EOLI’s Leadership Development Programme (LDP) is our flagship bi-annual year-long leadership programme.
We recruit emerging, professional, lay (volunteer) and executive leadership to ensure a pipeline of succession for our Cape Town Jewish community. Our investment in people-proofing the community is defined by growing personal, professional, and organisational knowledge and mastery. The curriculum is designed to integrate theory with immersion.
EOLI’s Cohort III debuted in November 2021 with an inspiring two days of introspection, courage and cohort bonding. We kicked off with Leader as Self, facilitated by Dvorah Stein, coach and culture leadership specialist. Dvorah skilfully took the cohort on a deep dive into identifying their strengths and self-discovery in their personal and professional lives, and in their teams and organisations.
Cohort III were introduced to academic experts who provided a theoretical bridge underpinning the immersive practice of community leadership. Dr Grant Sieff, a strategist and leadership advisor, presented our first session in building our leadership toolbox, Strategy frameworks for strategic leadership.
In serving EOLI’s vision for integrating global perspective and best practice, Cohort III was privileged to be exposed to Brandeis University’s Hornstein & Heller joint MBA faculty on Consulting Skills.
This module was followed by Applied Systems Thinking and Collaborative Problem Solving presented by Business School Programme Director and Systems thinking facilitator, Dr Beverley Shrand. The theory of Systems Thinking applied to community demonstrates the complexity and layers of factors and variables that impact the community as a whole and its individual parts.
Community & Context: A critical component of our LDP is learning from our past in order to strategically navigate our future. Jewish History experts, Professors Adam Mendelsohn and Richard Mendelsohn navigated the demographics, organisational structures, and socio-political contexts, uncovering the first roots of the community, analysing the tapestry of present-day community, and how each aspect shapes our vision for the future. This module laid the foundation for the CT2040Vision drivers, Raoul Miller, Monene Murray and Viv Anstey to share the change management plan for the Cape Town Jewish Community 20-year strategy. The 2040Vision team reflected on the insights, challenges and opportunities which will shape the trajectory of our emerging landscape and next generation leaders of the CT Jewish Community.
In the year-long LDP, each module adds an additional, interconnected layer and lens on community and its leadership. This knowledge paves the way for the application of leadership skills to community consulting, research, and engagement which will produce creative and innovative solutions to current community challenges.
True freedom requires a purpose. On Passover we begin with an invitation to others to partake in the meal as a reminder that true freedom requires responsibility.
The greatest expression of one’s true freedom is the ability to give and assist others.
The Eliot Osrin Leadership Institute wishes the community a Chag Pesach Kasher Ve’sameach. May Pesach 5782 inspire us all to choose to step up and serve.
Published in the PDF edition of the Pesach/April 2022 issue – Click here to get it.
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