WLI fulfills its mission and goals through three core programs:

• William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations is a two-year Fellowship for emerging leaders in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors who are able to directly affect issues facing our communities.
   
• Fellows Action Network connects leaders who have the common experience of the Friday Fellowship with each other and to other statewide and community leaders.
   
• Center for Excellence in Leadership promotes the value of the principles and practices of leading with integrity, intention, and inclusion through products and services such as a speakers’ bureau and leadership curriculum, publications, and articles distributed to the media.