Trainings
Not everybody is born with the ability or the skill -set to lead effectively for impact. Everybody has a unique personality and characteristics that can help or hinder their effectiveness in leadership. That is why a person needs formal training and coaching for developing competencies in leadership. Mastering the skill s of leadership requires discipline, persistence in practice, and willingness to continue learning.
Marketing Management
Management Skills
Organizational Behaviour and Design
Entreprenership For Students
Finance and Financial Management
Business Law and Regulatory Framework in Ethopia
Center for African Leadership Center (CALS)
About CALS
The Center for African Leadership Studies (CALS) is a private limited company established in 2012.
CALS aims to build an indigenous resource for the study of leadership disciplines in a distinctively African setting. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Center prides itself on its acute sensitivity to cultural differences and ability to build bridges between viewpoints, and commitment to integrity, quality and impact.
The Center for African Leadership Studies (CALS) is a private limited company established in 2012 by Tewodros Tadesse Araya. The entirety of CALS’ training programs and materials are uniquely designed to reflect our experience and research into particular forms of leadership required for the African continent.
Our Model:
Leadership Development
- Leadership development is an intentional activity aimed at improving a person’s or an organization’s leadership knowledge, skills (abilities), and attitude. Leadership development can be offered as an MBA in colleges as well as action learning courses and executive retreats.
- Not everybody is born with the ability or the skill -set to lead effectively for impact. Everybody has a unique personality and characteristics that can help or hinder their effectiveness in leadership. That is why a person needs formal training and coaching for developing competencies in leadership. Mastering the skill s of leadership requires discipline, persistence in practice, and willingness to continue learning.

Our Team
With over 10 years of combined experience in leadership and organizational development, our team has extensive practical knowledge and experience of cultural contexts. Our team of energetic, vibrant and passionate professionals from varied backgrounds are very well versed with a wide range of Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), Communications as well as Project and Program development and management. Additionally, with the organization practicing what it preaches, CALS began with one staff and has grown into two institutions and currently employs over 20 employees and has a turnover of 3 million ETB annually.
As an emerging company, CALS’ forte is its energetic, vibrant, and passionate team. Our growing team of various nationalities and professional backgrounds is familiar with a broad range of theoretical constructs, best practices, resources and tools that can be applied to build and launch new initiatives or to strengthen existing programs. The company has brought together people who understand the importance of leadership in one’s life. We are constantly evolving and keeping up with studies and trends in the world of organizational development (OD), leadership development, personal development, entrepreneurship development, coaching and mentoring both on an individual and organizational level.
With a combined experience of 120 years, our team has developed a wide range of success in its sphere of influence.
The Founder:
Tewodros Tadesse Araya
Tewodros Tadesse Araya is a vibrant speaker, leader, and educator with over 10 years of experience in the field of leadership development. Creating the Center for African Leadership Studies as a response to the growing need for servant leaders in my home country of Ethiopia, Tewodros have designed and facilitated trainings for government offices, non-governmental organizations, and private enterprises.
Valuing servant leadership as a cornerstone of organizational change, Tewodros continually work to develop the capacity of individuals, companies, and organizations as a means to create sustainable and positive leadership solutions. With the ability to work with diverse constituencies, Tewodros has utilized his extensive experience to build bridges, create innovative solutions, and ultimately foster environments that will lead to worldwide changes in the fields of leadership and organizational development
Under the leadership of Tewodros, CALS has worked in more than 13 countries, and it directly coached more than 2,000 young leaders in collaboration with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). This success in turn has enhanced our reputation. CALS had trained more than 6,000 leaders across Africa working with more than 70 local and international organizations. It has also worked with 15 medical schools to capacitate 500 doctors and 700 nurses. Currently, it works with African Union, the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Operation, the National Planning Commission, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Berhan International Bank, the Ethiopia School Meal Initiative, a farmers’ union, and a dozen of universities across eight nations in Africa.
CALS' Programs
- In addition, CALS has a distinct focus on Responsible Leadership as well as Transformational and Strategic Leadership. All of CALS’ training programs and materials are designed in-house blending internationally recognized models with local context in response to the center’s quest to address the leadership challenges being faced in Africa, in particular in Ethiopia. We believe that all the clients that we have the opportunity to serve are endowed with special gifts and potential. Our customers are better than us; we are honored to serve them. The main mission of all our activities is to combine leadership development with entrepreneurial skills to bring about Social Transformation in terms of social and economic progress. Our organizational focus is to help organizations and their employees fulfill their mission at the highest caliber. Our main modes of service delivery are consultancies, events, trainings and online platforms. The uniqueness of our program lies in the fact that they are psychology driven with models of experiential adult learning

Our work extends across a spectrum of leadership disciplines, with coaching and mentorship program designed at its core for a variety of groups including:
- Executives and Professionals
- Women’s Institutions and Groups
- Youth-Led initiatives
Over the last 10 years, CALS has developed and availed a variety of short and long-term leadership training and programs and packages to its customers. Some of these include:
- Executive Leadership Program (ELP)
- Leadership Development for Professionals (LDP)
- Healthcare Leadership Development
- Leadership for First Time Managers
- Fundamentals of Leadership (FOL)
- Responsible Leadership
- Transformational Leadership
- Strategic Leadership
- Leadership for Entrepreneurs
- Leadership for Customer Service
- Youth Leadership Development Program (YLDP)
- Women Leadership Development
- Coaching Programs
- Negotiation Skills
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Fatherhood Program and Leading at Home
Core Trainings
Organizational Behavior And Design
- Human Psychology & personality attitude & behavior in organizations
- Organizational Culture & Group Dynamics
- Power and organizational Politics
- Stress Management


My Digital World
- Digital Citizenship
- Digital footprint
- E-Commerce Essentials for SMEs
- Media Advocacy
- Digital Marketing
Marketing Management
- Basics of Marketing
- Tools of Marketing
- Identify my target customer
- CRM
- The Art of sales
- The reality of promotion
- Product/Service Design
- Marketing Strategy


Management Skills
- Management of Growth, Change & Transition
- Adaptive Management skill
- Dealing with Change (Change Management)
- Problem Solving & Conflict resolution skill
- Coaching to improve employee performance Managing effective meetings & Decision Making Motivation and Encouragement of employees Time and Energy Management
Our Youth Leadership Development Program: HON (Handprint on Our Nation)
- Life Skills
- Emotional Intelligence
- Personal Development
- Patriotism
- Rationality
- Health and Wellbeing
- Innovation
- Communication
- Building Habit
- Youth Leadership


Mentorship & Coaching
- Process leadership
- Personal Branding and Personal development
- Process transformation
More of Our Trainings
- Finance for non-finance & financial Management Leadership for New Managers
- Fundamental Leadership
- Youth Leadership Development Program Woman Leadership Development Program Business Law & Regulatory system in Ethiopia Marketing Management








