Ignite Mentoring Program is the starter kit for formal leadership in tech. It is high-performance training that prepares you to handle tech-lead and engineering manager positions.
Ignite teaches you the key management tools, and It levels up your skillset, but mainly your mindset and attitude.
We approach leadership in tech holistically, preparing leaders to prioritize people-business-tech, in that order.
A great leader impacts through his/her team, acting as a sherpa, and enabling effective collaboration with other departments. That's why the syllabus put the focus on leadership and soft skills, developing a customer-centric,
business vision, and acquiring a 360º technical overview.
It is a 10-week program that breaks into 20 hours of group and live sessions, 1-hour personal mentoring session,
a group project, and more than 20 hours of extra resources.
This is the syllabus of the program with the time intensity that you must have for each session
Session | Content | # Hours |
|---|---|---|
Pre-work | From Self-leadership to formal leadership Presenting the tech leadership opportunity, exercises for career definition, career planning, introduction to habits, and tips to show informal leadership. | 6 |
Session 1 | Kickoff, tech leadership roles, and the Tech Leadership Skills Framework What is expected from Tech Leads / EMs and the most critical skills and processes to master in order to succeed in the role. | 2 |
Session 2 | Focus, productivity, and scheduling for peak performance The manager's agenda, dealing with interruptions, prioritizing effectively, and managing energy. | 2 |
Session 3 | Technical vision I. Tech overview, systems design, product-driven mindset, budgeting and planning. | 2 |
Session 4 | Technical vision II. Tech overview, systems design, product-driven mindset, budgeting and planning. | 2 |
Session 5 | Mastering processes: Mentoring/coaching, 1-1s | 2 |
Session 6 | Mastering processes: Performance reviews, hiring & onboarding | 2 |
Session 7 | Business communication for techies. Public speaking, translating tech-business, and influencing effectively | 2 |
Session 8 | Leading high-performing teams Purpose and values, how to motivate teams, enable ownership & give feedback | 2 |
Mentoring Session | Mentoring session 1-1 — You will prepare the mentoring guide, and we will discuss your professional career, the next milestones and pitfalls. | 1 |
Session 9 | Conflict resolution. Explore the key aspects for conflict resolution through practical exercises. | 2 |
Sesión 10 | The power of your network and your brand. Personal brand and employer branding, networking, project demo, wrap-up & retrospective. | 2 |
This program is aimed to tech professionals aspiring to become peak-performing leaders
This is a brief summary of everything that’s included in Ignite Mentoring program
During this 20h of live training you, Your mentor and 9 other top-notch professionals will develop together a growth mindset, and deconstruct excellence. You will explore learning techniques, peak performance routines, wellness-balancing microhabits, actionable exercises, energy management, productivity tips and tools, time management, systems thinking, personal branding, networking techniques and more.
You will become a balanced person and leader, being able to exploit your skills and unleash your full potential, while increasing your overall wellness.
📅 February, 2022
⏱️ Tuesdays 17:30 PM — 19:30 PM CET
All times Central European Time (UTC+2)
Ignite Program consists of two 120-minute team mentoring sessions each week for 5 weeks, plus a North Star Session 1-1 with your mentor for a total of twenty hours of mentoring. Each session will be a hybrid of teaching, coaching, discussion, and implementation.
There is also a dedicated #ignite Slack channel in our private Lidr community, for problem-solving, accountability, sharing resources, giving feedback and solving questions between team sessions.
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Aspiring leaders around the world trust in us to be their trainers, mentors, coaches.
Our purpose is to have a deep impact on your growth, and this is what they say about the experience:
You have a 30-day money-back guarantee from the time you buy the training.
You can pay the program in 2 or up to 3 monthly installments without interest.
We can work so that your company dedicates a budget for your training.
Frequently asked questions
This program is designed for a minimum of 15 people up to a maximum of 20 people, in order to ensure an intimate setting and dedicated attention to each personal case.
You can join the waiting list. First, we will get in touch with you in case someone releases her seat. Second, you will be the first to know once a new edition becomes available, so you can get early access.
We offer a 14-day money back guarantee from the moment you purchase the online training. In case you can not start in the assigned edition of the training, we could move you to the next edition, as long as you tell us at least 7 days prior to the start of the training.
We firmly believe distributed and international workforces will shape the future of work, so are we and so is our audience. The workshops are run entirely in English, are 100% online and everyone can enroll, as long as the schedule works for them. Please check it carefully on the Training details page of the course of your interest.
This training has been designed by the mentor in collaboration with the academic team at Lidr, mostly CTOs that have lived the transition from developer to manager “the old way”. Now we create together the kind of training we wish we had had when we started our journey.
Sure! If something is unclear or you need more information, feel free to contact us directly by email (hi@lidr.co) or by whatsapp. We understand it’s a fair amount of time and money to invest and we want to be totally sure you have everything at your disposal to come 120% convinced of the impact Ignite will have in your growth. We want to hear you roaring in the opening session!
This program is designed to be an interactive group experience and “showing up” focused and engaged is 90% of success. To become a peak-performing leader commitment and consistency are absolutely mandatory.
Anyway, we totally understand that something can come up at any given time and prevent you from attending. No worries, each session will be recorded and shared shortly afterward, and you are granted lifetime access to all the content and materials.
Yes. If you prefer, you can pay for the program in 2 monthly installments. Please get in contact for more details about financing.
Send us an email at hi@lidr.co and we will process your refund shortly.
We want to be paid for delivering real value. If you are not satisfied with the results of the training once done, contact us at hi@lidr.co and we will give you a full refund, no questions.
Yes. We can run a private version of this program for future and current technical leaders all working for the same company. Please get in contact for more details.
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