The Accelerate Institute™ is delivered in four monthly classes in a cohort-style learning environment.

All classes are delivered virtually via Zoom. Each class is broken up into three learning modules with breaks in between. We schedule a 30-minute break in the morning and a 60-minute lunch break. Our day starts at 9:00 AM central time and wraps at 3:30 PM central time.

Customized Learning for Maximum Impact

In the Accelerate Institute™, every cohort experience is tailored to the needs of its participants and their organizations. Before the program begins, each participant and their supervisor complete a confidential pre-program assessment to identify priority skill areas. This ensures the curriculum targets the tools and strategies most relevant to that specific group.

Our program concludes with a post-program assessment to measure each participant’s growth and the progress made in their targeted skill areas.

Participants also receive a physical, cohort-specific resource guide—part workbook, part reference manual—that supports learning during the program and serves as a go-to leadership tool long after the cohort ends.

The Accelerate Institute™ curriculum draws from three core skill families essential for new people leaders: productivity, influence, and communication. While the Venn diagram below illustrates all available modules, the final selection is based entirely on the needs revealed in the pre-assessment process—so no two cohorts are exactly the same.

Coaching

Accelerate participants benefit from group coaching sessions with a home team led by a course instructor. These two-hour collaborative sessions help participants to apply skills learned in the Institute and work through immediate challenges together.

Communities of Practice

One of the most enriching elements of a cohort-style learning environment is the opportunity to engage in peer coaching. These once-a-month 60-minute events allow participants the opportunity to talk about how they are incorporating the material taught in the previous class and troubleshoot in a constructive safe space about the challenges they face. All Institute graduates are invited and encouraged to attend CoPs in perpetuity.

Graduate Groups

After a participant completes their Institute course, they have the opportunity to join an exclusive community of fellow graduates. Our Graduate Groups offer participants the opportunity to forge powerful connections with a tight-knit team of 5-6 fellow graduates as well as a larger cohort of graduate participants, engage in valuable peer coaching at monthly one-hour sessions that foster meaningful discussions and spark growth, and continue leadership development with a group of committed peer advisors who share their leadership language and can comprehend leadership insights and challenges. 

The time commitment for participants in a cohort includes:

• A one-hour Orientation to be scheduled two weeks before classes commence designed for participants and participant supervisors.
• Four full-day classes delivered virtually once a month (9:00 – 10:30 AM, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM, 1:30 – 3:30 PM. All times central time zone.)
• Four one-hour Community of Practice reinforcement events are scheduled two weeks after each class.
• A two-hour group coaching session with an Institute instructor is to be scheduled after class two.
• A one-hour Graduation celebration is scheduled at the conclusion of each cohort. Participants and their supervisors are encouraged to attend.