The Global Leadership Academy (GLA) is an invitation-only training program hosted by Endocrine Society to bring together emerging leaders from the endocrine research and clinical communities to foster networking and collaboration. Each year, national endocrine societies from around the world nominate exceptional leaders who are 5-10 years post formal training to join this exclusive global cohort of rising leaders. Those nominees accepted into the GLA receive case-based leadership development training to help accelerate their careers and build connections between their local societies and Endocrine Society leaders.
“The GLA brought me together with young professionals with whom I was able to share similar concerns, aspirations and career challenges. It also helped me shape my professional profile, better understand communication at work and better work on developing my network. It was impressive for me how much a single day was able to help me in my daily professional profile.” – Maya Barake, MD, MSc, 2019 Attendee Sponsored by LSEDL
The GLA program is a hybrid workshop comprised of several interactive virtual and in-person trainings. Upon their acceptance into the Academy, participants are expected to attend a full-day leadership training on Friday, March 19, 2021 in San Diego, California. Prior to this full-day workshop, participants will be virtually connected with each other in an exclusive online community where they will discuss pre-meeting readings and assignments that will help them build their network as well as prepare them to actively participate in their on-site workshop. Through these assignments and by interacting with our expert faculty, participants can expect to hone skills such as:
Attendees are expected to participate in the formal GLA program as well as stay for the entirety of ENDO. For more examples on skills and trainings participants can expect from the GLA, please see the 2019 workshop agenda here.
Those accepted into the GLA program can expect the following benefits and opportunities:
Nominees for the 2021 GLA cohort must meet the following criteria:
“I was honored to be part of the 2019 Global Leadership Academy planning. The program has multiple value in both supporting the career development of outstanding endocrine scientists from around the world and by facilitating global communication networks that will result in improved research and patient outcomes." – Simon Rhodes, BSC, PhD, University of North Florida
The Endocrine Society is proud to share that the following organizations have sponsored participants for previous GLA cohorts:
Thank you to Sanofi Peru for sponsoring the inaugural Global Leadership Academy in 2017.
For more information on how to sponsor the GLA, submit a nominee for the 2021 cohort, and/or explore hosting a regional GLA program in your region, please contact Alexa Dimock at [email protected].
2019 Global Leadership Academy Attendees