The Charge
A Next-Generation Character and Leadership Mentorship Experience
The Charge is a 12-month, 1-on-1 mentorship program designed to develop young men (ages 15–25) from ultra-high-net-worth families into people of genuine character, proven grit, and servant leadership.
▢ This is NOT an academic program.
▢ This is NOT a business course.
▢ This IS a program that builds character through pressure, failure, accountability, and the decision, made repeatedly without an audience, to become someone worth following.
The North Star
The guiding objective of The Charge is simple:
To develop a young man of proven character and genuine grit, someone trusted with responsibility, steady under pressure, and capable of leading others well.
Every conversation, assignment, challenge, and milestone within the program is intended to support that outcome.
- Everything in this program flows from that north star. Every session, every assignment, every hard conversation, and the final capstone all exist to move the mentee closer to that description.
- The greatest threat to a young man raised with wealth is not failure but never being tested.
- This program administers the test, in four escalating quarters, each ending with a public demonstration of what has been built.
The Charge draws from eight streams of wisdom, woven together into a unified curriculum addressing these components:
Passion & Purpose
What would you pursue even if no one paid you, no one watched, and no one approved?
Personal Accountability
Spiritual disciplines, physical standards, digital life, substances, relationships.
Sustained Exposure
Physical labor, cross-class relationship, poverty or need exposure, family business immersion, etc.
Journaling & Graduation Paper
Keeping a private physical journal; requirement is the practice, not the content.
Public Speaking & Story Telling
Personal story, family business findings, family business deep dive, commissioning address.
Masculinity
What masculinity is - and is not, morality, how to treat women, what a good marriage and fatherhood requires.
Outside Employment
Employment outside the family business and family network requiring starting at the bottom and earning everything.
Begin the Conversation
Participation in The Charge begins with a confidential conversation to determine fit, goals, readiness, and family expectations.
Reach out for more information about this intentional next-generation leadership development program grounded in character, responsibility, and long-term stewardship.
