Elevate helps mid-career scholars make executive decisions about their careers based on the legacy they want to create by identifying and working in their zone of genius with the support of coaching and peers.
Six Career-Altering Months
Each month work deeply with one theme that is key to building the next level in your career through two 75-minute group coaching calls, and one-on-one coaching via Voxer app.
One-on-one Coaching with Academic Career Expert Cathy Mazak
For someone at your career level–and with your career aspirations!–one-on-one coaching is key. One-on-one, private coaching helps you identify your next right steps and move faster toward taking them.
Group Coaching
You are not the only one facing challenges at this point of your career! In group coaching, you’ll learn that others are in it with you, and you’ll dig into each month’s theme guided by our experienced coaching team.
Peer Mentoring Like Nowhere Else in Academia
Finding a group of peer mentors who can inspire and encourage you is key to your growth. We carefully curate the participants to develop a non-competitive, supportive, enriching community.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Improve your everyday work life through better time management, outsourcing, and boundary-setting
Find time to finally work on YOUR projects by mastering the project management skills and mindsets relevant to academia, including self-trust and self-knowing
Re-engage your writing practice and identify a legacy-building writing project to move forward, such as a book or grant proposal, to move your career in the direction you want to go
Master your mentoring skills so that your mentoring of students and junior faculty is both effective and sustainable
Build a team of support around you and explore your role as a leader, on your terms

Elevate is for you if:
You know that you have more to offer the world than the minutiae in which you are currently mired
You see yourself as important, smart, and innovative
You are held back in fully realizing your potential by what other people want you to do
You are ready to transition into a nurturing and impactful career that YOU design
MODULES
Month 1: Elevate Your Mission
Month 2: Value Your Time
Month 3: Systems of Support
Month 4: Trust Your Process
Month 5: (Re)Center Your Writing
Month 6: Lead for Legacy
Cohort starts in October 2023.
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