Director of Leadership Development
About the role
Organizational Overview Leadership Roundtable partners with lay, ordained, and religious leaders to advance best practices in leadership, management, and governance — helping Catholic leaders across every sector of the Church build a culture of operational excellence and co-responsible standards-driven leadership. We exist because we believe that well-run Catholic institutions thrive when leaders identify and uphold high standards, include laity and clergy together in decision-making, and build a holistic culture of operational excellence grounded in transparency and accountability. Institutions like these are the Church's best opportunity to grow and further engage the faithful to forward the mission of evangelization, service to human flourishing, and spiritual enrichment, and faithfulness to Christ's message. We envision a Catholic Church renowned for excellence in leadership, governance, and effectiveness — one in which co-responsibility, transparency, and accountability strengthen trust and thereby enliven the Church's mission in the world. Position Overview The Director of Leadership Development helps Catholic leaders realize their full potential so that the Church can carry out its ministries more effectively. This role delivers management and leadership formation, grounded in Leadership Roundtable's programs, tools, and support services, to the most senior leaders in the Catholic Church. This person accompanies Catholic leaders (bishops, vicars general, chancellors, congregational leaders, and senior lay leaders) through Leadership Roundtable's standards-based consulting and training services, both in person and virtually. This person should have demonstrated consulting and presenting experience: synthesizing client data into themes and insights, translating those insights into practical recommendations, supporting clients through implementation, and initiating and expanding engagements.
Responsibilities
- Plan, lead, and deliver Leadership Roundtable's core programs and services, in person and virtually, and develop the presentations and materials that support them
- Lead clients through a full planning process of priority identification, goal setting, and short- and long-term implementation planning; partner with them through execution and assess outcomes
- Deliver leadership, management, and soft-skills training to adult learners using a variety of instructional techniques and formats, including facilitated team exercises, role play, group discussion, and case work
- Collect, analyze, and synthesize client data; draw conclusions, identify possible action steps, and help clients understand the data and reports
- Lead prayer and other spiritual practices for groups in order to ground and center client change and work in Christ
- Maintain trusted relationships with Church leaders across the United States
- Initiate relationships and promote Leadership Roundtable support services among dioceses, religious institutes, Catholic charities, foundations, seminaries, and national Catholic organizations
- Renew and expand existing engagements; pursue follow-on opportunities that surface during delivery
- Lead initial exploratory and assessment conversations with prospective clients; diagnose need and scope an appropriate engagement
- Write proposals, working with the Executive Partner on scope pricing and terms
- Represent Leadership Roundtable at conferences and professional associations
- Attend and contribute to Leadership Roundtable convenings, including the annual Summit and other special gatherings