USG Female Leadership Race 2026

Purpose-driven leadership starts here.

Six weeks of meaningful, community-focused challenges to stretch thinking, strengthen leadership, and connect with women around the world.

Sign-ups for the 2026 leadership race are now closed. 

If you’d like more information, please email us on basecamp@theleadershiprace.com

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Working in a team, you’ll tackle a new challenge each week, combining your strengths and ideas to create the best solutions. The experience is designed to mirror real-world teamwork; dividing responsibilities, and learning how to communicate effectively under time pressure.  While there is a competitive element to the race (with judges reviewing submissions and a top team crowned) the real win is in your learning and growth. 

6 leadership challenges

Working in a team, you'll tackle 6 challenges across 6 weeks. Each challenge is unique and designed to strengthen critical thinking, leadership, collaboration and other key skills.

An opportunity to give back

Every race includes challenges that give back to real people or communities, so your work creates changes for others too.

Designed for busy people

Built to work around your schedule, you have one week to submit your answers with each challenge designed to only take 1-2 hours per person.

"This challenge gave me purpose and invigorated me with energy and passion to communicate with my team mates and share our knowledge. I also learnt a lot about my team mates through the videos and feel a bonding with them now. And learnt from each challenge with things I did not know."

Hong Kong

"One significant shift has been our approach to teamwork and communication— we have become more intentional about listening to each other, valuing different perspectives, and ensuring that everyone’s strengths are utilized effectively"

South Africa

"I noticed a challenge of the heart: getting involved in the personal stories and lives of women en children far away and me living an easy live. It made me more aware of what we have and what we can contribute to a better world."

The Netherlands

"The past few weeks have been truly exhilarating. As we reach the conclusion of this challenge, it feels surreal to reflect on the journey.”

Japan

FAQ's

Ideally a team of 6–10 players – big enough for brilliant ideas and plenty of momentum, small enough that everyone gets involved. If you don’t have a team, that’s no problem at all. Join as an individual and we’ll match you with the perfect team. 

A code will be sent to your email address after paying your entry fee. You will use the same code for each week of the race. Enter your code into the ‘Race Players Portal’ on our website each week to view your challenge. 

A new challenge will be released every Tuesday at 1:00am (CET) and the the deadline for your challenge submissions will be the following Monday at 11:00pm (CET)

Each week, please send in one submission per team via email to basecamp@theleadershiprace.com

If you have someone in your team who loves design and branding – why not create a template for your weekly responses? (This is optional!)

A new challenge will be released every Tuesday at 1:00am (CET) and the the deadline for your challenge submissions will be the following Monday at 11:00pm (CET)

There will be 2x one hour live learning and sharing lessons. (Check your time zone to choose the best option for you)

Our live sharing sessions are a great way to talk about what learning there has been and how to apply that within our day to day work. After all there’s no point in learning new skills if we don’t then apply those in our work.

Mid point check-in – 24th Feb two time options – 11am (CET) or 5pm (CET): This is an opportunity to reflect on your learning so far, and you will have a chance to see what everyone else has been submitting! 

Final meeting – March 17th – two time options 11am (CET) or 5pm (CET): In this meeting, the winners will be announced and you will have an opportunity to reflect on what you have learnt!

Calendar invites and zoom links for all sessions will be sent out with your sign up confirmation email.

Each weekly challenge takes around 1-2 hours of each team member’s time. So if you have a team of six, that gives you more than six hours of input to complete each challenge together.

There’s no set time to take part, you choose a time that works best for your team, as long as your entry is submitted online within seven days.

Someone not available one week? No problem, you can just organise your team’s response around that.

To participate, we ask for a USD$60 (approx £45) donation per person*. This contribution goes directly toward supporting the individuals, families, and communities featured in the humanitarian challenges throughout the race. 

Your participation helps transform a learning experience into practical support for people facing real challenges.

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*If this is too much for you for whatever reason please contact us to discuss a possible reduction

 

Sign-ups for the 2026 leadership race are now closed. 

If you’d like more information, please email us on basecamp@theleadershiprace.com

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