Getting Ready for Promotion

Practical preparation for high-potential Senior Associates and Directors-in-waiting

• Senior Associates, Directors, or equivalent roles preparing for the next step.
• High performers who want to demonstrate readiness beyond technical expertise.
• HR and leaders looking to build a stronger, fairer promotion pipeline.

By the end of the program, participants will:

• Understand what organisations really look for when promoting to senior levels.
• Build visibility and influence beyond their immediate team.
• Develop a strategic mindset alongside technical expertise.
• Strengthen leadership behaviours that inspire confidence from stakeholders.
• Clarify their personal brand, niche, and unique value as a leader.
• Create a promotion-ready strategy and roadmap that demonstrates impact.

• What the business values when making promotion decisions.
• Moving from expert to leader: shifting identity and expectations.
• Building internal visibility and credibility across the organisation.
• Clarifying your personal brand, niche, and unique value proposition.
• Strategic thinking and planning: how to put together a compelling business case.
• Designing a personal roadmap to promotion.

• 2-day immersive program
• 1-day intensive workshop 
• Series of 90-minute masterclasses over 6–8 weeks.
• Optional coaching add-on for individual follow-through.

This program combines proven frameworks with live discussion and practical application to ensure participants don’t just “know” what’s required — they practise how to show it. Alongside leadership behaviours, we guide participants through strategic thinking and planning so they can present themselves — and their ideas — as promotion-ready.