Our work

One Ecosystem. Two Expressions. One Outcome.

YLDI operates through Yakah's Leadership Academy and LeadLife Centres — structure and community working together to form leaders who can carry responsibility.

The System

Yakah’s Leadership Academy

Structured leadership education, training, mentoring, research, curriculum development, conferences, and leadership capacity development.

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The Movement

LeadLife Centres

Communities where emerging leaders learn, belong, serve, practise leadership, develop character, grow spiritually, and create meaningful impact.

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The development journey

Eight Movements of Formation.

Each stage builds on the one before it, ending where leadership development should always end — with new leaders being raised.

  1. 01ExposureEncountering leadership as a developable capacity.
  2. 02FormationShaping purpose, values and inner character.
  3. 03TrainingStructured leadership education and skills.
  4. 04MentoringGuidance from people further along the path.
  5. 05PracticeLeading in real contexts, not theory alone.
  6. 06ResponsibilityCarrying weight others can depend on.
  7. 07InfluenceShaping environments and institutions.
  8. 08MultiplicationRaising the next generation of leaders.

Where our leaders serve

Ten Domains of Leadership.

Faith
Politics
Community
Business
Family
Legacy
Education
Media
Corporate
Technology

The next step

Your Leadership Can Change More Than Your Life.

Discover your purpose. Develop your capacity. Take responsibility. Influence your world. Raise other leaders.