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Becoming LEAP Certified – FAQ
How is LEAP different than selling a training product? LEAP supplements your facilitation and coaching; you are selling yourself and your services. When you add LEAP to your offerings, you add a proven methodology--with measurable results--and collection of customizable curriculum and resources which you co-brand. LEAP enhances your client engagements and increases your credibility.
What is the revenue opportunity for my business? The minimum revenue per LEAP Cohort is typically $32,000. We recommend 8-12 participants per Cohort as the optimum size for value to both the participants and you as a Licensee. The recommended fee per participant is $4,995 but we often-times provide non-profit and early sign-up discounts of 10-15% off. All said, we provide you with forecasting tools that allow you to play with the numbers and find the best fit pricing model for your business.
What does the certification cost? What are the dates? Our 3-day Certification and licensing opportunity runs two times per year in Scottsdale, AZ (Spring and Fall). In addition to certifying on the principles, process and tools of LEAP, this also includes training on the use of the Profiles International CheckPoint 360°™ and ProfileXT® assessment tools as well as our proprietary C&C Measurement tool (Confidence & Competency). Download our LEAP Certification Application form to find out more including when the next certification will be held and what it costs to certify.
What is the difference between Vistage and LEAP? LEAP is only similar to Vistage in that it is a confidential cohort group of peers which meet monthly and have a professional facilitator/coach. Vistage Chairs typically see LEAP as a great resource for their member's organizations and are a great source of referrals into the LEAP program. See the full list of key differences on our FAQ page.
Here are the key differences:
What is the revenue opportunity for my business? The minimum revenue per LEAP Cohort is typically $32,000. We recommend 8-12 participants per Cohort as the optimum size for value to both the participants and you as a Licensee. The recommended fee per participant is $4,995 but we often-times provide non-profit and early sign-up discounts of 10-15% off. All said, we provide you with forecasting tools that allow you to play with the numbers and find the best fit pricing model for your business.
What does the certification cost? What are the dates? Our 3-day Certification and licensing opportunity runs two times per year in Scottsdale, AZ (Spring and Fall). In addition to certifying on the principles, process and tools of LEAP, this also includes training on the use of the Profiles International CheckPoint 360°™ and ProfileXT® assessment tools as well as our proprietary C&C Measurement tool (Confidence & Competency). Download our LEAP Certification Application form to find out more including when the next certification will be held and what it costs to certify.
What is the difference between Vistage and LEAP? LEAP is only similar to Vistage in that it is a confidential cohort group of peers which meet monthly and have a professional facilitator/coach. Vistage Chairs typically see LEAP as a great resource for their member's organizations and are a great source of referrals into the LEAP program. See the full list of key differences on our FAQ page.
Here are the key differences:
- LEAP targets the mid-level Manager or 'future leaders' in the organization. Not the CEO and his/her "Key Executives".
- LEAP also has a more structured learning "curriculum" which is customized to member's needs and co-branded with your firm/identity.
- The LEAP program is finite - 1 year in length. Vistage is ongoing until the member decides to drop out. Often graduates from LEAP will go on to join a Vistage group having a stronger business leadership orientation and/or having made a step up in their organization.
- We use a 360-degree leadership survey at the beginning and end of the LEAP year to measure key leadership behaviors, create a development plan, and measure improvements against the baseline a year later. Vistage does not formally use 360's or other assessments as a regular part of the program.
- We have an additional (proprietary) "Confidence & Competence Leadership Impact Measurement" which is administered 3x's during the LEAP year to measure actual growth as well as use the information for 1:1 coaching during the LEAP year. Vistage has a 'goal-setting' process and depending on the Chair of the group, may or may not do peer-to-peer check-ins against the goals and/or 1:1 coaching with the goals.
How much 1:1 Coaching is involved in LEAP? As a billable professional we're all acutely aware of how hours can eat away at our profits, so when a fixed fee program like LEAP includes 1:1 Coaching, we understand the concern about hours getting out of control. What we've found however, is that best case is to recommend 2-3 coaching sessions per year, per participant, but let everyone know we are always available for more should they need it. This builds trust and the perceived availability is consistently ranked as one of the top values of LEAP in our year-end surveys. With so much valuable peer-to-peer engagement, we find that usually only one person in the group takes advantage of all three recommended 1:1 sessions, but everyone places high value on the availability. Knowing this coaching is an option has even led to participants bringing us into their organization during their LEAP year, for paid coaching engagements with team members and groups who are not currently participating in LEAP.