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Future Leaders programme

Become part of Brainport's new generation of leaders. As a people-centred leader you take responsibility for your own future and that of Brainport. Because in a fast-changing world, strong leaders, teams and organisations keep making the difference. Together you are the region's Future Leaders.

Participants of the Brainport Future Leaders programme

In short

  • Make your patterns visible and develop your behaviour under pressure.
  • Build team performance from a conscious leadership style.
  • Learn to lead in an environment that AI is changing fast.
  • Tackle current challenges in the Brainport ecosystem.
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Audience

1 to 5 years in a leadership role

Available places

Limited*

Duration

5 months

Start

February 2027

Cost

€6,800 excl. VAT

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Brainport Future Leaders programme

For five months you work on your development as a leader. Individually and with a select, diverse group from the Brainport region. Outside your day-to-day context you meet leaders and speakers from the region and discover new perspectives from behavioural science, business and elite sport.

In individual sessions you work on your leadership, your qualities and your behaviour under pressure. On group days you translate these insights into practice and work on current challenges in your own work environment.

At special places within Brainport you broaden your view of leadership and the region. Together with other leaders, from established to growing organisations. And from technology companies to professional services.

A group day of the programme

About Fanbased

Fanbased is the training institute for performing under pressure. A team of experienced coaches and psychologists with a background in elite sport. We help ambitious leaders, teams and organisations change behaviour for good.

Modules

  1. Accelerate your personal growth

    Gain insight into your own style, qualities, drivers and behaviour in individual sessions. You explore what makes you strong as a leader and where your patterns and pitfalls show under pressure.

  2. Build a high-performing team

    Using Lencioni's principles you explore what makes teams strong. From trust and having the real conversation to taking responsibility and achieving results together.

  3. Grow as an authentic and adaptive leader

    Learn to switch gears in complex and dynamic environments. Leadership calls for adaptability. You learn to consciously match your style to what a situation, team or individual needs and keep developing as a leader.

  4. Make an impact on a current Brainport challenge

    Put leadership into practice. A current challenge is the starting point. You bring different perspectives together, make choices and experience what leadership asks of you when interests, uncertainty and complexity meet.

  5. Lead change in digital transformation and AI

    Leadership in a world that keeps changing. AI is changing how organisations work, how teams collaborate and how decisions are made. You discover what this asks of leadership and how to give direction in change and uncertainty.

  6. Grow your network in the Brainport ecosystem

    Increase your impact and network within the Brainport ecosystem. Because leadership doesn't stop at your team or organisation. You learn to handle different interests and perspectives and to move effectively within the regional network.

Timeline

Online kick-off

8–11 February

Preparation

Individual session 1

22–25 February

Individual session 2

15–18 March

Two-day session 1

31 March – 1 April or 7–8 April

Brainport case

Individual session 3

19–22 April

Group day 3

13 May

Individual session 4

31 May – 3 June

Two-day session 2 + final presentations

23 & 24 June

Participants in conversation during the programme

What it brings you

As a participant

Invest in your own leadership and broaden your view. You learn from other leaders, work on your personal development and build a network that reaches beyond your own organisation.

  • Deepen your leadership and discover your next step.
  • Learn from leaders in other organisations and sectors.
  • Build a strong network within Brainport.
  • Stay connected with a diverse group of leaders.

As an organisation

Developing leadership across organisations keeps valuable talent in Brainport. That way organisations invest together in good leaders and the future of the region.

  • Develop future leadership in your organisation.
  • Retain talent by making room for development.
  • Bring new perspectives into your organisation.
  • Strengthen your regional network and Brainport collaboration.

Is this for you?

  • You have 1 to 5 years of leadership experience.
  • You work at an ambitious organisation in the Brainport region.
  • You are willing to challenge others and be challenged yourself.

This programme is for leaders who want to deepen and accelerate their own development and that of Brainport. You have already achieved results and built or taken over a team.

*The number of places is limited. Participation is based on a selection process.

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