Sat · 14 Jun 2026
Men of Substance · Leadership Forum
In-person · Africa region
A full-day forum on leadership under pressure — character, judgement, and presence for the men leading at work, at home, and in public.
About this event
The Leadership Forum is the flagship convening of Men of Substance — a single, deliberate day spent on the work of leading under real pressure. No keynotes for the sake of keynotes. No panels of the same five faces. A working room.
Participants come from the founding cohort and a small invited group. The conversations stay in the room; the work leaves with the men.
What to expect
- Working sessions, not keynotes
- A circle of operators who will be in the room with you for years
- Pre-read sent two weeks before
- Chatham House throughout
Agenda
08:30
Arrival and breakfast
Quiet start. Briefing pack on the table.
09:30
Opening: what we are here to do
The standard, restated. The day, framed.
10:30
Session 1 — Character under pressure
How serious men hold the line when it costs them.
12:30
Lunch · structured conversation
14:00
Session 2 — Judgement and decision under uncertainty
15:30
Session 3 — Presence: at work, at home, in public
17:30
Close · commitments out loud
19:00
Dinner · for those staying
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