The Change Business · LIFT™ Learning Journeys
Sample Leadership Journey for High Potentials
An example of how a five-month journey could look. Every client’s leaders are different, so each phase shows the module we would suggest and the other TCB programmes that can take its place. Profiling, coaching and measures run through every version.
Week 0
Open the conversation
Open Space or fireside chat
Month 1
Lead yourself
Leadership by Design™
Months 2–3
Communicate with clarity
Flexible Communicator™ · Think on Your Feet®
Month 4
Engage your people
Facilitation Skills for Leaders
Month 5
Influence & showcase
Presenting Intelligence™ · Showcase
Each step builds on the one before: from knowing yourself, to communicating clearly, to engaging others, to influencing senior leaders.
The journey, phase by phase
Dark chips show the module in this sample. Outlined chips are alternatives we can swap in, depending on what the client’s leaders need most.
1
Week 0
Open the conversation
Hear what leaders need before the learning starts, and let senior leaders show why this journey matters.
Choose one opener
Open Space session
Fireside chat with senior leaders
Kick-off talk
Choose one profiling tool
DISC
EQ-i 2.0®
HBDI®
MBTI®
SoundWave®
Why it matters: an Open Space surfaces the real challenges participants face, so the modules that follow can be tuned to them.
2
Month 1
Lead yourself
Understand your leadership style and stay steady under pressure, so you have something to give your team.
Sample module
Leadership by Design · uses the profile
Or swap in
EQ@Work™
Rethink. Reset. Results.™
Adapt-Ability™
Growth Mindset
The Empathetic Leader
3
Months 2–3
Communicate with clarity
Connect with each person in the way they listen best, and say what you mean clearly, even when you’re put on the spot.
Sample modules
The Flexible Communicator™
Think on Your Feet®
Or swap in
Own Your Conversation™ · with Sharmini Suthan
Speak in Stories™
The WRITE Response™
Executive Presence
4
Month 4
Engage your people
Run meetings and team conversations where people speak up, share ideas and own the outcome.
Sample module
Facilitation Skills for Leaders · with Isman Tanuri
Or swap in
Coaching Skills for Managers
The Feedback Conversation
Building a High Performing Team
Influencing without Authority
Foundational Negotiation Skills
Facilitation or coaching? For many new leaders, learning to facilitate their team works better than learning to coach individuals. We help the client choose.
5
Month 5
Influence & showcase
Build a persuasive case and present it to senior leaders, using everything learned along the way.
Sample module
Presenting Intelligence™
Showcase to senior leaders
Or swap in
Speak in Stories™
Executive Presence
The finale: each participant presents a real idea or project to a sponsor panel. It shows the growth, and gives senior leaders a direct view of their high potentials.
Running throughout
These stay the same whichever modules a client picks.
1:1 coaching
Three sessions with a TCB Collective coach to turn learning into personal goals and keep momentum.
Months 1, 3 and 5
Try-it practice
One small, real-work practice after every module, so the learning shows up with the team on Monday.
Every month
Short conversations so the participant’s own manager knows what to look for and can support it.
Start, middle and end
How progress is measured
Light to run, and visible to participants, their managers and HR.
Confidence pulse
A two-minute self-rating on the skills the journey targets, compared at the start, middle and end.
Week 0, month 3 and month 5
Manager observation
A short checklist of behaviours the line manager looks for at each check-in.
Start, middle and end
Showcase assessment
Sponsors rate each final presentation on clarity, structure and impact.
Month 5
How we shape it for you
This sample is a starting point. The final journey is built with the client.
1
Listen
We meet sponsors and hear from leaders, often through the opening Open Space or fireside chat.
2
Choose the blocks
We pick the profiling tool and the modules for each phase that fit your leaders’ needs.
3
Agree the measures
We agree up front what success looks like and how it will be tracked.
