Focused on building future executive leadership from within, the pilot of Accelerate: Hillel’s Executive Training Program will identify and develop eight to ten high potential professionals over a fifteen month period to prepare them to assume directorships and/or positions of senior leadership within Hillel in the next two years.

Leadership development is a key foundation to enhance the mission, vision, values, and goals of Hillel as it evolves to a true learning organization

Accelerate: Hillel’s Executive Training Program, which seeks to develop highly talented program professionals, assistant directors, rabbis, and development directors, is critical in order to fulfill our strategic plan’s goal of recruiting, retaining, and developing highly talented professionals.

Accelerate: Hillel’s Executive Training Program will provide participants with:

• The opportunity to learn and develop key professional competencies, as defined in the “Hillel Success factors”
• Customized professional development plans grounded in the outcomes of a 360° performance feedback instrument 
• A quality Jewish learning experience 
• Mentorship by a successful Hillel director 
• Two seminars which provide both leadership and skills training 
• Leadership exposure and networking opportunities 
•  Connection to a cohort of other top Hillel talent interested in assuming directorships

Both the professional development plans and the seminars will reflect today’s best practices in adult learning, grounded in experiential learning and interactive teaching and learning.

The program emphasizes the importance of measurable outcomes and will track participants’ growth both mid-program and upon conclusion. Participants will regularly be asked to provide feedback and evaluation on the program.