8–12 Jun 2026
Helsinki, Finland
Europe/Helsinki timezone

Leading Across Boundaries: A Taste of MLDP – Now for Members

Not scheduled
20m
Music Hall (Helsinki, Finland)

Music Hall

Helsinki, Finland

BoF

Speakers

Radu Velcea (GÉANT) Sarah Hughes (GÉANT)

Description

The Management & Leadership Development Programme (MLDP) has supported internal leaders in strengthening clarity, ownership, accountability, and collaboration across distributed environments.

Now, we are exploring how MLDP can be adapted and offered to Members.

This 90-minute BoF session will serve as both:

  • A practical leadership taster session
  • The official launch and consultation space for MLDP for Members

The session will not be a presentation about the programme. Instead, participants will experience a facilitated leadership exercise drawn directly from MLDP content.

The focus:
Leading effectively in distributed, cross-organisational environments.

Together, participants will explore:

  • The hidden friction points in distributed leadership
  • How accountability and clarity shift in member-based organisations
  • What trust, influence, and ownership look like without formal authority

The session will include:

  • A short interactive leadership simulation
  • Peer discussion in small groups
  • Reflection on real leadership challenges participants face within their organisations

The final segment will introduce MLDP for Members — outlining the programme structure, objectives, and potential format — and gather input from participants to shape its design.

This BoF is both experiential and consultative: a space to test relevance, surface demand, and co-create the next evolution of MLDP.

What will the TNC audience take away from your talk?

Participants will:

  • Experience a live MLDP-style leadership exercise
  • Gain practical insight into leading in distributed and member-based environments
  • Reflect on their own leadership patterns
  • Contribute to shaping MLDP for Members
  • Understand how the programme could support leadership capability within their organisation
Are you a first time speaker at TNC? Yes

Primary author

Co-author

Radu Velcea (GÉANT)

Presentation materials