Advancing Leadership. Inclusive. Connected. Impactful.

In today’s rapidly changing world, the challenges we face are increasingly complex and our communities are more interconnected than ever before. Leaders must be able to connect with partners across different sectors and leadership styles in order to create solutions that have lasting impact. Coro Pittsburgh is a growing network of over 1000 diverse leaders who are seeking to create lasting, positive impact in Pittsburgh and beyond. Along with our partner, Public Allies Pittsburgh, we provide cohort-based training, learning and networking opportunities to advance leadership that is inclusive, connected and impactful.

Coro advances your leadership by connecting you with master trainers, a wide network of experts in various urban policy issues, partner organizations from different sectors committed to social impact, and other diverse, passionate leaders.

When you join a Coro cohort, you will…
Understand the Challenges
Learn from a diversity of styles and perspectives about the challenges you will need to address to have an impact on the issues that matter to you.
Leadership Competencies
Explore tough interpretations
Distinguish technical and adaptive work
Understand the process challenges
Test multiple interpretations and points-of-view
Take the temperature
Identify who needs to do the work
Manage Yourself
Build self awareness required to take risks, step outside your comfort zone and sustain yourself through the many challenges of leadership.
Leadership Competencies
Know your strengths, vulnerabilities and triggers
Know the story others tell about you
Choose among competing values
Get used to uncertainty and conflict
Experiment beyond your comfort zone
Take care of yourself
Energize Others
Build relationships with all the stakeholders of the issue(s) you care about so that you can engage those with influence and those affected but less likely to have their voices heard.
Leadership Competencies
Engage unusual voices
Work across different stakeholders
Start where they are
Speak to loss
Inspire a collective purpose
Create a trustworthy process
Make Progress on the Challenges
Experiment with different ways to engage all stakeholders and manage conflicts productively so that you can make progress on the challenges.
Leadership Competencies
Make conscious choices
Raise the heat
Give the work back
Hold to purpose
Speak from the heart
Act experimentally