We are on a mission to empower a generation of transformative leaders who enable teams to Get Sh*t Done through the application of the 120 Standard.
Other programs teach what they think works;
we teach what’s proven to work.
120 Transformational Leadership Academy delivers how-to, real-world instruction on the latest best practices being used by our teams to execute enterprise-wide projects for our Fortune 500 clients.
Learn more than theory and vocabulary, learn how to apply the proven 120 Standard, and become a Certified #GSD Practitioner.
Talks
Informative and short talks that bring GSD leadership principles to multiple areas of discipline in on and offline events, webinars, lunches, and networking events. Sign up to get updates on new events added monthly.
Workshops
A range of workshops both on and offline, instructor-led and self-guided. Workshops don’t just teach theory, but proven and actionable skills, many are part of certificate and earned PMI credit programs.
Courses
We offer multiple leadership programs enabling individuals, teams, and organizations to #GSD. Our flagship course is The Transformational Leadership Program which is the foundational certification for anyone who leads a team.
Coaching
Individual and organizational coaching designed to help any team reach its potential. There are three ways to level up your team; enroll the entire team in one of the TLP, hire us to curate a program specific to your team’s needs, or subscribe to a 120VC coach.
Current Courses
The 120VC Transformational Leadership Program
Servant Leadership That Gets Sh*t Done
The Art of Leading a Team that Gets Sh*t Done
The Art of Navigating Risk and Change
Smartsheet For Project Leaders That #GSD
Transformational Program & Portfolio Leadership That #GSD
Areas of Focus
Projects can’t be managed to success; they need to be led!
We believe that leadership skills are the cornerstone of every successful Project Leader. We also believe that data trumps opinion, period… Our Transformational Leadership curriculum combines proven Project Management best practices that enable data-driven decisions, with how-to leadership techniques curated from some of the most respected leadership experts in the field today.
And, everything we teach, we use in the field to drive global transformational projects for our Fortune 1000 clients. We walk the talk! Come learn how!
No one hires a Product Leader because they want to maintain the status quo!
Agile Product Leadership requires the ability to clearly establish a shared vision, leverage the collective IQ by helping the team architect their own path to achieving that vision, a fierce focus on the alignment of outcomes to the vision, and a willingness to see failed experiments as progress.
Agile Product Leadership also requires the ability to constantly groom and prioritize the backlog, track commitments and outcomes daily, maintain a daily and weekly cadence of accountability with the team, and facilitate constant improvement.
All of our #GSD Talks, Workshops, and Courses teach the techniques we use in the field to optimize product pipelines for our clients. Come learn how!
Program Managers rob from the rich and give to the poor to optimize the number of Projects completed with the funds available!
A Program Manager teams with their Project Managers to eliminate any single point of failure on their projects and to aggregate the data across projects so data-driven decisions can be made to optimize the outcomes of all projects in the Program.
They also work with their Project Managers to quality assure their work, coach, and mentor them, and ultimately provide a second set of eyes, and if necessary, hands. They eliminate the risk associated with Project Managers taking vacation, sick time, winning the lottery, and taking a position elsewhere.
Program Managers underwrite the risk of the projects in their Program because budgets are finite, and Projects must Get Done! Come learn how.
We can be efficient with things; it takes time to help people get comfortable with and decide to develop new habits
Contrary to popular belief, the single worst assumption an organization can make is “that they will communicate the need & vision for change, and their team members will just get behind it.” A much better assumption is that 2.5% of team members will respond this way, and you will have to work really hard to connect with the rest.
Getting different results means helping people change their habits; this is something that should be started at the beginning of a project, not just before launch.
At 120VC, we aren’t just responsible for ensuring our client’s projects get done; we are responsible for ensuring they get the OUTCOMES they expected from their project. That requires Change Leadership that enables near 100% mass-market or end-user adoption on day one. Come learn how!
Maintaining the status quo and slow and steady win the race are dead paradigms!
Nobody hires a leader because they want their organizations to be the same in a month, 6-months, or a year! Leaders take organizations on a journey. The days of managing team members that produce slow, steady, high-quality results are over.
Organizations need leaders that are outcome obsessed, capable of leveraging the collective IQ, enabling their teams to autonomously come up with and pitch game-changing business & product ideas.
If we were to simplify the success criteria for a leader, it would be “they enable their team to get sh*t done that creates value for their stakeholders.” The world doesn’t need box checkers or process followers; we need to enable everyone on the team to lead! Come learn how!
Construction Projects traditionally lose money; stop the bleeding!
Construction Leadership was one of the first consumers of project management. People have been leading large scale, complex, modern construction projects since before the first modern skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885, and little has changed in their approach.
Today’s construction projects need to be run efficiently and cost-effectively, using modern planning and demand management tools and techniques. Without them, Construction Leadership is crossing their fingers and hoping they come in on time and budget.
In a field that builds things on the back of comities, expensive labor, complicated supply chains, in an ever-changing market, the only way to ensure your projects are profitable is to run them as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. Come learn how!
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