Leadership Programs
Leadership Programs
Where emerging science leaders step into purpose
Through our leadership programs, scientists initiate meaningful change within themselves, their communities, and society. We create inclusive, supportive spaces for growing as a person and a professional, building lifelong relationships, and taking on new leadership roles.
Learning how to wield your own power is transformational
Our leadership programs each begin with a retreat where scientists dive deep and examine why and how they want to become agents of change. Together, we explore the fundamentals of communication, engagement, and purposeful leadership, while creating lasting bonds over storytelling sessions, fireside talks, and shared experiences. Fun plays a big part too!
Our programs are rooted in relationships, collaboration, and a commitment to celebrating victories and supporting each other through hard times. Participants join a larger network devoted to career advancement, solutions-driven impact, and building a scientific community that embraces the full spectrum of identities, voices, values, and ways of knowing. COMPASS is the trusted partner for scientists all over the world who want to step into their purpose and improve the wellbeing of people and nature.
Interested in partnering with COMPASS to design a leadership program? Reach out to us here.
Our Leadership Programs
Leaders for Sea Change Program
COMPASS is building a strong network of scientist leaders to tackle the most urgent crises affecting our oceans. From ecologists working with First Nations in British Columbia, to human geographers working with fishing cooperatives in Baja, to oceanographers studying the whole of the California Current, Leaders for Sea Change welcomes scientists who are eager to grow into a new sense of purpose. ...Read More
Scientist Sentinels
This program brings diverse scientists working at the nexus of environment and society in the United States together to advance the role of science in society, inspire their peers, and support evidence-based decision making at the local level and beyond. The scientists in each cohort represent different perspectives, fields of study, geographies, backgrounds, identities, values, and career stages. ...Read More
Wilburforce Leaders in Conservation Science
Currently Accepting Expressions of Interest
This year-long program is designed to support conservation scientists to be leaders in a rapidly changing West, as they work collaboratively and independently to advance equitable, inclusive, and just solutions to the challenges that people, western lands, and wildlife face. If you are eager to grow into a new sense of possibility as a leader, gain the skills needed to make your vision for conservation a reality, and be a part of a thriving and supportive network of peers, we invite you to express your interest in being a Wilburforce Leader in Conservation Science.
Current Cohorts
2020 Leaders for Sea Change
