How NextLeap motivated new managers to craft their unique leadership style by creating opportunities for reflection, and vulnerability
Learners
New managers working in Tech
Topic
People Leadership
Format
Cohort Based Course
Organisation Type
Start-up
Learn more about
Creating safe spaces and psychological safety for your learners
Using reflection as a strategic tool for making learning contextual & applicable
Enabling peer learning through facilitating the exchange of tacit knowledge and diverse perspectives
Approach
Case-based
Peer-led live sessions
Reflection & context heavy
Tools
Program Design Framework
Design Your Own Sandbox
Designing for Reflection within Async Content
In a Nutshell
Learners
New managers working in Tech
Topic
People Leadership
Format
Cohort Based Course
Organisation Type
Start-up
Learn more about
Creating safe spaces and psychological safety for your learners
Using reflection as a strategic tool for making learning contextual & applicable
Enabling peer learning through facilitating the exchange of tacit knowledge and diverse perspectives
Approach
Case-based
Peer-led live sessions
Reflection & context heavy
Tools
Program Design Framework
Design Your Own Sandbox
Designing for Reflection within Async Content
Learners
New managers working in Tech
Topic
People Leadership
Format
Cohort Based Course
Organisation Type
Start-up
Problem Statement
How NextLeap motivated new managers to craft their unique leadership style by creating opportunities for reflection, and vulnerability
Approach
Case-based
Peer-led live sessions
Reflection & context heavy
Tools
Program Design Framework
Design Your Own Sandbox
Designing for Reflection within Async Content
Learn more about
Creating safe spaces and psychological safety for your learners
Using reflection as a strategic tool for making learning contextual & applicable
Enabling peer learning through facilitating the exchange of tacit knowledge and diverse perspectives
Learners
New managers working in Tech
Topic
People Leadership
Format
Cohort Based Course
Organisation Type
Start-up
Learn more about
Creating safe spaces and psychological safety for your learners
Using reflection as a strategic tool for making learning contextual & applicable
Enabling peer learning through facilitating the exchange of tacit knowledge and diverse perspectives
Key highlights
Approach
Case-based
Peer-led live sessions
Reflection & context heavy
Tools
Program Design Framework
Design Your Own Sandbox
Designing for Reflection within Async Content
Unpacking the problem statement
How NextLeap motivated new managers to craft their unique leadership style by creating opportunities for reflection, and vulnerability
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Summary
NextLeap, a tech-focused learning platform, empowered new managers to develop their unique leadership style by fostering emotional and psychological safety, personal relevance, and social interaction.
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Coaching: Through personalized coaching sessions and psychometric tests, managers explored their behaviors and limitations, encouraging self-awareness and a safe space for vulnerability.
Sandbox: Peer-led live sessions, including role plays and simulations, provided a supportive environment for discussing real-life challenges, promoting open dialogue, and shared learning.
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In summary, NextLeap's approach combined emotional safety, personalized relevance, and social collaboration through coaching, the Manager's Playbook, Sandbox sessions, and Mentor Labs. This comprehensive strategy empowered new managers to reflect, experiment, and grow their leadership skills effectively in a supportive community.
What Did NextLeap Find Out?
NextLeap is a learning platform for emerging talent in tech. They provide online programs (known as fellowships) to help college students and early working professionals accelerate their careers.
In late 2021, they observed that there was a clear need & demand for upskilling for new managers, and decided to solve that problem through a structured offering in the form of a program.
In the early phases of exploration, they focused on one key question:
What are the biggest challenges any new manager faces?
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So they dug deeper.
Tons of conversations, expert interviews, user research calls later - here’s what they learnt:
While topics like giving feedback, nurturing culture, effective delegation, time management etc. were common challenges every manager faced, there were a few problems that specifically stood out for a new manager
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There is no single recipe or a definition for a perfect manager. Every manager is unique, and their individual style is shaped by a combination of personal traits, experiences, values, and the context and environment in which they operate.
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There are 1,08,00,00,000+ results on Google on how to be a great manager, but the number of great managers out there is actually far and wide. Generic content with little understanding of their current context was only somewhat useful, and sometimes even counterproductive.
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These managers were stellar individual contributors who got promoted to lead a team. They had great skills in their core function, but often lacked key skills needed to be a great manager.
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What They Did About It
How They Did It
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