Program Introduction & Program Objective :- LeaderClasses Ambitious Under 30 Program , is a Unique, High Impact, Career Advancement & Leadership Development, Program for ambitious minds between 23 - 29 years of age, that :-
to enable & help you :-
As you can see, this is NOT just another online Leadership Development Program – This is a one of its kind:-
a) “Google Map” of sorts for your Career Excellence which can take you from where you are today, to where you want to be, at the pace you set for yourself.
b) A success enabling ecosystem that elevates & propels your career.
Our focus is primarily on providing strategic inputs & content depth that goes much beyond what Top Tier B-School programs ( MBA, Executive MBA, Online programs, MDPs etc ) or other Leadership Development Programs ( Online or Offline ) provide.
Do read this page in detail to know more about how we can help you evolve to the next level(s) in your career & beyond careers, in your life.
Program Target Audience :- This program is for any ambitious person between 23-29 years of age :-
While we respect good Academic Credentials & Pedigree ( As indicators of excellence potential & ability to work hard in a disciplined, consistent manner sustained over time. ) , this program is open to anyone who can convince us they are capable & serious ( Via our online selection process detailed below ) , regardless of their Academic & Professional pedigree.
Typical Participant Profile:- While this program is open to anyone regardless of their current Industry Focus / Functional Focus / Country of work, specifically those currently working in / aspiring to work in the following Industries & Geographies will find it very valuable. These are :-
Current Industry Working In / Aspiring to Work in :- Internet, E-Commerce, Technology Products, Technology Services, Technology Consulting, Analytics, Financial Technology ( FinTech ), Retail, CPG / FMCG, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Durables, Management Consulting, Telecom, Banking, Financial Services, Securities & Capital Markets, Insurance.
Current Working Geography /Aspiring to Work in :- India, United States, Canada, UK, Singapore, Germany, EU, Japan, Africa, Middle East, ANZ.
Current Functional Focus / Aspiring to Work in :- Technology, General Management, Business Development, Product Management, Project Management, Engineering Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Business Operations, Marketing, Corporate Finance, Sales, Strategy, Corporate Development, Consulting, Analytics & HR roles.
Do you know that > 99% of those between 23-29 years NEVER reach the Senior Management Level EVER in their life & < 1 % who reach the Senior Management level can do a lot better with Expert Insights & Strategic Guidance ?
FYI, Senior Management roles are typically VP / Higher level roles offering an Annual Compensation > INR 1 Crore p.a in India & > US $500K p.a outside India.
While many in the 99% are ambitious, willing to work hard, are smart & have the potential for excellence as well, the key missing ingredients that prevent them from reaching the Senior Management level are :-
All of this results in Career Stagnation & Slow Career Growth at this crucial formative phase of your career ( The first 10 years of your career ) , resulting in under-optimized careers , frustration & unhappy lives, most ambitious professionals like you face at this stage of your career.
In addition to Expert Insights, Strategic Guidance & Access to the Finest Growth Propelling Career Opportunities upon successful program completion, our Ambitious Under 30 Program helps you "learn wisely" -from the experience, mistakes & lives of others , without reinventing your wheel of success, gaining Experiential Insights" - Very valuable Tacit Knowledge distilled from the finest Executive Leaders & world-class institutions, without paying a heavy price with your youthful phase of life as the price for your career propelling efforts.
Thus, we help you, "learn wisely" & "learn what matters to advance your game to the next level(s) in a structured, time-efficient manner, helping you add life to your years at work & years to your working life, making our program priceless to you if you understand the value of your time , youthful phase of life, are serious about excelling in your career & willing to invest in your excellence with us.
Our unique, top quality, practical, actionable, program content detailed below will stand testimony to this.
Thus, our Ambitious Under 30 Program provides you ALL that is required to help you successfully handle these HUGE Challenges & actualize your excellence potential.
If you are already advancing your career on the fast track, we help you accelerate your journey to excellence, with crucial inputs of strategic importance, very difficult to find elsewhere, shared with a singular focus - To help you become the very best version of yourself while delivering consistent out-performance & real results.
LeaderClasses Ambitious Under 30 Program is a “Continuous Learning” program with a deliberate design intent to incorporate an “Evolving Learning” format to reflect a highly dynamic future of business & rapidly evolving future of work, with program topics broadly clustered into Three primary areas :-
A representative list of topics you will learn about & experience in this program include:-
a) Secrets of the Masters of Career & Professional Excellence - How the world's best performing Executives & Business Leaders:-
b) Self Reflection & Self Awareness best practices to Build & Excel in a Career you love.
c) Reorienting your Mindset for Personal Mastery & Professional Excellence.
d) Understanding the Senior Management ( VP & above ) Career Opportunities Ecosystem across Industries, Organizational Levels & Geographies.
e) Career Inflection Points & How to navigate them seamlessly.
f) The Biggest Career Mistakes Most Ambitious Professionals make & How to avoid them.
g) Identifying Great Organizations to work for – Insights to analyze Organizations & their Leaders - Going beyond Brand Equity, Public Imagery & Perceptions.
h) Career Opportunity Identification Techniques for Aspiring Senior Management Professionals - Lessons from the Masters – How to find the finest External & Internal Career Propelling Opportunities even when they are NOT advertised.
i) Interviewing Successfully – Insights from the Masters.
j) Managing Difficult & Unreliable People.
k) Compensation Discussions for Aspiring Senior Management Professionals – Best Practices for your long term success.
l) Career Transitions – Best Practices & Expert Recommendations.
m) Hiring the “right” people successfully – Recruitment best practices for Excellence.
n) Building Relationships that Matter – Lessons from the Masters.
o) Building Influence – Lessons from the Masters.
p) Building an Executive Career Path – Experiential & Research Insights for Aspiring Senior Management Professionals.
q) Building your Success Enabling Ecosystem – Learning from the Masters.
r) How to avoid Career Stagnation / Slow Career Growth & propel yourself out of them, if you are stuck in it - Lessons & Strategies from the Masters.
s) Neuroscience for Senior Management Aspirants - Insights from the Masters.
As you can see, our content rich, unique, Career Excellence & Leadership Development Program for Ambitious Young Leaders helps you learn from the lives of some of the finest professionals & from the world’s best sources, most of which remain inaccessible to or expensive for, most people.
Via this program, we democratize access to excellence, helping ambitious Professionals like you excel in your career & beyond careers in your life, to lead a joyous, fulfilling life, by achieving your dreams & goals.
Most importantly, we help you learn “wisely” - from the lives of extraordinary people & world class research, without reinventing your wheel of success & without paying a very expensive price with your youthful phase of life.
This blend of World Class Exposure, Expert Insights & Structured Guidance, over time, will transform ambitious minds like you into highly respected Leaders, in addition to enabling your Career Excellence.
To achieve our ambitious program goals, we leverage, Data, Information, Experience & Insights :-
a) Gained by us while having detailed & extensive telephonic conversations / in person meetings with 25000+ Top Class Senior Management & 12000+ Executive Level Leaders, strategically guiding & learning from them in their Career Advancement, Wealth Creation, Leadership & Life Journeys while running multiple high end, super-specialist Retained Executive Search Consulting firms at Chennai, New York & San Francisco for 17+ years.
b) Gained by us while delivering highly rated Workshops / Seminars / Guest Lectures / Presentations on Strategic Career Management, Leadership Development & Entrepreneurship at 50+ Premier Institutes including several IIM’s, IIT’s, NIT’s & BITS-Pilani over the last 17+ years.
c) Shared by 1000+ Board & CXO Level Executives across America & Asia, in our conversations with them over the last 5years, prior to launching LeaderClasses.
d) Harnessed via extensive research efforts by our team over the last 5 years from the World’s “ Best Sources ” in Leadership Development, Strategic Career Management, Talent Management, Executive Development & several other areas of strategic importance consistently proven over time to enable your Personal Mastery & whose understanding is crucial for your long term professional success.
These “best sources ”include :-
a)Experiential Insights & Wisdom shared by World Leaders, Visionaries & Pioneers, Business Legends, Innovators, Thought Leaders, Distinguished Entrepreneurs & other Leaders Par Excellence.
b)Experiential learnings & Life Lessons gained from extensive telephonic discussions & in person meetings with some of the best Board & CXO Level Executives across America & Asia, in our professional journey of 17+ years in India & the United States so far.
c)Research & Insights from Full Time & Executive Development Programs of the World’s pre-eminent universities like Harvard, Yale, MIT, INSEAD & Stanford.
d) Best Practices & Insights from High Potential(Hi-Po) & Executive Leadership Development Programs of Top Tier Organizations like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Unilever & GE.
Program Fees & Schedule:- INR 5000/- + GST for the first Fortnight’s content ( ~ 4 hours of content )
Subsequently, INR 55000/- + GST. for 1 year content subscription ( ~96 hours of content) , covering Four program modules.
Program Duration, Schedule & Format :- ~ 100 Hours ( ~24-25 Hours per module ) @ 2 Hours per week, spread over 12 months, across live & pre-recorded classes with the live classes available on demand after the live sessions.
Course Completion :- Upon successful completion of 4 Modules.
Total Time Investment Required From You :- ~ 100 Hours @ 2Hours per week, spread over One year, across live & pre-recorded classes with the live classes available on demand after the live sessions. The pace of learning may be accelerated by you by purchasing other modules earlier, without waiting for 6 months, subject to the module content being available from us.
Total Program Fees :- INR 60000/- ( INR Sixty Thousand Only ) + GST.
Additional Fees ( Optional ) :- Performance Assessment Fees ( Once 4 Program Modules are completed ) - INR 30000/- ( INR Thirty Thousand Only ) + GST. ( Online Multi-Round Assessment – Will also involve other Executives / CXOs invited by us to participate in your assessment process to add significant credibility to your assessment process & the issued credentials. )
Access to Career Opportunities ( Optional ) :- Available ONLY to those who successfully clear our Performance Assessment Round ( Upon successful completion of 4 program modules. ). Additional Fees Apply. More details will be shared with you at an appropriate stage.
S. Venkatesh
Founder & CEO, Awesome Firms (Owns LeaderClasses)
Team LeaderClasses
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