Advanced Leader

ADVANCED LEADER COHORT 4
Leadership Development Process
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Advanced Leader Class Schedule
Leaders are required to attend all classes
Exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis
Contact Marisa right away if you know you will miss a class
All classes are held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at:
Lakefront at Keystone | 9365 Counselors Row | Indianapolis, IN 46240

Advanced Leader Homework Assignments
Due Before you come to class
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Class 1: Kickoff and DiSC Work of Leaders
- Take DiSC Assessment, sent in a separate email link
- Take the Advanced Leader Pre-Assessment
- For the Feedback 360 Class: Look for the post-class email from Marisa with the Spreadsheet and Raters Info.
- Send your Excel spreadsheet with a list of Raters to Marisa by Thursday, August 29, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Class 2: Driving Change and Talent Strategies
- Read the book “Who Killed Change”.
- Focus on the chapter you were assigned in Class.
- For the 360 Feedback Class: Look for the email from Marisa with the 360 Spreadsheet and Raters Information.
- Send your Excel spreadsheet with a list of Raters to Marisa by Thursday, August 29, 2024
- Here’s the link to Bloom’s Taxonomy Carla shared in the afternoon session.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Class 3: Culture Building
- No Homework before class
- Complete your 360 Assessment. You received an email from surveys@growstrongleaders.com
- Make sure your Raters have completed their assessment on your behalf.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Class 4: 360 Feedback
- Complete your 360 Assessment. You received an email from surveys@growstrongleaders.com
- Make sure your Raters have completed their assessment on your behalf.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Class 5: Legacy Leadership & Working Genius
- Bring your Company’s Mission and Core Values with you.
- On Sept 27, you will receive an email from Shannon Stroud with a link to take the Working Genius Assessment.
- Complete the assessment by October 3.
- Bring a printed copy of your results with you to class..
- Begin working on your Capstone.
- Begin working on your Individual Reflection Assignment, due January 17, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Class 6: Professional Communication
- Come with an idea, project, product, or request you’d like to present to your leadership. Here are a few examples to get you started “The Benefits of My Advanced Leadership Training.”, “Providing Outside Sales Training to Our Company,” “The Case for Increasing Compensation Rates,”
- Send Alex a list of questions you’d like answered in your “How to Create & Deliver Executive Presentations.” session.
- Come with an open heart and mind, and don’t forget to pack your sense of humor!
- Continue working on your Individual Reflection Assignment, due January 17, 2024.
- Continue working on your Capstone Presentation
- Register for Graduation, see below.
Requirements to Graduate from Advanced Leader
The following are due by Thursday, October 31, 2024
Thursday, November 7, 2024
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Class 7: Capstone Presentations
- Email Marisa if you have additional leaders from your company you’d like to invite to your Capstone and Graduation (other than your manager who will automatically be invited).
Part 1: Group Presentation, 30 Minutes/Group:
Leaders will be placed in a Capstone Group with a few other leaders.
All leaders will attend all presentations.
Managers and company leaders will be invited to attend to support you.
Groups will choose one of the Advanced Leader classes to present on.
- DiSC Work of Leaders
- Driving Change
- Talent Strategies
- Culture Building
- Legacy Leadership
- Working Genius
Each group will have 30 minutes for both Part 1 and Part 2.
Part 1: As a whole group, you will present on the following key questions about the class you’ve selected.
- What were the most important lessons or concepts from this class?
- Provide examples from the real world – good and not good.
- What are the benefits of leveraging these concepts?
- What are the risks of not applying these concepts?
- Individual application – each leader answers: How will you apply the concepts from the workshop in your own leadership?
Part 2: Personal Reflection 2-3 minutes/Leader:
As part of your 30-minute Presentation, each leader will present a 2–3-minute Personal Reflection about the impact of the Advanced Leader program.
Your Individual Reflection assignment & the Class Reflections pages will help you prepare for this.

Advanced Leader Cohort 4 Graduation!
November 7, 2024
We look forward to celebrating you and all you’ve accomplished over the past three months!
- Your company leaders will be in attendance to support you.
- Please confirm your attendance at Graduation with the link below .
- Continue working on your Individual Reflection Assignment, due October 31, 2024