A course that will help you pivot from an IC or Team Lead to an Executive

Transition from Data & AI Practitioner to Effective Leader

This course equips Data, Tech, and AI professionals to transition from individual contributor and team leads to a successful executives.

Sol Rashidi

Former CDO, CAO, CDAO, and CAIO.

Transition from a Tech Practitioner to a Tech Executive

Unilever

L'Oréal

DeepLearning.AI

Forbes

Are you an individual contributor in data who can't seem to get out of the practitioner rut? Are you striving for career success, with an eye on being an effective leader (maybe even the C-Suite)? Do you want actionable, real-world, and battle-tested lessons and coaching from people who've actually done what they teach? Our goal is to help you avoid making common mistakes that stalls your career progress and the never ending doom loop of professional frustration and despair that comes with it. This course is for you if 😭 You were passed up for a promotion😭 You are tired of not being heard in the professional setting😭 Have a strong desire to move up in the world, but feel stuck in your role😭 You can't seem to develop a strong enough business case for your data initiatives😭 You have great ideas but can't seem to get the support to get them launched😭 Want to communicate better because you know its the key to building capabilities, driving impact, creating value And... ⚡ You want to be a better data leader⚡ You're ready to 'level-up'⚡ You want to have presence &amp; impact⚡ You're trying to avoid making the same mistakes people make time and time again By enrolling in our course, you'll learn real-world, battle-tested skills (no theory or BS) needed to pivot from a practitioner to leadership, including: ⚡ Learn the fundamentals: Build a strategy, develop a business case, amplify influence with techies &amp; non-technies⚡ Drive organizational growth through scalable technical and non-technical strategies⚡&nbsp;Know the difference between Leading vs. Contributing: The mindset shift required and avoiding mistakes people often make⚡ Develop your EQ, BQ, and SQ to complement your IQ for effective communication + Live Q&amp;A with Sol

Get out of the Practitioner Rut and Become an Effective Data & AI Leader

Practitioners Data scientists, analysts, data engineers, architects, developers, etc who are interested in progressing in their career

Team Leads &amp; Managers Who want to learn the skills needed to 'level up' and learn what it takes to rise to VP and C-Level positions

Entrepreneurs Who want to learn how to scale their business, attract investors, grow &amp; manage teams

Who this course is for ...

What you’ll get out of this course

How do you pivot from getting guidance and being led to setting the direction and motivating others towards achieving common goals, establishing a vision, strategy, business case, and with the ability to inspire. Its more difficult than you think!

Learn the difference between Leading vs. Contributing and what the transition requires.

To help you become impactful with your presence, your communication, and develop a strong network of trusted advisors, peers, teammates, investors, leaders, and more.

Learn to develop your EQ, BQ, and SQ to compliment your IQ

Learn about the different roles, skills, and work methods needed to lead and scale and the various ways of working successful teams.

Frameworks for Roles, Skills, and Working Methods

Learn how to communicate what we do into business jargon to avoid being misunderstood or not being heard, get stakeholder support to launch your idea, learn

Eliminate the frustration that comes with being a Data & AI Practitioner

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We will meet for two days, 3 hours each. This will be intensive.

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This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

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You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

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