IVY Future Leader Sri Lanka Edition – transforming teenagers into inspired future leaders!
Be it medicine, technology, education, business, politics or the arts, there are those who surpass what they do, and transform others by who they are. They demonstrate instinctive critical judgment, creativity and a focused intelligence that translates into extraordinary leadership. And they start young.
Academics Group, Sri Lanka’s first cross-sector education think tank with the aim of creating a global movement of young leaders motivated by a restless passion to make a difference worthy of future, launched IVY Future Leader Academy, Sri Lanka’s first Ivy League-curated Leadership academy for teenagers, university students and young professionals.
The 10-day virtual leadership programme is designed to ignite and focus the capabilities of those aged 13 to 19 years to increase self-efficacy, hone developments and dynamics required to prepare individuals at a young age - at which they are fluid, curious, energetic, open to ideas and rapidly evolving into their identity - to navigate the inherent challenges of adolescence and flourish in the potentials of adulthood. We focus not only on individualistic goals, but how they can be parlayed into the betterment of communities by guiding soft skills, communication, interpersonal relationships, goal setting, planning and decision-making.
The programme guides future leaders in analysing their strengths and weaknesses, and equipping themselves with the tools to be impactful, efficient and effective in their chosen paths.
We mentor them in nurturingself-esteem, retaining it in times of crisis, building confidence, channelling maturity and strategy over impulse, and understanding their unique brand of self-motivation and what surfaces it. We want to create those who have the best possible chance and capabilities to be influencers of their time, and inspirational changemakers that shape what is to come.
The programme is delivered by an esteemed panel of global leaders and professionals who have proven their exemplary leadership with industry-defining results and culture-altering ideas. Our inspiring faculty will comprise Ivy League qualified, top-global university nurtured experts who are determined to shape the next generation of dynamic leaders.
CHRISTY RUTHERFORD - Founder, Vision Finder International, a globally recognized leader, keynote speaker, leadership coach and author, publishing five #1 best-selling books on Amazon.
ROBERTO CROCI - Currently serving as Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups in the Middle East and Africa region with a vision to drive innovation and develop market-defining ideas in the Middle East.
KASTURI CHELLARAJA WILSON - Group CEO, Hemas Holdings PLC, the First female Group CEO of a public quoted conglomerate in Sri Lanka. An alumnus of Harvard Business School and recognized as being one of the twelve Top Women Change-Makers in the country by the Parliament of Sri Lanka and USAID.
INAKSHI SOBTI - CEO of Asia Society India Centre, an Alumna of London School of Economics and the former Head of South Asia, Community Initiatives of Harvard Business School India Research Center.
KANDEBAN BALENDRAN - Co-founder of Academics Group, Sri Lanka’s first cross-sector education think-tank, President of Harvard Club of Sri Lanka and recognised as one of the nineteen young global leaders and future change makers by the Australian Government.
The “Ivy Future Leader” programme will begin on 26th October 2021 – 5-weeks/10-days ending 24th November 2021. The programme will be fully offered virtual, and held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 6pm to 8pm (twice a week).
Participants will elevate their profile and portfolio with a leadership certificate and become part of the global alumni network of IVY Future Leader.
For more details, please email hello@academ
ics.lk , log into the website www.ivyfutureleader.com or
call +94 741517415