What is Elevate?
A six month professional development program geared to LCS individuals to help them prepare and gain relevant experience for their first Google leadership opportunity. The program aligns with a People Manager [role profile]
Our Pillars
Lead Work
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Elevatee to partner with the Director and IHs to own and lead a UK or Sector level project.
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Bring IM challenges to the forefront and champion change.
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Leadership meetings - Elevatee attends relevant leadership meetings. Elevatee should be embedded in the leadership team (Director discretion).
Formal Learning
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Coaching, 2 x 2 hour FoC + 10 week Manageable (external) course
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Complete a minimum of 5 leadership grow courses
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Attend SLC available training
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Monthly Mentoring with a Director
Build Community
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VP Kick Off with Debbie on the Macro UK focus’
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Fireside chats on key topics and business functions with IHs, HR, GTM & US Program Lead
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Coffee mornings designed to build community
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Monthly cohort sharing session to discuss project, outputs, challenges and support each other.
The Program Timeline
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
Month 6
VP Kick Off: Dinner with Program Sponsor
Graduation!
Sector Project: Propose and agree the project with the Director and lead until completion.
Grow Courses: Complete assigned courses to build the foundations for a future leader
Monthly Sharing & Community Sessions: enabling the Elevatee’s to build a community, broaden their network and learn from others.
FOC: 6week course partnering with Sales Mastery
External Course Begins [ Manageable ]: 1 hour / week over 10 weeks
Director Check in
Director Check in
Director Check in
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What is the Elevate ProgramA 6 month professional development program focused on LCS individuals to help them prepare and gain relevant experience for their first Google leadership opportunity. The program aligns with a People Manager role profile Lead work - Job related project Develop People - Coaching training (external and internal) Build Community - Networking
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What does the pilot program entail?The 6 month long program includes project ownership, coaching training through a 3rd party company plus access to the Google way of Sales coaching program and exposure to senior Googlers in different orgs. Please see the details here for the program overview.
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How much time will the program require?Elevate is a 6 month commitment with 3 work streams. Each work stream will require more time at given points within the program, for example, the project based work should be always on and will be similar to a 20% project, the training and networking opportunities should be no more than a few hours a week.
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Why is this program limited to 8- 10The program has been designed to focus on the top talent/future leaders from across LCS. Each participant will be aligned to a director and assigned a UK/Sector level project, by limiting participation we can ensure Elevatee’s are focused on the highest impacting projects.
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Who can participate in the Elevate program and how do I express an interest?The Elevate program has been designed for future leaders and has a limited number of seats. Nominations come through sector directors twice a year (next submission to come in Nov for the Q1 24 program). We recommend talking to your manager about how Elevate can fit in with your development goals, and for your manager to discuss your nomination with the sector/function director.
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What if I have additional questions about Elevate?elevate-leads@google.com
Our H2'23 Cohort!
Meg Thomas - Data & Measurement Lead
Paul Godman - C - Retail IM
Ailish Obrien- Travel IM
Lawrence Sorrentino - TMT IM
Abigail Long - Agency IM
Liz Cracknell - Strategic insights manager
Tom Sherwood - Youtube Product Lead
Jonathon Heard - F&S IM
David Green - L - Retail IM