Leadership Development Program

JHU’s Leadership Development Program is a selective, yearlong program for a cohort of senior and nominated developing managers and leaders.

Designed to build self-awareness and the ability to influence others, as well as to navigate the organization and skillfully lead teams, the Leadership Development Program each year brings together a diverse mix of about 35 faculty and staff from across the university.

Participants of the program:

Require nomination and a paragraph of recommendation
Are supported with peer group learning and targeted executive coaching
Receive multirater assessment feedback based on Hopkins leadership competencies

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Celebrating 25 years of developing JHU leaders

Program Criteria

Participants tend to be deans/executives, faculty, or senior staff. To be eligible, participants must:

Be preparing for a more senior role
Direct major tasks, initiatives, or research projects
Demonstrate consistent, successful performance
Have the support of the division/department to participate
Have the support of their direct manager to partner with the participant throughout the program
Be able to attend all sessions
Demonstrate the university’s core values
Be an emerging leader with influence or organizational authority over others
Have been employed at the university for more than one year

FY26 Nomination Process

The university asked senior leaders to consider the potential and performance of faculty and staff in their area/division and to identify a pool of potential nominees. (Note: If you think you’re a good candidate and would like to self-nominate, please work with your manager/supervisor to express interest to your area’s nominating senior leader.)

The process proceeds as follows:

Senior leader selects up to three nominees, including any potential self-nominations
Senior leader provides potential participant with paragraph of recommendation
Potential participant completes the online form by June 30, 2025
Nominating Committee meets and reviews applications, seeking diversity and representation from across all areas of the university
Nominating Committee notifies selected participants and their leader(s) by July 31, 2025
Program kicks off September 10, 2025

Click here to access the 2026 JHU LDP application. (coming soon)

LDP Calendar for FY26

Event	Date (Participants must be able to attend all scheduled sessions)
Applications due	June 30, 2025
Notification of acceptance	by July 31, 2025
Program kickoff	September 10, 2025
Session one	October 28-30, 2025
Session two	January 27-29, 2026
Session three	April 28-30, 2026
Graduation and program close	June 17, 2026

Learning to Lead

Before the pandemic, a group of 43 leaders from across Johns Hopkins University gathered around tables on JHU’s Mount Washington campus:

“You’re playing a big role in the way people perceive what is appropriate and inappropriate,” said Sharon Fries-Britt, a professor of higher education at the University of Maryland, as participants dove into candid conversation about their personal experiences.

The group was convened as part of the university’s Leadership Development Program, a dedicated yearlong initiative that gives emerging leaders the opportunity to meet regularly to learn from and collaborate with each other. The recently updated offering—which has trained hundreds of Hopkins leaders over its 25 years—serves as a resource to guide, train, and connect employees as they build and apply their leadership skills.