Developing High Potentials for Middle Management

Identifying and developing high-potential talent is not just a leadership priority,
it’s The only way the way to be future-ready
At mid-career, leaders often find themselves at a crossroads—surrounded by responsibilities and routines that span both personal and professional spheres. They’ve proven their capabilities and delivered results. Yet, even before their full potential is realized, a quiet complacency can begin to settle in.
AGILEAD exists to empower high potential middle managers at this strategic inflection point.
It is a carefully crafted leadership development journey designed to reignite inspiration, cultivate agility, and enable high potential middle managers to become catalysts of innovation within their organizations.

AGILEAD is a 12 months high potential leadership development journey that is designed to help middle managers develop future-ready capabilities such as:
- Strategic foresight & market thinking
- Agility in innovation and Gen AI fluency
- Emotional intelligence & cross-functional leadership
- Executive presence & influencing skills

Program OBJECTIVES
Enabling high potential middle managers to identify their areas of strengths and development through a scientifically validated framework
Developing critical future ready leadership skills with high potentials
Supporting the leaders to ascend in their leadership journey
AUDIENCE PROFILE
High potential Middle Managers with 12-18 years of experience
Key Themes
SHAPING THE FUTURE
- Analysing market trends to identify whitespaces and develop a winning strategy
- Foster innovation by leveraging technology and GEN AI
- Developing strong business acumen
NURTURING TALENT AND TEAMS
- Leading with Emotional Intelligence
- Build the next generation leaders
- Delegate effectively to colleagues
- Effectively lead change within the unit
LEADING ACROSS BOUNDARIES
- Effectively leading across teams and functions
- Influencing and collaborating with multiple stakeholders
- Developing strong executive presence as a leader
Program Features
Kick Off Sessions
kick-off session to align goals and ignite momentum for the journey ahead
Assessment and IDPs
Pre and Post ‘Nature’ and ‘Nurture’ assessments with feedback sessions and IDPs
Core Workshops
Expert led training workshops on key themes of the program
Harvard ManageMentor®
Modules
curated Harvard ManageMentor® modules that build critical leadership capabilities
On-the-job Applications
in built on-the-job application assignments within every module of Harvard ManageMentor
Group Coaching
Small groups discuss their on-the-job application plans with a certified coach and seek guidance
- 25+ years experience serving corporate clients
- Research-based: the latest ideas and best practices from
- Harvard Business School
- Harvard Business Review
- Industry experts
- Advisory panel
- Applies world-class learning design principles
- Continuously refreshed to reflect the latest thinking in leadership and management
Certification
Completion Certificate is awarded to learners upon successfully finishing a module or a learning path.
Find out more about developing the skills for yourself, your team and your organisation