing around five half-days from 12-16 December 2024 in GLC.
  • Active participation in GLC sessions is mandatory to receive a Certificate of Achievement.

Application Date and Process

If you apply for GLC 2024, following a successful application process, you will be placed in a diverse group with four other GLC members. Your preferences will be taken into account for the allocation of the challenge area. You can mention other applicants you'd like to be matched within a group. Click on the link to the application website to apply. 

Application Deadline

03 November, 2024

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