GLOBAL
BUILDER
ALUMNI
NETWORK
“Young Leaders Will Create the Jobs of Tomorrow”
Welcome to the Global Builder Alumni Network
The Global Builder Alumni Network is a Clifton Foundation initiative that creates a community among students who complete a Builder’s program. It represents students from more than 30 countries. The Global Builder Council facilitates networking, microgrants, strengths coaching, and developmental work experiences.
What we do
We facilitate networking amongst builders, micro grants, work opportunities, strengths coaching, and learning and development experiences.
Our Community
The ever-growing alumni network includes students from more than 30 countries.
Who can join
Only students who took a BP10, and who successfully finished a Builders program, can join the Global Builder Alumni Network.
Events
POINTS OF PRIDE
90%
ARE CURRENTLY SELLING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE
100%
REPORT THEIR CLIFTON FOUNDATION EXPERIENCE HELPED THEM DEVELOP THEIR STRENGTHS
50%
HAVE INITIATED OR WORKED AT A START-UP
KEY FINDINGS
The Global Builders Network (GBN) conducted a longitudinal survey in the summer of 2022. The purpose was to improve the educational experience for Builders, particularly early career alums. Here are some key findings:
Clifton Builders are DISRUPTORS
They find ways to turn challenges into opportunities.
Clifton Builders are RELATIONAL
They understand their own strengths and assets, recognize others’ strengths, and how they contribute. They are driven to have engaged and productive teams. They are also more likely to seek advice from people they admire as well as invest in others.
Clifton Builders take INITIATIVE
They boldly face problems and build teams to meet these goals.
COACH CONNECT
SHARING WISDOM
Coach Connect is an opportunity for the Clifton Foundation’s Global Builder Network to connect with entrepreneur and business leaders.
What are your current goals? What support do you need to reach them? Coach Connect is designed to encourage alumni to take actionable steps towards their dreams through candid conversation and mentorship around their life goals. The Clifton Foundation hosts this coaching event twice a year– the next Coach Connect will take place throughout the week of May 17th-22nd.
100% of students…
- Would recommend Coach Connect to a friend
- Reported desire to stay in touch with their coach if given the opportunity
- Would like to participate in more coaching sessions
- Learned something new from their coach that aligns with helping them achieve their goals
- Gained confidence to take a next step toward a goal from their coaching sessions
Here are a few examples of “next steps” students reported their coaching session inspired them to take:
- Begin prototyping my business idea
- Implementing a hiring and leadership plan based on Jim’s advice for my C-Suite team that we are looking to hire this year.
- Finding a co-founder
- 3 Things I can control each day & 1 thing to celebrate each day
- Finding a way to travel abroad even though my study abroad got cancelled this summer
- Taking interview tips from each, along with how to further myself in the high-finance field
- I will be wrapping-up the scripting for my Zoom-Live Mentalism & Hypnosis Show and then contact my coach again to discuss this Business-Model further.
- Starting to find users for the product I’m developing
BE YOUR OWN BOSS LEARNING SERIES
BETTER FASTER
Be Your Own Boss Learning Series curates conversations around career and business subjects with experts and diverse stakeholders. Topics are selected from the Clifton Foundation Annual Impact Survey, focusing on what alumni report wanting to know better faster. The next Learning Series theme is Sales and will take place on Wednesdays, June 23rd and 30th.
BUILDER TEAMS
BUILDING COMMUNITY
BuilderTeams convenes alumni from different Builder programs around the world for 45-minute advice-oriented peer-to-peer meet-ups. Groups are organized to connect alumni with aligning experience, challenges, and stage of life to share and consult in a safe, confidential supportive space.
