World Action Teams

The mission of World Action Teams is to develop leaders who create value for business and society. We do this by partnering with corporations to design and deliver discovery experiences for leaders in rapidly growing global markets. Massive changes in the global economy require new approaches to building leaders at all levels of an organization. Business and leadership strategies that work in developed markets often don’t work, or need to be adapted, in developing ones. World Action Teams programs are custom-designed around a corporation’s leadership development, business development and social innovation goals. Programs range from 4-28 days and include hands-on, immersive work in urban and rural settings of Asia, Africa and Latin America. We believe that success in emerging markets hinges on leaders who can lead multi-cultural teams and navigate the complex relationships between business and society. We believe that immersion, experience- based learning and action are the best ways to build this new generation of global leaders. On a World Action Teams program, participants learn from, and work with, local community leaders who are applying business principals to address the most challenging societal, environmental and educational issues facing developing markets.