The Leaders for Tomorrow programme (LFT), which was first launched in 1995, is an annual development programme for middle managers in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the Northern Ireland private sector and the wider public sector in the Republic of Ireland.

Each year, a group of around 40 middle managers from the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the Northern Ireland private sector and the wider public sector in the Republic of Ireland spend three weeks in Boston USA undertaking two weeks of academic study at Harvard University and one week of seminars and visits in the Boston area.

The Programme is designed around international best practice in executive education and development.

The prestigious John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts provides the education component, covering various themes including leadership development and change management.

The purpose of the third week of the programme is to help participants consolidate and apply learning from the first two weeks in Harvard by exploring some of the concepts considered there, in the context of real challenges faced by key players in the public, private and voluntary sectors in Ireland.

The 2010 Leaders for Tomorrow programme will be advertised in early September 2009.