PROGRAMS AND TOPICS
THE COLLECTIVE ACADEMY designs and facilitates transformative leadership programs that emphasize self-exploration and community building to move organizations forward. We specialize in creating bespoke, multi-session experiences that do more than provide actionable professional tools and resources—we shift mindsets to reveal new pathways and opportunities, both professional and personal.
FRAMEWORKS
STARTER for groups
The perfect entry point, the STARTER program promotes larger conversations around company culture, as well as encourages individual reflection and growth.
TRACTION for teams
Our most popular program, TRACTION deepens an organization’s investment in employees by encouraging personal growth, enlightened management, and sustainable goals.
IMMERSION for organizations
The IMMERSION program helps companies commit to the “inside hire” by investing in the long-term flourishing of individuals and teams.
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS
TOPICS
ASSESSMENTS
AUDIENCE
When it comes to professional development, there are no silver bullets, and so much of a program’s effectiveness depends on clarity of audience. The Collective Academy works best with organizations that are dedicated to staff development. There are three components to successful programming:
1. INTENTIONALITY The “why” and “why now” must be clear and compelling.
2. SUSTAINABILITY Programming must fit into a larger vision and plan for an employee’s future.
3. FOCUS Who are you trying to reach? How do you know what they need? For example:
Is it all staff?
Do you have a retention or engagement issue with a particular subset of employees?
Are there particular groups within the organization that need development / skill-building?(e.g., new managers,
emerging executives, new hires, exiting employees, C-suite)
PROGRAMMATIC
FRAMEWORKS
Our clients have unique needs when it comes to content and structure, so we offer the following frameworks as a starting point for co-creating our programs.
STARTER PROGRAM
The perfect entry point, the STARTER program promotes larger conversations around company culture, as well as encourages individual reflection and growth.
One-Day Session
Our ONE-DAY SESSIONS are rocket fuel for teams or small organizations seeking connection or managing change. For new clients, this format is a great introduction to The Collective Academy’s style of gathering and facilitation.
Type: In-person
Attendees: Up to 40
Duration: (1) 5-hour session
Leadership Series
Our LEADERSHIP SERIES is our most flexible format for organizations seeking to provide development opportunities, whether it be to specific departments, to certain levels of experience, or company-wide. Offered as a biweekly, content-rich, and skill-focused series, clients have access to six sessions on individual topics, a deep dive into a few core areas, or something in between. This is a powerful add-on to a One-Day Session.
Type: Virtual
Attendees: 20-200+
Duration: (6) 1-hour or 90-minute sessions
TRACTION PROGRAM
Our most popular program, TRACTION deepens an organization’s investment in employees by encouraging personal growth, enlightened management, and sustainable goals.
Leadership Academy
The virtual LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is an ideal format for current and aspiring leaders, and those seeking a sharper vision of their career goals. Regardless of position, the Leadership Academy helps participants cultivate greater self-awareness to clarify the path forward. What makes each Leadership Academy so powerful is the people–as each cohort travels through the experience, they build community and make meaning (and meaningful connections) together.
The Academy can include one or more of our favorite assessments, a book to serve as a thematic guide through the program, and inter-session coaching to deepen the experience.
Type: In-person or Hybrid
Attendees: 30 - 50
Duration: 2 full days (opening and closing) & 3 sessions in between (either half-day in person, 2-hour virtual, or hybrid)
IMMERSION PROGRAM
The IMMERSION Program helps companies commit to the “inside hire” by investing in the long-term flourishing of individuals and teams. Think of the Immersion Program as part of your Learning & Development team, providing a comprehensive experience for your entire organization. Whether it's ongoing education in the Leadership Series, training for emerging leaders in the Leadership Academy, or a Book Club that supercharges-company culture, the Immersion Program combines elements of our Starter and Traction Programs to address your company's needs and goals. In concert with our Leadership Immersion, our most robust programmatic offering, the Immersion Program fosters a sustainable transformation for your employees and company at large.
Leadership Immersion
Our in-person LEADERSHIP IMMERSION offers the greatest impact to individuals looking to level-up professionally. Like our virtual offering, Leadership Immersion helps participants cultivate greater self-awareness to clarify the path forward, with the added magic of real-life fellowship with colleagues.
Type: In-person
Attendees: Up to 40
Duration: (3) 3-hour sessions
Location: Your company’s campus or an off-site venue
ADDITIONAL
OFFERINGS
Coaching Programs
Individual and Group Coaching assist in highlighting the needs of the individual and finding actionable pathways forward. Coaching is an amazing way to invest in yourself as an individual or show your commitment to sponsorship and the internal promotion of your employees.
Individual Coaching
Our INDIVIDUAL COACHING supercharges professional growth through personal exploration. Our coaching method enhances a client’s ability to focus on what matters, and surfaces personal strengths to help them architect and achieve their goals.
In each session, we pair contemporary management strategies and workplace assessment tools with unconventional resources. This helps our clients chart their career trajectories, improve job performance, and rise to the next level in their careers.
Ongoing Group Coaching
Our ONGOING GROUP COACHING is an add-on for our Leadership Academies, offering participants the opportunity for focused attention on their goals and accountability from the group.
Tailored Research
We are available to design and conduct pre- and post-program engagement surveys and interviews. Our pre-program research determines topics of exploration that help us create a bespoke program for your organization. Our post-program research assesses the efficacy of the program and surfaces the best next steps needed to continue momentum.
EVENTS
Keynotes
Our keynote offering can be catered to your specific event, or you can choose from one of our areas ofexpertise. What needs to be addressed internally? What is a larger conversation you would like your companyto have? We will collaborate with your team to customize an experience that feels impactful and transformative.
Panel Participation/Moderation
Our team of facilitators create space for important conversations, whether they are guiding the discussion orcontributing to a panel.
DEVELOPMENTAL
TOPICS
We’re committed to diversity of thought and perspective. With that as a core value, we look beyond traditional sources for inspiration. We look to artists, innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and community organizers. Common in all of these sources is action and a flexible mindset. That’s why we don’t simply teach skills or concepts—we cultivate expansive thinking and promote introspection.
We are lifelong learners, constantly scanning the horizon for new ideas and inspiration for our programming. We also have perennial favorites we return to again and again, including:
SELF-LEADERSHIP
Self-leadership is the one true thing we can control. We explore how to build this sustainable resource for the good of the team.
SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP
Identify where you have gaps in your closest professional circle and build a network of mentors, supporters, and your personal advisory board.
RESILIENCE
Cultivate your natural ability to process and move through adversity while raising your threshold for stress.
FOCUS
Understand the power and fragility of your most powerful professional tool: your attention.
LEVERAGING STRENGTHS
Increase your sense of belonging and community and improve your emotional intelligence by building self-awareness and self-understanding.
TEAMS THAT WORK
Explore core team pillars like trust, values, and vulnerability via each member’s workplace personality and strengths.
POWERFUL HABITS
Big results come from tiny adjustments and a daily commitment to the work.
GIVING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK
Lean into the discomfort of giving and receiving constructive (i.e. negative) feedback. Find opportunities to give and receive positive feedback in a meaningful way.
BUILDING TRUST FOR ENHANCED COLLABORATION
Explore our humanness, reframe the moment, and build and maintain connection.
COMMUNICATING WITH ACCOUNTABILITY
Identify and repair microaggressions.
NAVIGATING CONFLICT FOR INNOVATION
Reframe conflict as an essential component of effective teams. Leverage the practices of dialogue to create environments where conflict partnerships thrive.
PRACTICES FOR EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING
Understand the biological mechanisms of decision making and identify key criteria in decision making processes.
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DELEGATION
Create opportunities for your and others professional growth by embracing appropriate, clearly-communicated delegation.
ASSESSMENTS
EVERYTHING DiSC®
No matter who you are, you show up to work with the best intentions. You also operate in a style you believe is best for accomplishing those intentions. But, if you are working alongside team members who use a different communication style, there can be unanticipated challenges. This assessment is designed to honor everyone’s-unique “operating style” and solve for common pitfalls in communication and relationships.
CLIFTONSTRENGTHS®
Based on decades of research, the CliftonStrengths® assessment provides a pathway to understanding your innate talents–those things that come naturally to you, so you hardly notice them. By harnessing their power, you can accelerate your fulfillment and effectiveness in any setting, personally and professionally.
RISO-HUDSON ENNEAGRAM TYPE INDICATOR (RHETI® version 2.5)
Everyone emerges from childhood with a dominant personality type. This inborn orientation largely determines the ways in which we learn to adapt to our early childhood environment, as well as how we form relationships as adults. The Enneagram offers an opportunity to understand your preferences–and your blindspots–as you build your leadership skills.
HOGAN LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT®
The Hogan Assessment (AKA Hogan Leadership Assessment) is the general name for a variety of personality and cognitive ability tests. These tests predict your potential performance based on your strengths, weaknesses, values,problem-solving skills, working style, and attitudes.
VALUES INVENTORY
Discover your core values and use them to inform your decisions, have challenging conversations, and create environments of vulnerability and trust.
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