The cohort

The Jimerson Fellowship

The full BENCH Leadership Model™ applied over a year with a selected cohort. The Profile at intake, a development plan built from the read, the four levels in sequence, coaching alongside the curriculum, and a showcase at the close. Ten people is the ceiling, because the coaching is real and the coach is one person.

A year, in order

01

The read at intake

Each fellow completes the Jimerson Leadership Profile and receives one archetype, one level, and one target. The fellow leaves the intake with words for something they have been doing without a name for it.

02

A plan built from the read

Each fellow builds a written development plan against their named target level. Two people standing at the same level with different archetypes get different plans, because they do not travel the same way.

03

The four levels, in sequence

The curriculum runs the four levels in order: following well, leading yourself, leading people, and leading organizations. Each level builds on the one before it, so nobody skips a level.

04

Coaching alongside the curriculum

Each fellow works their plan with a coach across the year, against situations they are actually carrying in the job. The curriculum gives the frame, and the coaching does the building.

05

A showcase at the close

Each fellow presents their work and takes a closing read against their own starting point, so progress belongs to them. The organizations in the room see leaders they can promote.

Who buys the Fellowship

Funders and intermediaries buy the Fellowship on behalf of many smaller employers: a community foundation building a cohort across its grantees, a statewide association building one across its members, a network building one across its affiliates. A single employer with a deep bench to build can also field a cohort of its own.

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The first conversation is forty-five minutes and costs nothing. We talk through who is on your bench and whether a cohort fits your network.

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