HyperTalent Academy: the Program
The Program in Numbers
• 25+ nationalities, 4 continents
• Gender ratio 51% female, 49% male
• Retention rate (5+ years): 67%
• Career progression to GM or Global/Regional roles: 56%
A turn-key program, proven and refined since 2017
The Program Timeline
Pre-work
(Month 1-3)
Retreat
(Month 3-4)
Follow-up
(Month 4-9)
Company
- Nomination of participants;
- Assessments;
- Support with prep-work;
- Communication & logistics.
- Assessments;
- Support with prep-work;
- Communication & logistics.
Sponsors
- 1 Business sponsor;
- 1 HR & 1 TM sponsors;
- 1 Executive coach.
- 1 Executive coach.
Sponsors, executive coach
- Debrief, lessons learned from Retreat;
- Align on developmental notes and support for participants.
- Align on developmental notes and support for participants.
Participants
- Reflection exercises;
- Eg leadership challenge;
- Eg crucible story;
- Objective setting;
Participants
- Cohort of 6-10 participants
Participants
- Implementation of developmental action plan;
- Support calls with executive coach;
- Follow-up check-in of cohort with sponsors and executive coach to reflect on learnings,
- Follow-up check-in of cohort with sponsors and executive coach to reflect on learnings,
accelerate development and peer-collaboration.
Executive coach
- Orientation calls;
- Support with reflection exercises &
objective setting.
The experience
- Reflection pause, deep-dive;
- Venue and activities to generate cohort dynamics;
- 1-1s with Company sponsors and executive coach;
- Exploration and coaching on leadership challenge;
- Personal stories, purpose;
- Developmental action plan.
The Program Key Elements
Venue & "feel" for strategic pause
Fireside chats
Peer coaching sessions
Sponsor mentoring sessions
Reflection walks
Fun & cohort building
Leadership insights
Personal stories
Personal Committments