What is Leader to Leader (L2L)?

L2L is a unique leadership development program for leaders from the MIT

community. L2L Fellows partner with senior leaders and MIT faculty in a proactive and systematic effort to build MIT's internal leadership capability.

Underlying Leader to Leader is the belief that leadership development is a shared responsibility, a partnership between the Institute and the L2L Fellows. Thus leadership skills are developed within the context of MIT's culture and aligned to the strategic needs of the Institute.

L2L is a recognized best-practice development program. A number of universities now model similar programs after MIT's.

L2L Program Goals

• Insure the stewardship of MIT, its mission and values.
• Support, develop and enhance world-class leadership at MIT.
• Develop flexible, creative, strategic thinkers who anticipate and manage change successfully at MIT.
• Build strong lasting bridges across the Institute
• Nurture a culture of development for each participant and for others at MIT.
• Create a cross-functional group of peers who serve as resources to each other beyond the program.

How L2L Works

L2L is a twelve-month program, offering both a theoretical leadership
framework and hands-on leadership experiences. Working with
current senior MIT leaders and faculty, L2L Fellows build skills
through conversations, workshops and presentations. L2L Fellows attend these workshops every 5 to 6 weeks.

The program includes state-of-the-art developmental concepts:

• workshops
• multi-rater assessments
• individual development plans
• executive coaching
• strategic projects