New Zealand leadership development provider, Adeption, is inviting leaders worldwide to apply for one of 50 full scholarships for an adaptive leadership programme designed to equip leaders for a rapidly changing world.
The company says in a statement that launching in September 2025, the Adaptive Leaders of Tomorrow programme is a three month development journey “built on Adeption’s best-practices used with leaders in top NZ and global organisations, including Fortune 500 companies”.
Adeption co-founder and CEO Carl Sanders-Edwards says leaders at all levels of organisations are facing more complexity today.
“Making fast decisions and taking action in uncertain, volatile conditions used to be the job of the C-Suite—now it’s reality for everyone. We’re hearing from organisations that their people urgently need new tools to navigate their way forward.”
He says Adeption’s vision is to make high quality leadership development more accessible.
“This programme is one way of reaching leaders we might not otherwise reach, across private, public and non-profit organisations, to equip them and their teams for the future”.
The company says the Adaptive Leaders of Tomorrow programme is designed to grow adaptive leadership capabilities: a set of mindsets and behaviours needed to navigate complexity, uncertainty and disruption.
“The development experience blends face-to-face workshops with Adeption’s AI-powered digital coaching platform and action-learning methodology that focuses on continuous experimentation and reflection.”
The best time to develop as a leader is when times are challenging…
Sanders-Edwards says the best time to develop as a leader is when times are challenging. “Adeption’s innovative approach makes development highly contextual to leaders’ challenges and priorities, giving them tools to exercise and practice leadership on the edge of certainty and comfort.
“It’s about bringing leadership development out of the training room and into the flow of work, so that it’s in service of moving through challenges and achieving real outcomes.
“Leaders will learn a meta skill they can use throughout their careers and lives, and share with their teams,” he says.
To apply for a scholarship to the programme, leaders need a referral from their manager. Managers can also nominate direct reports.
There are two cohorts to choose from: Team Managers/Leaders and Senior Leaders (C-Suite).
Applications close July 31, 2025 PDT.
To find out more and apply, see: www.adeption.io/adaptive-leaders
