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Certificate in Jewish Leadership
Certificate in Jewish Leadership
For the professionals, trustees, and lay leaders of Jewish organizations—and for anyone who wants to learn to lead through a Jewish lens
Certificate in Jewish Leadership
Presented by Spertus Institute in partnership with Northwestern University
Now is the time to invest in the skills you need to lead in times of challenge and change
Gain new strengths professionally and personally
- Discover your own leadership style and build on your unique aptitudes
- Manage challenge and change from a position of strength
- Identify opportunities and galvanize your team, even in tough times
- Program overview >
Taught by senior Northwestern University and Spertus Institute faculty, the program includes one-on-one coaching sessions.
Dates and format
Application Period Now Open for Spring 2023 Hybrid Cohort—Begins March 1, 2023
Application dates
- Preferred admission deadline December 16, 2022
- Final Application deadline January 13, 2023
Format
Real-time online sessions via Zoom combined with one four-day onsite seminar at Spertus Institute’s award-winning facility in downtown Chicago.
Session schedule
- Wednesdays, March 1, March 8, March 15— 6-9 PM CT via Zoom
- Sunday, March 19 – Wednesday March 22—Onsite seminar
- Wednesdays, April 19, April 26, May 3, May 17, May 24, May 31 – 6-9 PM CT via Zoom
Program components
Everyone needs a coach
This program is designed for busy, working adults committed to their careers and communities. Professional coaching is an integrated part of the program. Participants meet individually with their coach to help as they apply what they learn to their own real-world circumstances.
Coach Amy Wishnick, Principal, Wishnick & Associates, with Sarah Van Loon, Director of Advancement & Engagement, AJC
Learning Outcomes
Certificate in Jewish Leadership students learn to:
- Understand the key qualities of effective leadership
- Understand what it means to be an effective Jewish leader
- Apply models and frameworks to practical, real-time leadership challenges
- Demonstrate effective communications skills
- Sharpen ability to lead through influence v. authority
- Be able to implement visioning and planning processes
- Develop change management strategies
- Know how to build effective teams
- Learn to supervise more effectively
- Understand ethical principles and how to apply them
- Develop techniques for better relations with lay boards
Spertus Institute is accredited by the
Higher Learning Commission
230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604
