Setting a new standard for city leadership
This is more than a curriculum. It’s proven strategies to help you succeed in what matters most to you!
The 7 steps of the GMA curriculum explore a rich range of topics
essential to your success as a leader.
Participate in hands-on workshops and collaborative spaces outside the core sessions, where peer learning and city-specific strategy design take center stage.
Lead 1 or more real-world projects that create visible impact in your city—while you learn.
Choose from 6 powerful project options during Orientation, get step-by-step frameworks, global peer support, and expert guidance all the way.
You’re encouraged to invite your city teams and colleagues to join you in the project work.
This part of the journey is designed to include them—and help build their skills too.
We’ve studied the best executive education programs out there—and then raised the bar.
This is next-level, experiential learning where leadership doesn’t stop at ideas—it starts with impact.
It empowers and transforms you, your teams and your city.
Swiss-made. Harvard-inspired. UN-certified. Powered by the integral approach of Living Cities Earth.
The GMA is designed to empower your leadership and the lasting success of your city.
It is founded by accomplished graduates of the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School, and leaders from globally renowned institutions and some of the world's best cities.
GMA is powered by a world-class faculty from Living Cities Earth—the world’s largest network of experts in integral development, headquartered in Switzerland, the world’s #1 best overall country.
With a growing portfolio of Executive Education offerings, The Global Mayors Academy mission is clear
:
To inspire, interconnect, and empower 1 million leaders in 10.000 cities worldwide to
create a better future for themselves and their cities.
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