Elevate Leadership
Transform Overlooked Middle Managers
into Future Senior Leaders
Retain and Develop your Existing Talent
You take pride in growing your team internally and ensuring your leaders know your business from the ground up. You promote your star team members into key operational roles, assuming they will do a great job and lead effectively, but that only sometimes happens.
Even though your middle managers are committed to your business and want to deliver, they don’t know how to shift from doing the job to leading others. They have "traded a backache for a headache," and you risk ingraining inefficiency while expecting results to materialize. Your high-performing employees are frustrated with poor managers and aren’t sticking around.
Elevate Leadership makes transformation possible. We help you retain top performers, ensuring a robust pipeline of future leaders ready to navigate complex challenges and lead the organization. You can achieve a future where your team is strong, resilient, and highly effective.
The Cost of Neglecting Your Middle Managers
Middle managers are pivotal in your organization. They bridge organizational goals and day-to-day activities. Unfortunately, research shows they are often the weakest link and among the bottom 5% of the most engaged employees.
The impact on your business is real, and the time to address it is now…
- Lack of Accountability: This leads to inefficiencies, missed targets, and weakened overall business performance.
- Disengagement: Managers who feel undervalued and unsupported will lack motivation and job satisfaction, which will trickle down and affect morale.
- Increased Turnover: Managers seek career advancement elsewhere, leading to higher turnover and costly hiring.
- Low Productivity: Inefficient operations, poor decision-making, and decreased productivity.
- Poor Leadership Pipeline: You may struggle to fill senior positions internally, leading to external hires who are less familiar with company culture and operations.
- Stagnant Innovation: Middle managers are often the drivers of change, and innovation will stall if they lack the skills and confidence to implement new ideas.
- Inconsistent Results: Middle managers are crucial in aligning strategy and execution. Without this alignment, objectives are missed.
- Lack of Collaboration: Leaders will struggle to mentor and develop their team, impacting overall team performance.
- LOST REVENUE: Decreased efficiency and engagement results in significant revenue loss.
Elevate Middle Managers to Connection Leaders
Elevate Leadership is designed for organizations looking to position their middle managers as the vital link between senior leadership and frontline employees. Our innovative, practical, and highly effective approach engages your managers to connect seamlessly with themselves as leaders, their teams, and the organization.
Connection Leaders go beyond old-school management and show up differently, have more impact, and drive transformational performance.
Unified Alignment:
- Integrating an individual’s values and goals with the broader objectives and culture of the organization empowers connection leaders to align with the organization, fostering purpose and direction.
Synergistic Cohesion:
- The effective collaboration between teams and the organization allows connection leaders to facilitate and nurture a cooperative environment, enhancing organizational performance.
Harmonious Integration:
- Aligning self and team ensures that goals are aligned and mutually supportive, unlocking strong interpersonal relationships and team unity, contributing to a cohesive and productive team dynamic.
Elevate Leadership FAQ
Who is it for?
- Team leads and middle managers with at least 3-5 years of leadership experience.
- Individuals with high potential for greater responsibilities.
- Participants from all industries and functions of business.
where & How is it delivered?
- All sessions can be conducted virtually.
- In-person sessions are offered around the globe.
- Our home base is in Alberta, Canada.
what's included?
- Assessments, profiles, and surveys.
- High-impact workshops.
- Easy-to-consume content & practical application.
- Hands-on experiential learning.
- Habit-building integration cycles.
- Behaviour change insight reports.
- Peer support forums.
How can I experience it?
Leader Certificate – Open Enrolment Cohort
An accelerated experience alongside leaders from other organizations in varied industries benefitting from diverse thought, experience, background, and perspectives.
Organization Edition – Private Cohort
A comprehensive and integrated experience with leaders from your organization, benefitting from a custom roadmap intentionally designed to overcome your most significant challenges.
Redefining Leadership Development
Educate → Elevate
The demands of a rapidly changing business environment require leaders to think differently about traditional
‘check-the-box’ education programs. Unfortunately, research proves that most L&D initiatives do not deliver ROI.
Your time is valuable. Elevate Leadership is relevant, forward-thinking, and impactful.
How we ignite success
2 Ways to Experience 'Elevate Leadership'
Experience NexLEVEL Leadership
with leaders from your organization,
and enjoy the flexibility of choosing
dates and workshop cadence.
In-person and virtual options are available.
Experience NexLEVEL Leadership
alongside leaders from other organizations
in varied industries and benefit from the diversity of
thought, background, and perspectives.
Hosted virtually.
Transformational content
Self Mastery:
Leading from Within
Understand the foundational elements of leadership and how they manifest from within.
Explore the five aspects of leadership (vision, values, mindset, emotions, and purpose) and their influence on
leadership effectiveness.
Emotional Intelligence:
Cultivating Positivity
Develop emotional intelligence to overcome inner barriers and lead with greater impact.
Identify and manage the Inner Critic, understand its impact on leadership, and leverage positive intelligence for enhanced leadership effectiveness.
Communication Mastery: Effective Feedback
Cultivate a feedback-rich environment by mastering the art of delivering constructive feedback.
Embrace courageous conversations, understand the feedback process, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Flexibility & Adaptability:
Situational Leadership
Understand different leadership styles & learn to adapt leadership approaches to meet the needs of diverse situations.
Explore the Situational Leadership model & application in adjusting leadership styles based on team members’ readiness & competence.
Roles & Expectations:
Creating Accountability
Foster a culture of accountability and drive high performance within teams.
Learn strategies for setting clear expectations, providing support, and holding team members accountable for their actions
and results.
Empowerment & Growth:
The Coach Approach
Develop coaching skills to empower team members, foster growth, and drive results.
Understand the principles of coaching, active listening, and powerful questioning techniques to support individuals in unlocking their potential.
Leadership
playshop
Immerses participants in dynamic simulations and scenarios to strengthen team leadership skills.
Through interactive and
hands-on activities, leaders gain practical experience and insights to guide their teams toward success effectively.
Habit
Builder
Provides participants with the tools to make change happen once sessions are complete.
Our smart technology ensures the insights from sessions are applied, not just remembered. By cultivating effective habits, participants create a foundation for sustained success.
Elevate Leadership is a Joint Initiative
