Advanced Leadership Development Program
L.E.A.D. The Next Level
L.E.A.D. The Next Level is an advanced leadership development experience for current and future executive leaders who want to strengthen enterprise-wide influence, lead complex change, and build a lasting leadership legacy while fostering a positive organizational culture.
What Is L.E.A.D. The Next Level?
L.E.A.D. The Next Level is designed for leaders of leaders or functional leaders who are ready to operate at an enterprise level. This multi-session program blends instructor-led learning, assessments, coaching, and applied organizational projects to help executive leaders translate insight into action that delivers bottom-line results.
Over this six-month development journey, participants will work with a cohort of peers to clarify their leadership philosophy, expand influence across the organization, mobilize teams through complexity, and develop future leaders. The program focuses on practical application tied directly to business priorities, not theory in isolation.
Who is it for?
This executive development experience is built for experienced and emerging leaders of leaders or functional leaders who have participated in prior leadership development. It is well suited for senior leaders, high-potential leaders, and executives responsible for enterprise outcomes, transformation, and succession development. Typical attendees include: Owners/Founders, C-suite and senior executives leading the enterprise, and senior leaders of business units, departments, divisions, or regions.
How it Works
Enterprise Leadership Focus
Participants will deepen their ability to lead and influence beyond functional boundaries by clarifying leadership philosophy and aligning influence with enterprise priorities.
Key focus areas include:
- Defining a clear leadership brand and philosophy
- Understanding how leadership behavior shapes enterprise outcomes
- Using feedback and assessment data to guide leadership growth
- Creating positive organizational impact on the bottom line
Strategic Influence and Team Mobilization
Leaders will develop the skills to strengthen influence and empower teams amid competing priorities and organizational pressure.
Topics include:
- Mobilizing teams around shared priorities
- Strengthening influence across teams, functions, and stakeholders
- Building a learning-oriented organization
- Sustaining engagement during uncertainty
Adaptive Leadership and Change Navigation
This program strengthens leaders’ ability to guide transformation by fostering a culture of accountability and maintaining momentum in complex environments.
Participants will learn how to:
- Lead change initiatives with clarity and discipline
- Navigate complexity without losing focus
- Balance empowerment with accountability
- Use adaptive leadership practices to drive organizational change
Applied Enterprise Development
Leaders will translate insight into action through enterprise-level projects that strengthen organizational capability and develop future leaders.
This includes:
- Selecting and leading an organizational leadership project
- Connecting leadership decisions to enterprise performance
- Developing future leaders through intentional development practices
- Building a leadership legacy tied to long-term impact
Applied Learning and Integration
Participants engage in instructor-led sessions, experiential learning, executive coaching, and peer collaboration to reinforce real-world application.
Learning methods include:
- Instructor-led learning sessions and simulations
- Hogan Assessment with certified facilitator debrief ($1100 value)
- One-on-one executive coaching
- Peer coaching labs
- A Leadership Impact Summit to reflect, share outcomes, and reinforce growth
Benefits of This Training
Build credibility and enterprise-wide influence.
Types of Training Category
Program Details and Registration
In Person Training Program Details
Frontline Training Solutions hosts in-person training at its training center in Grand Rapids, MI, with select sessions held at partner venues. Class sizes are limited to support deep discussion, coaching, and application.
The in-person program spans six months and includes:
- Six instructor-led training sessions
- Two one-on-one executive leadership coaching labs
- One peer coaching experience
- Two off-site learning experiences
- Several in-class assessments, in addition to Hogan assessment with certified facilitator debrief ($1100 value)
- Applied organizational leadership project tied to enterprise outcomes
- A capstone Leadership Impact Summit and celebration dinner
Primary Location:
1760 44th Street SW, Suite 10, Grand Rapids, MI 49519
Additional partner venues may be used for select sessions.
You can also explore customized delivery options for executive leadership teams.
Custom Solutions
Customized Leadership Development
Looking to develop your executive leadership team and/or align this program with enterprise priorities? Frontline can adapt the L.E.A.D. The Next Level experience to support organizational strategy, succession planning, and transformation initiatives.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The program spans six months and includes six training sessions, two 1:1 coaching labs, one peer coaching session, and a capstone Leadership Impact Summit and celebration dinner.
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