Limitless Leadership: 3 days immersive training for Scaling up startup executives

Presentation

Our Limitless Leadership training program, designed to empower startup founders and executive leaders in the tech sector equips you with a robust framework to tackle people-related challenges, optimize your organizational efficiency, and foster a thriving company culture. Join us to enhance your leadership skills, connect with a global network of like-minded professionals, and drive your startup’s success through rapid growth and innovation. Embrace the future of leadership with our tailored, practical, and impactful training sessions.

3 days module
16 Oct / 13 Nov / 12 Dec
100% English
1 900 € TTC
Hybrid: Online / Paris

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Objectives

WHAT will you get out of it?

The scaling phase is particularly challenging from an HR perspective(massive onboarding, employees facing a lot of change and uncertainty…). Leaders are under a lot of pressure and leadership skills are crucial for the success of this phase. Using the Unframed Thinking Framework, a 3-step process, participants will learn to navigate the complexities of rapid growth by focusing on what really matters.

The participation in the program will give you:

A 3-step Unframed Thinking Framework process that you can implement in your startup environment to improve the way it works.
Access to the knowledge, experience and brains of the startup community of founders, co-founders and C-level executives (during and after the course).
The opportunity to develop your organisational and people skills to the same level as your technical skills.
A space to train, discuss, create and share solutions that you can take back to your company.
Access to the knowledge, tools and solutions to be work with Tech Leaders in different countries and organisations.
The advantage of joining the global network of over 25,000 Rennes SB Alumni around the world.
Gain personalised coaching and support from Innostart, our student entrepreneurship incubator, with workshops, mentoring, and events to refine your project and fuel your entrepreneurial drive.

WHY did we create this programme?

To provide startup founders and other executive leaders in the tech sector with a ready-to-use framework, enabling them to efficiently address people-related challenges within their organisations.

Personal objectives

Enhance Leadership Skills: Develop and refine your leadership capabilities through practical frameworks and personalized coaching, ensuring you can effectively manage and inspire your team during rapid growth phases.
Expand Professional Network: Connect with a global network of founders, co-founders, and C-level executives, gaining insights, support, and potential partnerships that can accelerate your personal and professional growth.
Improve Decision-Making: Learn to navigate complex challenges and make informed, strategic decisions by understanding and implementing the Unframed Thinking Framework and the Process Communication Model (PCM).
Boost Personal Resilience: Build resilience and adaptability to manage stress and uncertainty, ensuring you can maintain a balanced and proactive approach to leadership in a fast-paced startup environment.

Corporate objectives

Attract and Retain Talent: Implement strategies to attract the right talent and reduce voluntary turnover, ensuring your company has a stable and motivated workforce aligned with its growth and maturity stage.
Foster Innovation: Create a culture of continuous innovation and adaptability by leveraging the principles of the Unframed Thinking Framework, enabling your organization to stay ahead in a competitive market.
Maintain Company Culture: Preserve and strengthen your company's core values and culture during rapid expansion, ensuring consistency and alignment across all levels of the organization.
Improve Organizational Efficiency: Transition smoothly from a flat to a more complex organizational structure, enhancing communication, decision-making processes, and overall efficiency to support sustainable growth.

Participant profiles

The programme is designed for founders, co-founders and other executive C-level leaders in the startup sector (under 100 employees) who want to run a more efficient tech organisation and who want to learn about :

How to attract the right people to ensure the best mutual fit for the company’s stage of maturity.
Reducing high levels of voluntary employee turnover.
Retention of key talent due to growing market and competition.
Dealing with a massive number of changes that create uncertainty and high stress levels
Maintaining the original company culture and values whilst expanding rapidly and under pressure to succeed.
Transitioning from a flat to a more complex organisational structure resulting in communication breakdowns and slow decision-making.

CEO's

CO- founders

C- Level

Program

The programme is strutured on an hybrid version, with a Virtual Kickoff and two days courses at the Rennes School of Business – Paris Campus with the participation of two high level experts:

ALEKSANDRA LEMAŃSKA:

PCM Leadership Mentor & Speaker. Founder of Leman Skills, certified Process Communication Model® (PCM)Practitioner, Transaction Analyst, HR Consultant, Facilitator, Certified Change Manager, Action Learning Coach, HBDI and DiSC Practitioner.

Aleksandra completed her Master in Management Psychology and her postgraduate studies in Transition Management at Kozminski University in Warsaw.

She supports Tech Leaders, helping to lead their teams out of the low engagement zone, using the Process Communication Model® (PCM) and TA Leadership Method. She works with people on an individual and team level, discovering sources of low commitment and motivation, thinking holistically about people and business. Thanks to this, she builds intuitive strategies and tactics tailored to the specific context, culture and needs to maximise the potential of people, achieving the intended business results.

CHRISTOPHER G. WORLEY:

Visiting professor of Strategy at Rennes School of Business. Recognised leader in the field of Strategy and Entrepreneurship with many years of experience practicing and teaching in leading international institutions. Dr. Worley is a Research Fellow at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. Dr. Worley’s applied research and consulting practice is complemented by more than fifteen years of management experience in academic, for-profit and government organisations. His consulting clients include Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Philips, Cambia Health Solutions, Gap, PayPal, Unilever, Capital One Financial, as well as several non-governmental and governmental organisations.

MODULE 1 : SCALING UP STARTUP EXECUTIVES: VIRTUAL KICKOFF

Wednesday 16 October 2024- ONLINE

Introduction to the Scaling Up Startup Executives programme:

Assess your current leadership level: a self-assessment to identify areas of strength and areas for improvement in your leadership skills.
Understand the Unframed Thinking framework and its relevance to leadership challenges in the startup context to impact your business KPIs.
Set your objectives: set personalised objectives for the course based on individual leadership development needs.

MODULE 2 : BUILDING LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION WITH THE UNFRAMED THINKING FRAMEWORK

Wednesday 13 November 2024 – RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS – PARIS CAMPUS

3 Principles of the Unframed Thinking Framework: uncover the key steps of the Startup Leader’s people algorithm.
Learn to use the Process Communication Model (PCM), developed by NASA, to categorise human behaviour into six distinct types, significantly enhancing cooperation and communication efficiency.

MODULE 3 : SCALING UP WITH UNFRAMED THINKING SO OUR PEOPLE DON’T QUIT

Thursday 12 December 2024 – RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS – PARIS CAMPUS

Transformative startup leader mindset: reshaping the way of thinking to scale the skills and the business to the next level.
Innovating without boundaries: encouraging a culture and experience of innovation by using the principles of the Unframed Thinking Framework.
Adapting to the infinity of change: building resilience and adaptability to navigate the uncertainties and challenges of startup growth.

Admission

Application

Interview with the Programme Director

Admission and support for financing

Our admission process is simple, fast and can be adapted to your professional schedule. You are accompanied throughout the procedure by our admissions managers, whether to complete your application file, prepare your interview with the Programme Director or with the processes for financial assistance and administrative registration.

Application & Interview

=> Application form to be completed on our platform where you will be asked to provide information on your career path and experience, your motivating factors, your career plan, etc.

=> Interview with the Programme Director, which consists of a period of exchange to ensure that our academic offer is in line with your expectations and your project. It will also be an opportunity to discuss current topics, your vision of current business trends, etc. Following the interview, an assessment report is published by the Programme Director to measure the quality of your application.

=> An admissions panel meets each week to assess and validate the applications received. You then receive your admissions letter by email. The admissions officer with the processes for funding and publishing your training agreement.

Financial aid

There are many funding schemes for vocational training depending on your situation, a non-exhaustive list is given below:

=> CPF Personal Training Account
=> Company skills development plan
=> OPCO contribution (for companies with fewer than 50 employees)
=> Individual Training Assistance (Pôle Emploi)
=> Assistance from the Région Qualifemploi (for job seekers)
=> The professional transition project – CPF de transition (formerly CIF)

Career

Joining our Executive Education programmes gives you the means to add direction to your career. Rennes School of Business has a number of measures at your disposal to guide your career, develop your network, work on your personal objectives or meet our recruitment partners.