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Leadership programme app checklist
A 32-point checklist for a leadership development programme run in cohorts: selecting participants, designing sessions, personalising with Unique Codes, quizzes, reflections and the manager conversations that follow. The key is continuity between sessions.
No sign-up needed.
Who it is for
- HR and L&D leads who run leadership cohorts
- Programme designers who need a reliable launch routine
- Facilitators who rely on the app between sessions
How to use it
- Pick the cohort and the programme’s three outcomes before designing sessions.
- Issue each participant a personal code so the app knows who they are from the first screen.
- Design a short action between sessions and ask for a reflection in the app.
- Share a summary with managers so they can support what participants learnt.
The contents
Design
- Write three outcomes for the programme
- Select the cohort and the criteria
- Brief sponsors and managers
- Map sessions to outcomes
- Plan between-session actions
- Decide how success will be measured
Access and set-up
- Issue personal Unique Codes
- Test code login and OTP fallback
- Create cohort groups
- Brand the app for the programme
- Prepare pre-work content and documents
Sessions
- Prepare slides and exercises
- Prepare timed quizzes with facilitator control
- Prepare feedback questions for each session
- Prepare reflection prompts
- Plan small-group work and roles
- Rehearse the tech flow
Between sessions
- Send reminders for the action tasks
- Review reflections and share themes
- Invite peer comments in a safe channel
- Track participation by cohort
- Follow up with those who fall behind
Managers and sponsors
- Share a short summary after each session
- Provide manager prompts for conversations
- Report participation to sponsors
- Collect manager feedback at ninety days
Close
- Hold a closing session with commitments
- Share certificates or recognition
- Collect final feedback
- Archive reflections as promised
- Plan the next cohort changes
Where it has been used
Informed by a leadership cohort programme where participants entered with a personal code, joined host-paced quizzes and wrote private reflections.
Questions people ask
How private should reflections be?
Private by default. State who can read them, if anyone, and why. Participants share more when they trust that reflections are not used to judge them, and that trust is hard to rebuild.
What makes participants return between sessions?
A short, concrete task, a reminder at a fixed time and recognition from their manager or cohort. Keep each action to fifteen minutes and relate it to their actual work.
How do we measure impact?
Use before and after self-ratings, manager observations after ninety days and a handful of business indicators agreed beforehand. Avoid claiming impact from satisfaction scores alone.
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