Considering the Move to Leadership
The failure rate for first-time leaders is extraordinarily high. That’s because otherwise talented individuals are placed into one of the most difficult of all roles – leading others – without context for the challenges and without the proper mentoring support to help them take this next career step!
The “Considering the Move to Leadership” program is ideal for any professional considering the move from individual contributor to first-time, formal leader.
Designed to help you gain much needed insight into the role and life of a leader, as well as to gain critical informal leadership experience, this program will help you thoughtfully consider leadership without putting your career or your company in jeopardy.
Program Benefits:
- Program materials help you develop context for the true role and activities of a leader.
- You’ll ask and answer questions about your likes, dislikes, skills and interests as part of assessing whether leadership is a good fit for you.
- Provides guidance to create your own “Leadership Apprentice” program to gain low-risk experience in actual leadership situations.
- Offer insights about the best practices and power tools of successful leaders.
- Prepares you to step into the role of a leader.
Program Duration: Ideally suited for 45 days
Program Includes:
- A Quick-Start Guide to help you hit the ground running.
- Practical, real-world lessons with content and tools that you can use immediately in the workplace. Lessons are available on demand to fit your schedule and include brief audio recordings and synchronized visual aids.
- An “Action Guide” for every lesson that recaps core objectives and outlines a “Personal Development Assignment” for you to gain critical experience and insights.
- Personalized Mentoring access to Art Petty, including a 30- minute early program and 60 minute late program mentoring audio conference to answer questions, gauge your progress and identify critical next steps for your development.
- Unlimited e-mail access to Art Petty for course, content and application questions during your program’s duration
- Electronic downloads (in PDF format) of all course slides and guides for your use beyond the program at your Members-Only program page.
- Upon completion of the course, you’ll receive a signed copy of Practical Lessons in Leadership-A Guidebook for Aspiring and Experienced Leaders, authored by Art Petty and Rich Petro.
- Alumni status, including discounts on future programs and regular issues of the BuildingBetterLeaders Alumni e-Newsletter.


