Technology Leadership Essentials: A Quick Start, and a Lasting Impact
Tech professionals who are just setting out on their careers don’t tend to imagine themselves leading others. They’re busy focusing on their own jobs and their own careers, and don’t want to worry about anyone else’s.
But it’s often true that the most capable leaders in the technology field come from the ranks of tech professionals themselves.
In February, TLI launched a new series of dynamic and customizable workshops, designed to provide talented tech professionals with a quick start in leadership – a start that will make a lasting impact on their careers. TLI’s Technological Leadership Essentials (TLE) workshops focus on the intersection between leadership and the technology industry, and provide the most talented employees in a company the skill set needed to lead teams, departments and divisions.
Meant to combine in-person and asynchronous training for a flexible learning experience, the TLE format offers the convenience of self-paced progress within a structured environment, ensuring participants gain valuable, industry-focused insights on their own terms.
Trainees walk away from the workshops learning how to think strategically about technology, rally teams behind a project, and communicate effectively across an organization.
Providing an early grounding in leadership fundamentals ensures a successful transition to management. Organizations not only benefit quickly from the Technological Leadership Essentials workshop, but graduates often report feeling energized and valued by their employers after being chosen to take part; they also come away from TLE feeling more optimistic about their careers going forward.
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“I wanted to develop my ability to think strategically to help the
areas of the business that I support, and to help me grow my
career. It’s been very exciting, very motivating. I’m looking
forward to applying a lot of what I’ve learned here to the job.”
– Recent TLE Participant
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TLE workshops have successfully trained tech company professionals in the fundamentals of leadership, as we chronicled in this story from last year. Those first TLE workshops were retreats based on the University of Minnesota campus. The revamped TLE workshops are more flexible, offering companies a wide array of options: in-person vs. asynchronous, on-campus or off, retreat-style or less formal training modules designed to fit seamlessly into the workday, with each day’s topics focusing on a different facet of technology leadership. TLE can be easily tailored for your industry, employing case studies and examples that are meaningful to employees – including case studies from your own company.
TLE can also offer more specialized training, with modules focusing not only on Management of Technology, but Managing AI / ML Systems, Cybersecurity, Leadership Communication and more.
If you’re looking to upskill your technical team and prepare them for leadership roles, the Technology Leadership Essentials workshop is here to help. Find out how you can empower your team here.