Go2K For Leadership®

A year-long leadership program turning your own faculty and staff into tomorrow's academic leaders.

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Employee Retention Starts With Leadership

1 in 4

Higher ed employees say they're likely to look for another job in the next year.

7th to 2nd

Confidence in institutional leadership jumped from the 7th most important predictor of retention to the 2nd, in just two years.

Source: CUPA-HR 2025 Higher Education Employee Retention Survey

The Leadership Growth Framework

Lead Self

Develop strengths-based self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and a strong leadership identity.

Lead Others

Foster trust, communicate effectively, give meaningful feedback, and navigate difficult conversations with confidence.

Lead Teams

Create high-performing teams through accountability, inclusion, and collaboration.

Lead Systems

Navigate governance and institutional dynamics while strengthening strategic thinking and resource stewardship.

Lead Change

Build coalitions, influence without authority, and lead effectively through resistance and change.

Built For Your Institution Type

The framework, format, and playbook stay the same. The scenarios your leaders actually work through don't.

Two-Year Colleges

Community & Technical College Track

• Case studies grounded in open-access missions and workforce alignment

• Scenarios built around shared governance in a two-year structure

• Cohorts often draw from multiple campuses across a single state system

• Emphasis on resource constraints and multi-campus coordination

Four-Year Institutions

College & University Track

• Case studies grounded in tenure, promotion, and faculty personnel processes

• Scenarios built around departmental budgeting and cross-college collaboration

• Cohorts often draw from multiple colleges or schools within one institution

• Emphasis on faculty governance and academic administrative structure


How The Year Is Delivered

In-Person or Online

Launch Institute

A cohort-based, full-day session, in person or online, utilizing CliftonStrengths to build leadership identity and trust.

Online · Cohort

Virtual Leadership Sessions

Live 90-minute sessions with your full cohort, each mapped to the next stage of the framework.

Online · Cohort

Leadership Learning Labs

Live 60-90 minute group coaching sessions with your cohort working through real case studies and getting real-time feedback

Ongoing

The Leadership Playbook

A living document built all year, culminating in a personal leadership philosophy.

Online · Cohort

Virtual Capstone Symposium

The cohort's closing session: playbook presentations and a personalized 12-month growth plan.


Progress You Can Actually See

Every session, reflection, and playbook entry lives in the IE platform, so your future leaders always know what’s next and you can see their growth along the way.

Personalized Dashboard

Each participant tracks session progress, revisits recordings, and downloads certificates in one place.

Go2Knowledge Library Access

Curated, on-demand professional development content aligned to each stage of the framework, at no added cost.

Digital Leadership Playbook

A living, personalized action plan participants build session by session and keep well past the program.

Progress Reporting

Pre- and post-program evaluations plus a needs assessment track growth and show your team exactly where the program is making an impact.

Dedicated Project Manager

One point of contact from kickoff through final reporting, coordinating logistics, scheduling, and communication.

Flexible Hosting

Delivered on IE's secure platform, or coordinated with a platform your institution already provides.

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