This 12-month capacity building program will support future successors who will run organizations and perform grassroots community work at Hopi using a model based on the Hopi culture and western education. 

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Participants will undergo an initial skills and knowledge assessment and will also work to define their own personal goals and objectives as part of the program.  Participants will gain experience in leadership and in professional management practices.  They will engage in on-going dialogue about issues related to professional development at Hopi, the complexity of bridging the Hopi and non-native worlds, and the qualities required for effective leadership. Through this experience, an HLP participant, their families and their place of employment will benefit from their individual growth and applied knowledge and skills in leadership.

• Support the growth and development of a new generation of Hopi leaders and professionals;

• Develop skills and practices that enable healthy, successful, and self-sufficient lives;

• Develop and encourage management habits and understanding of Western -style philanthropy;

• Develop models for balancing and enhancing traditional cultural wisdom in the context of modern day society; and

• Provide training in core management disciplines required to manage an organization.

• Getting To Know You & Mentoring

• Hopi Cultural Values

• Hopi Social Systems & Gender Roles

• Hopilavayi 

• Tradition and Change at Hopi

• Hopi Governance

• Tour of Hopi Villages

• Hopi Environmental Field Trip

• Communication & Management

• Community Organizing

• Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations

• Sustaining your Organization & Organizational Marketing

• Vision for Hopi

• Midpoint & Final Reflection Sessions