LT Elevate
Level up your leadership. Build skills, confidence, and community.
Are you an early-career professional ready to lead with more confidence, clarity, and purpose? LT Elevate is a new six-month leadership program designed for emerging leaders with 3–8 years of professional experience across the nonprofit, private, and/or public sectors.
Once a month, you’ll join a diverse cohort in downtown Seattle for interactive, half-day sessions to build self-awareness, communication skills, and the confidence to lead teams effectively. By the end of the program, you’ll be equipped with practical tools and a strong peer network—ready to grow in your career, make a difference within your organization, and lead with integrity, purpose, and impact. Download a shareable flyer.
Priority Registration Deadline: July 18, 2025
Final Deadline (if space allows): August 25, 2025
To register, simply submit a short form and include your resume. There is a nonrefundable $50 registration fee.
How You’ll Grow:
Emotional Intelligence and Self-Awareness: Clarify your unique leadership style and values. Develop greater self-awareness and emotional intelligence so you can lead with confidence and authenticity in any situation.
Communication for Impact: Hone your ability to communicate clearly and persuasively. Practice speaking, listening, and feedback skills that help you influence, tell your story, and collaborate across sectors.
Team and People Leadership: Learn how to inspire and manage others. Gain practical strategies for coaching teammates, giving feedback, and navigating conflict so you can build healthy, effective teams and motivate people to do their best work.
Adaptive Leadership: Embrace change and innovation. Explore adaptive leadership and systems thinking tools and connect your work to your organization’s mission, vision and values.
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We anticipate a cohort of 30–40 leaders who:
Are emerging leaders: Participants typically have 3-8 years of experience, are managing people or leading projects, and are ready to sharpen their leadership skills.
Seek to learn across sectors: Individuals who want to build a network of peers from the public, private and nonprofit sectors. You’ll learn alongside colleagues from different fields, creating lasting connections that extend beyond the program.
Are driven to be changemakers: People committed to expanding their leadership influence. Participants bring fresh ideas from their work and leave equipped to drive inclusion and positive impact.
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Tuition for LT Elevate is tiered to encourage broad participation and reflect our commitment to equity and access. We also offer payment plans.
We strongly encourage participants to seek employer sponsorship, as many organizations are willing to invest in their employees’ leadership development.
The standard tuition is $2,500, with reduced rates available based on income:
Tier 1: $2,500 – For individuals or households earning over $110,000 annually
Tier 2: $1,500 – For household incomes between $70,000 and $109,999
Tier 3: $750 – For household incomes below $70,000
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LT Elevate runs from September 2025 through March 2026, with participants meeting once a month for a 4.5-hour session in downtown Seattle.
All sessions are grounded in equity and inclusion practices, drawing on frameworks by BIPOC leaders and adaptive leadership scholars. The experience includes a digital workspace, participant workbook, and reflection journal to support ongoing learning.
Orientation
September 26, 2025 | 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Meet your cohort, set intentions, and begin building community.Finding Your Leadership Voice
October 10, 2025 | 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Deepen your self-awareness and explore how it impacts your leadership style.Leading Through Communication
November 7, 2025 | 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Strengthen your communication skills by practicing giving and receiving feedback.Identity, Relationships & Conflict
December 12, 2025 | 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Explore how your identity and leadership approach affect team dynamics and conflict.Managing with Integrity
January 9, 2026 | 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Learn to navigate organizational systems and build influence while honoring your values.Leading Through Change & Innovation
February 13, 2026 | 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Apply adaptive leadership tools and explore how to lead during times of uncertainty and transformation.Systems Thinking & Organizational Change
March 13, 2026 | 9:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Use systems frameworks to identify how to lead organizational change. -
Key Dates
Priority Deadline: July 18, 2025
Final Deadline (if space allows): August 25, 2025To register, simply submit a short form and upload your resume. There is a nonrefundable $50 registration fee.
