LEAD SouthCoast Application

LEAD Southcoast follows a specific code of conduct that serves as a foundational agreement to ensure a safe, high-trust, and professional learning environment. These Standards blend academic integrity with professional ethics to mirror the real-world responsibilities of a leader.

CONFIDENTIALITY: To build trust, the "Vegas Rule" (what happens in the cohort stays in the cohort) is applied to class sessions, allowing leaders to share sensitive organizational challenges without fear of external exposure. | PROFESSIONALISM & RESPECT: Leaders must model the behavior they expect from their teams, including active listening and inclusive communication. | INTEGRITY & HONESTY: Commit to honesty and transparent communication, including acknowledging personal strengths and weaknesses to foster genuine growth. | COMMITMENT TO ENGAGEMENT: Active participation is vital. Cohort members should prioritize attending sessions and contributing to peer discussions to enhance collective learning. | DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION: Ensure an environment where all perspectives are valued, and biases are actively challenged, fostering a sense of belonging for every member. | NONPROFIT MISSION AWARENESS & NONPARTISAN ENGAGEMENT: Cohort participants commit to engaging in the Leadership Southcoast experience with an understanding of the nonprofit sector’s nonpartisan role and public responsibility. | While the program may explore public policy, civic systems, and political contexts as part of leadership education, the cohort space is not a forum for political advocacy, party promotion, or self-promotion. Participants are expected to approach such discussions with curiosity, respect, and a learning mindset, centering mission impact, ethical leadership, and community well-being rather than personal or partisan agendas.

PLEASE NOTE: The complete Standards of Professional Conduct will be distributed at the first session. If you have any questions about the standards, please contact the Leadership SouthCoast Executive Director at executivedirector@leadershipsouthcoast.org.

Your submission of this application is your signature indicating that you have read and understood the application, the requirements, the financial commitments, and agree to adhere to the Standards of Professional Conduct. If you do not understand any information given or any of the questions asked in this application, please ask for an explanation. Your submission of this application is your signature indicating that the information contained within is true, complete, and correct.