LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
A 6-week, cohort-based leadership program designed to help you learn how to influence decisions, deal with pushback, handle disagreements, communicate clearly, provide constructive feedback in a healthy matter.
AN IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
PROGRAM STARTS
This program lasts
6 weeks and provides mentorship and workshops to enhance your skills.
Apply to join the waitlist.
TIME COMMITMENT
We recommend to invest
2-3 hrs/week for 6 weeks.
You are welcome to put into it as much time as you can.
PROGRAM OUTCOME
Get matched with a mentor and 3 design peers with complementary skills & knowledge for mentorship and peer-to-peer learning.
THIS PROGRAM IS FOR
Product Designers
Design Managers
Design Directors
Looking to improve their collaboration skills.
“If you say no to the ones that can’t afford you, you’re making room for the ones that can and this helps me make the decision to be the ones that can.”
“If you say no to the ones that can’t afford you, you’re making room for the ones that can and this helps me make the decision to be the ones that can.”
“If you say no to the ones that can’t afford you, you’re making room for the ones that can and this helps me make the decision to be the ones that can.”
“If you say no to the ones that can’t afford you, you’re making room for the ones that can and this helps me make the decision to be the ones that can.”
WEEK 1 - WORKSHOP
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Learn best practices for giving constructive feedback that has a positive impact and builds trust and stronger relationships.
Understand different communication styles and learn how to frame what you want to say and how to say it to help the other person learn or acquire a new skills.
WEEK 2 - WORKSHOP
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Understand how to communicate and manage conflict effectively. Learn to identify conflict triggers quickly, and tactics to confronting them. Turn conflicts into opportunities to establish stronger relationships, or navigate managing up in an authentic way.
Learn frameworks to manage pushback, or deal with difficult people and how to communicate better by choosing appropriate words. Conflict grows our resilience, evolving from a fear of conflict to a healthy respect for challenge.
WEEK 3 - WORKSHOP
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Assessing yourself on your cross-functional skills is not easy. Analyze and reflect on the collaboration with your cross-functional team. What is currently working well, why? What are the bottle necks, duplications of effort, accountability gaps? This workshop will help you set goals to improve your collaboration and overcome obstacles.
WEEK 4 - WORKSHOP
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How might we build trust in order to collaborate better cross-functionally and make our projects and teams successful?
Identify warning signs for when collaboration is shaky or non-existent. Understand and apply frameworks for how to build trust in order to foster collaboration in any team or project setting.
WEEK 5 - WORKSHOP
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
As a leader, developing strong relationships with people on your team (above, across and below) is vital to the team's success. How do you cultivate an active network of relationships inside and outside of your organization? How do you act to preserve relationships even under difficult circumstances or in a remote, socially distanced era?
This talk covers tactical guidance for how to build genuine relationships and cultivate a trustworthy network to exchange ideas and provide support to each other, even if you're an introvert.
WEEK 6 - WORKSHOP
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Understanding the business side as a designer is a helpful skill to talk the same language when collaborating cross-functionally and discussing new product improvements.
In this talk you will learn strategies to develop a business mindset that helps drive impact, influence and collaborate better.
TESTIMONIALS
"Really love the product! It saves so much time and helps a lot in organizing our feedback. Awesome idea and huge potential."
"Really love the product! It saves so much time and helps a lot in organizing our feedback. Awesome idea and huge potential."
"Really love the product! It saves so much time and helps a lot in organizing our feedback. Awesome idea and huge potential."
"Really love the product! It saves so much time and helps a lot in organizing our feedback. Awesome idea and huge potential."
"Really love the product! It saves so much time and helps a lot in organizing our feedback. Awesome idea and huge potential."
“If you say no to the ones that can’t afford you, you’re making room for the ones that can and this helps me make the decision to be the ones that can.”
“If you say no to the ones that can’t afford you, you’re making room for the ones that can and this helps me make the decision to be the ones that can.”
“If you say no to the ones that can’t afford you, you’re making room for the ones that can and this helps me make the decision to be the ones that can.”
“If you say no to the ones that can’t afford you, you’re making room for the ones that can and this helps me make the decision to be the ones that can.”
Our cohort-based programs have produced some incredible results for our participants. They create higher accountability, career growth, community connection, and deeper learning.
6-weeks of mentorship to level up your collaboration skills
Get matched with a mentor and 3-4 design peers
Worksheets, templates, and resources
Be part of a private community group
Lectures and practical sessions
Networking opportunities
Lifetime access to program content
12 months access to private member-only Leadership Circle
After taking this course I definitely have more confidence in myself and also confidence in knowing that I have a group of people that I can lean on for support, specifically my mentor and fellow mentee. If I don't know the answer to a question that I am equipped to solve that.
RETHINK Leadership Academy creates this safe space where you can honestly talk about your struggles without being afraid about what other people will say.
"Becoming a RETHINK member has been the best boost for my career as a design leader, helping me build my brand across the industry. I was able to leverage the resources on the platform, connect with the design community and get shared perspectives from other leaders on design management and more. I found a safe space for connecting with the community in a meaningful way. It has helped me to foster meaningful relationships, some of them turned into a friendship"
"RETHINK's coaching programs are the most thoughtful and structured I have ever experienced. They matched me with the best mentor I could have ever asked for.
I am forever thankful for the structure that was put in place to foster fruitful conversations and to connect more meaningfully allowing a friendship to grow from it."
"I became more self-aware about my skills and how to approach areas of improvement.
I learned how to properly track my work, measure my progress and ways to manage my career growth."
"RETHINK has given me the opportunity to teach and coach outside of my workplace and practice my skills.
Thanks to the RETHINK events I've learned a lot of frameworks that I applied right away to deal with my own challenges in my day to day work."
"RETHINK programs gave me great insight into the next steps of my career, as well as many resources to help carry me through the next few months.
I feel like I left the program with exactly what I needed - a plan to upgrade my career over the next few years."
Attend an intimate workshop-style program that will enhance your perspective on better collaboration. Join practical live sessions (one per week) for 6 weeks to solidify what you're learning and apply the frameworks and concepts in action.
This program is designed to facilitate peer learning and interaction. Going through a program with a group of curated design peers facing similar challenges like you is the best way to ensure transformation for your career. We're keeping the cohort small to ensure you master the concepts we're teaching, learn and get support from peers.
Get personalized feedback from other learners in intimate design peer groups. Get matched with a mentor and a small group of 2-4 design peers with complementary skills and knowledge for mentorship and ongoing structured meetings for peer learning, to support you and keep you on track to achieve your goals.
Join our member-only community. Get 1 year access to Leadership Circle where you'll continue to be supported via ongoing events and accountability after the 6 weeks of the program.
Ask Questions
Get support on your challenges
Build your network
This program is structured as: “Learn → Practice → Get Feedback". Each week you get a worksheet to practice, actionable methods and tactics to summarize the concepts and help you immediately put them into action.
Frameworks, worksheets and resources
Lectures, homework and practice sessions
FAQs
We recommend to set aside 2-3 hours a week to attend the workshops, complete the homework and meet with your mentor and your group. To make the most out of this program we recommend:
- Meet with your group: 1 hour/ every two weeks. A total of 3 meetings.
- Attend Live Sessions: 2.5 hour/ week to attend workshops.
- Apply the Concepts: 20 - 60 minutes to reflect on materials and practice on your own.
You are welcome to put into it as much time as you can. This is an investment in your career growth.
Most live sessions will happen on Thursdays, Fridays at 9:30am PDT. Click here to convert that time to your own time zone.
There will be 6 live sessions with one per week, for 6 weeks. Although recordings of the talks are available we highly recommend you join live for the full experience.
Attending the program is an investment of $1,200 US which includes access to all workshops from the program and an annual membership to access all content and resources from RETHINK Leadership Circle. If your company would like to purchase 5 or more tickets, please contact us at hello@rethinkhq.com for discounts. We can provide an invoice if needed.
Yes. Many of our program applicants are able to expense the program tuition to their company. The return on investment compared to a conference or other opportunities is much greater. You get structured content, hands-on learning, lasting community, and actionable strategies to help you develop practical leadership skills for effective collaboration with your cross-functional teams. Contact hello@rethinkhq.com for further questions.
Yes. A certificate of completion is available after the program. That requires you to attend all 6 live sessions and meet with your small group 3 times over the course of 6 weeks. Contact hello@rethinkhq.com for questions.
You’ll have lifetime access to the program materials to help you successfully lead and influence at work.
Starting with the 6-week live program, you’ll also have access to Leadership Circle, the talk recordings from the events in the program, member-only events, and our community for ongoing support for a total of 12 months.
Leadership Academy is a 6-week professional growth program investing in the next generation of design leaders. After you apply, your application will be reviewed and you will find out in 5-10 days if you qualify. You'll receive next steps and a link to pay for the program.
When the program starts, you'll get matched with a mentor and a group of 2-4 design peers to for mentorship, accountability and discuss challenges. You'll also join workshops and live sessions (six live sessions, one each week) to learn from experienced design leaders.
Additionally, you'll be part of our Leadership Circle for 12 months. There you'll get to connect with other design leaders, and peers for advice, guidance, accountability, and much more.