Your next generation of leaders may already be working within your organization.

 

Ready to Lead is a four-month leadership development program designed specifically for high-potential employees who are not yet managers but demonstrate the potential and desire to take on greater leadership responsibility.

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Rather than waiting until an employee is promoted to begin developing leadership skills, Ready to Lead helps participants build those capabilities now. Through live instruction, short weekly learning modules, practical tools, and workplace application, participants learn how to lead themselves, establish credibility, communicate with confidence, influence without authority, navigate difficult conversations, and think beyond their individual responsibilities.

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The Ready to Lead Journey

 

Month 1: Lead With Awareness
Participants build greater self-awareness by exploring their values, strengths, behavioral and personality styles, emotional intelligence, blind spots, and the professional reputation they want to create.

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Month 2: Lead With Presence
Participants develop leadership and executive presence by strengthening confidence, communication, composure, credibility, meeting presence, and their ability to effectively manage up.

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Month 3: Lead Through Influence
Participants learn how to build trust and influence without formal authority while developing practical skills for listening, feedback, peer accountability, conflict resolution, and difficult conversations.

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Month 4: Lead With Perspective
Participants begin shifting from task-focused thinking to a broader leadership perspective through strategic thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, leading change, and continuous improvement.

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Learning That Continues Beyond the Workshop

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Each month combines a two-hour interactive live session with weekly lessons delivered between live sessions through the Evolution Leadership Academy Learning Platform. Participants apply what they learn in their day-to-day work through practical leadership challenges and then reflect on their experiences and growth.

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This approach creates “sticky learning” by reinforcing concepts over time through instruction, application, practice, and reflection.

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Ready to Lead isn't about giving someone a leadership title before they're ready. It's about giving high-potential employees the opportunity to develop and practice leadership skills, so they're better prepared when the opportunity to lead arrives.