TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP FORMATION.
Lead with Purpose. Create Lasting Impact.
Welcome to the Advanced Leadership Academy (ALAC). We equip leaders to bring meaningful change across academia, economics, science, arts and culture through training, conferences and shared learning.
About Us
Developing Leaders. Shaping Society.
Founded in 2002 by Bishop Tshalo Katshunga, the Advanced Leadership Academy equips leaders to bring meaningful change to the communities and sectors they serve. Our training, conferences and youth conversations connect people across academia, economics, science, arts and culture.
- Established in 2002 by Bishop Tshalo Katshunga.
- Global Perspective: Connect through leadership events in Africa and Europe.
- Practical Learning: Explore critical thinking and leadership in daily life.
- Next Generation: Encourage emerging leaders through youth talks.
OUR COURSES
Unlock your leadership potential.
Explore ALAC’s leadership courses, from critical thinking and entrepreneurship to leading complex organisations. Our curriculum also draws practical leadership lessons from the world of golf.
Critical Thinking
Explore critical thinking in your daily life.
Power & Politics
Explore the game of power and politics.
Leading Complex Organizations
Consider leadership in complex organisations.
A Leader’s Private Life
Reflect on the personal dimension of leadership.
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Explore leadership through an entrepreneurial lens.
Exponential Results
Explore the three essentials of exponential results.
2026 EVENT CALENDAR
Learn, connect and lead with ALAC.
Explore the ALAC 2026 calendar across Africa and Europe. The Cape Town on-campus executive program takes place from 8–22 November. Locations and arrangements still to be announced are noted below.
How It Works
Here’s how it all comes together
Explore our programs, contact the ALAC team for registration details, and prepare to learn alongside other leaders. Apply what you learn in your organisation, community and daily life.
Register
Prepare to Learn
Join The Experience
Keep Growing
Coaches
Voices that ignite action.
Learn from coaches with experience across leadership, ministry, business and public life. ALAC was founded by Bishop Tshalo Katshunga to equip people to bring meaningful change to key sectors of society.
Bishop Tshalo Katshunga
Reverend Ghislain Lukunku
Bishop Mosa Sono
Dr Mmusi Maimane
OUR PROGRAMS
Invest in your leadership journey.
Choose a learning format that fits your leadership journey. Contact ALAC for current fees, registration requirements and what is included in your selected program.
CLASSROOM TRAINING
On campus
Two weeks of intensive leadership learning.
- Intensive classroom format
- Leadership topics across key sectors
- Learn from subject specialists
- Cape Town: 8–22 November 2026
- Contact ALAC for fees and registration
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
Connect
Fresh perspectives through shared experience.
- Conferences and workshops
- Experienced speakers
- Thought-stimulating discussions
- Shared leadership experience
- Regional events across Africa and Europe
YOUTH TALKS
Grow
Preparing the next generation of leaders.
- Conversations with young people
- Ideas and brainstorming
- Developing a leadership mindset
- Encouraging the next generation
- Contact ALAC for upcoming opportunities
DRAFT TESTIMONIALS
Leadership journeys: sample stories.
ALAC challenged me to think more deeply about the people I lead. I left with a clearer sense of purpose and practical ideas to bring back to my team.
Sample leadership story
The conversations encouraged me to look beyond my own field. Hearing different perspectives helped me rethink how I approach challenges and work with others.
Sample professional story
I came looking for new ideas and left with a renewed commitment to serve. The focus on values reminded me that leadership begins with the choices we make every day.
Sample community story
The experience helped me see leadership as a responsibility I can grow into. I feel encouraged to keep learning, ask better questions and contribute to my community.
Sample emerging-leader story
Get Started
Let’s create something unforgettable
Take the next step in your leadership journey. Contact our team to learn about the 2026 calendar, program options and registration.
FAQs
Got questions? We've got answers.
Founded in 2002 by Bishop Tshalo Katshunga, the Advanced Leadership Academy equips leaders to bring meaningful change across academia, economics, science, arts and culture.
ALAC offers intensive classroom training, conferences and workshops, and youth talks. Courses explore leadership, critical thinking, complex organisations, entrepreneurship and other areas of personal and professional growth.
Contact the ALAC team for registration details, current fees and availability for your chosen event. The Cape Town on-campus executive program is scheduled for 8–22 November 2026.
The calendar includes Cape Town, Europe, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and East Africa. East Africa’s dates are 27–29 August; its location is still to be announced, with Uganda under consideration. The additional one-day leadership training has no confirmed date or venue; Johannesburg is preferred.
Please ask the ALAC team about fees, meals, accommodation and cancellation terms for your selected event before booking. The Lubumbashi conference on 10–12 July 2026 will include a gala dinner.