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Design a job shadowing program for future leaders

A structured shadowing program with selection, pairings, activities, reflection, and measures so participants learn how leaders really work.

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The prompt

Help me design a leadership shadowing program. Department or organization: [DETAILS, size] Who will shadow: [e.g. high-potential individual contributors, new managers] Who they'll shadow: [leaders' levels and roles] Goal: [e.g. prepare successors, expose people to decision-making, cross-functional understanding] Time available: [e.g. 2 days per quarter, half-day weekly for 6 weeks] Constraints: [confidential meetings, remote or hybrid teams, budget] Cover: 1. Selection: fair, transparent criteria and an application or nomination process; how to avoid only picking people who already have visibility. 2. Matching: how to pair participants with leaders (development goals, avoiding their own manager, cross-functional exposure). 3. What to shadow: a mix of real activities (decision meetings, 1:1 prep, customer calls, budget reviews, hard conversations) and which to exclude for confidentiality, with a simple confidentiality agreement. 4. Structure: before (goals and briefing), during (observation guide with what to notice), after (debrief questions with the leader, written reflection). 5. Leader guide: how to narrate their thinking, a debrief script, and time commitment. 6. Follow-through: a stretch assignment or project after shadowing so learning is applied. 7. Measurement: participant and leader feedback, behavior change, promotion readiness, retention of participants. Return a program outline, a participant observation template, a leader debrief question list, and a launch timeline. Remind me to check the selection criteria against our equal-opportunity policies and local employment law before launch.

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What to fill in

  • DETAILS, size
  • e.g. high-potential individual contributors, new managers
  • leaders' levels and roles
  • e.g. 2 days per quarter, half-day weekly for 6 weeks
  • confidential meetings, remote or hybrid teams, budget

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