Emerging Leaders Cohort
Build the Next Generation of Confident Leaders
A 14-week leadership development cohort that helps organizations strengthen their leadership pipeline and prepare emerging leaders to lead with clarity, confidence, and impact.
Organizations often promote talented individual contributors into leadership roles because they are strong performers. But success as an individual contributor does not automatically translate into success as a leader.
Without the right development, new and emerging leaders may struggle with communication, delegation, accountability, conflict, decision-making, coaching, and managing team expectations. This can lead to overwhelm for the leader, frustration for the team, and missed opportunities for the organization.
The Emerging Leaders Cohort helps bridge that gap.
This 14-week leadership development experience equips new, aspiring, and recently promoted leaders with the mindset, tools, and practical skills needed to step into leadership with greater confidence and effectiveness.
Designed for organizations that want to build a stronger leadership pipeline, the cohort combines facilitated learning, group coaching, peer accountability, workplace application, and practical leadership resources to support real growth on the job.
Program Snapshot
Duration: 14 Weeks
Format: Virtual Cohort Sessions
Session Day: Wednesdays
Time: 12:00 PM EST
Next Cohort Start Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Post-Program Support: Monthly Q&A sessions for continued learning and accountability
Professional Development Credits: Eligible for 10 DPOR CPEs, 10 SHRM PDCs, and 10 CAE credits
Why Organizations Invest in Emerging Leaders
Strong leadership pipelines do not happen by accident. They are built intentionally.
When emerging leaders are not properly supported, organizations may experience inconsistent management practices, communication breakdowns, low confidence among new supervisors, avoidable conflict, poor delegation, and increased pressure on senior leaders.
The Emerging Leaders Cohort helps organizations develop leaders who are better prepared to:
- Communicate with clarity and confidence
- Lead teams through everyday challenges
- Delegate effectively and manage priorities
- Navigate conflict and difficult conversations
- Coach and support team members
- Strengthen accountability and trust
- Make better decisions
- Apply leadership tools in real workplace situations
- Grow from individual contributor to confident leader
- Support a healthier leadership culture
Who Should Attend?
This cohort is designed for:
- Newly promoted supervisors, managers, and team leads
- Employees transitioning from individual contributor to leadership roles
- Managers who have not received formal leadership training
- Managers who need a leadership refresher
- Aspiring leaders and high-potential employees
- Professionals in the early stages of their leadership journey
- Organizations seeking to strengthen their leadership pipeline
How the Program Works
The Emerging Leaders Cohort is delivered virtually through weekly group coaching and leadership development sessions.
Participants meet every Wednesday at 12:00 PM EST for 14 consecutive weeks. Each session is practical, interactive, and designed to help participants apply what they are learning to real workplace challenges.
Throughout the program, participants engage in:
- Group coaching and facilitated discussion
- Experiential learning activities
- Role-play and real-world leadership practice
- Self-coaching and reflection questions
- Peer accountability and networking
- Workplace application assignments
- Leadership tools, templates, and resources
- Online course content and pre-work
- A workplace leadership project
- A capstone experience
Participants also receive access to online learning materials and professional development resources to support their growth throughout the program.
To help sustain learning after the cohort ends, managers of participants receive post-program support tools, including a leadership integration guide to help reinforce participant growth back on the job.
What Participants Will Gain
By the end of the Emerging Leaders Cohort, participants will be better equipped to:
- Transition from individual contributor to confident leader
- Communicate with greater clarity and confidence
- Understand their leadership style and how it impacts others
- Build trust and strengthen team relationships
- Delegate more effectively
- Manage priorities and competing demands
- Navigate conflict and difficult conversations
- Coach, support, and motivate team members
- Strengthen decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Lead with greater self-awareness and professionalism
- Apply leadership tools to real workplace situations
- Create a personalized leadership development plan
Benefits for Organizations
Organizations that invest in the Emerging Leaders Cohort can expect a more intentional and supported approach to leadership pipeline development.
This program helps organizations:
- Prepare high-potential employees for leadership roles
- Support newly promoted managers and supervisors
- Reduce the trial-and-error approach to leadership development
- Strengthen communication and accountability across teams
- Improve manager confidence and readiness
- Reinforce consistent leadership practices
- Support retention and engagement
- Build a culture of continuous leadership growth
- Provide senior leaders with a structured development pathway for emerging talent
More Program Benefits
Participants receive:
- Weekly leadership development sessions
- Group coaching and feedback
- Peer learning and accountability
- Hands-on experiential learning
- Leadership tools, templates, and resources
- The Ultimate Guide for Cultivating Emerging Leaders
- Post-program monthly Q&A sessions (optional)
- Ongoing community support
- Lifetime access to program resources
- Leadership integration guide for their senior managers
- 12 DPOR CPEs
- 12 SHRM PDCs
- 12 CAE credits
Investment
Early Bird Rate: $1,299
Standard Rate: $1,599
Early bird registration is available for a limited time.
Group and Organizational Registration
Organizations may register multiple participants from the same team, department, or leadership pipeline.
Group Registration:
Register 2–14 participants from the same organization and receive a 10% discount.
Bulk Registration:
For 15 or more participants from the same organization, please contact us for a custom program option and organizational rate.
For group or bulk registration, contact:
info@emklearningsolutions.com
Participant Testimonials
“Before the Emerging Leaders Cohort, I managed reactively. Now, I lead strategically. Within six months of completing the program, I was promoted to Senior Supervisor. The personalized coaching on delegation and prioritization was a complete game-changer.”
“I now understand my team’s dynamics in a way I never did before. The DiSC insights alone were worth the investment. It gave me the confidence to step up and apply for the Department Head role, and I got it!”
“We enrolled six of our newly promoted supervisors in the Emerging Leaders Cohort. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, not just on the content, but on the measurable shift in confidence and team performance. We also see the value in the personalized professional development plan and the accountability. It is a solution that delivers promotion-ready leaders.”
Ready to Build Your Leadership Pipeline?
If your organization is preparing new supervisors, developing high-potential employees, or strengthening manager readiness, the Emerging Leaders Cohort provides a practical pathway to help emerging leaders grow with confidence.
The next Emerging Leaders Cohort begins on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
Click below to learn more and register through our program page.