Mastering Expertship
Summary: Mastering Expertship is our flagship professional growth program for top technical subject matter experts in a wide range of domain fields. It has been described by participants and their managers as the MBA for experts.
Written by Alistair Gordon 13 Jan 2024

Mastering Expertship is our flagship professional growth program for top technical subject matter experts in a wide range of domain fields. It has been described by participants and their managers as the MBA for experts.

More than 2500 experts have attended this program.

How will I benefit from attending an Expertship program?

This is NOT a typical training program. It is delivered in a collegiate, collaborative manner, with virtually no PowerPoint. The facilitator helps create an immersive learning experience for top technical talent from all knowledge domains. And participants get many benefits, which they love. And their personal feedback is hugely positive.

The program is available for experts as a public program that individual experts can attend (delivered live by an Expertship coach, face-to-face or virtually), or as an in-house organisational program. Participants get to work with experts from other knowledge domains and other organizations - a rich learning experience.

Download the prospectus at the bottom of this page.

Public programs start quarterly. Check dates and availability of our Public Programs for Subject Matter Experts in several regions of the world.

How virtual Expertship programs work

A blended, adult, learning experience

Mastering Expertship is a complete learning experience, with many elements, that runs for between four and six months.

It comprises:

  • A coaching engagement, where experts are allocated an accredited expertship coach who acts as both a navigator, trusted advisor, and sounding board for participants. Past participants tell us they love working with a coach who understands what it is to be an expert.

  • An Expertship assessment, enabling you to get relevant and contextual feedback on how you are experienced as an expert; your coach provides feedback on a one-to-one basis.

  • Development of a Personal Growth Plan - describing the specific capabilities that the expert has decided to elevate, and strengths upon which they would like to build; built with help from their coach.

  • Workshops - two half day workshops, and then six coaching pods (2 hour sessions), once a fortnight. The program is designed to fit in with your busy schedule, and not require you to spend days away from the front line where you are constantly in demand.

  • A unique curriculum - based on The Expertship Model the Mastering Expertship curriculum are designed specifically to help you rise to Master Expert capability.

  • Manager connections - with your coach, the you’ll meet with your manager manager twice to discuss the Personal Growth Plan you will be developing as you go along.

  • Digital Learning - you’ll get exclusive access to the Expertship Learning Portal, which contains further learning assets and addition self-paced work; your managers will get access to this portal as well.

  • Self-paced Online Exercises - which you can complete on a voluntary basis, which comprise of self-audit surveys and then expert action planning materials.

  • Membership of the Alumni - a community of experts, post program, that enables the learning to continue.

The programs are designed to give you every opportunity to learn in a supported and friendly environment.

Check out these six expert testimonials. These experts went on the program, and have since all excelled: here are their reflections.

Download the Mastering Expertship Prospectus using the form below.

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