Chair
Announcements
Applications for the September Leadership Seminar Session are no longer being accepted.
Date of mandatory kick-off call: August 21, 2025; 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Program Details
Program Details
Dates
Overview
Application
- Program Launch: April 14, 2026
- Duration: 6 months
- Sessions: 12 bi-weekly sessions (Tuesdays), 2 hours each
- Format: Virtual
Program Overview
Early-career talent is entering the workforce at a moment of unprecedented disruption. Expectations of work have shifted, technology is reshaping roles faster than organizations can redesign them, and the traditional systems that once helped young professionals find their footing have largely disappeared.
For companies in growing industries, the result is a growing and costly challenge: promising early-career employees disengage or leave just as they begin to add value.
Career Rise was created to address this gap.
Who Should Attend
Career Rise is designed for early-career professionals in their first 1–5 years post-college who are navigating the transition from academic environments into corporate life.
Ideal participants include:
- High-potential early-career employees identified by managers or HR partners
- Professionals new to large or complex organizations
- Employees seeking greater confidence, clarity, and effectiveness at work
- Individuals who may not yet have access to consistent mentorship or feedback
- Early-career talent the organization is eager to retain and invest in long-term
The program is especially impactful for employees who are capable and motivated, but still learning how to navigate organizational culture, expectations, and career strategy.
Why Invest
For sponsor organizations, the program helps to:
- Reduce early-career turnover, one of the most expensive and disruptive forms of attrition
- Accelerate time-to-productivity by building core workplace competencies earlier
- Strengthen employer brand, signaling a real commitment to development—not just recruitment
- Increase engagement and loyalty, particularly among early-career professionals
- Build a stronger internal pipeline of future leaders grounded in self-awareness and resilience
Curriculum Overview
Career Rise focuses on the core competencies most critical for early-career success—skills that are rarely taught explicitly, yet essential for long-term performance and retention.
Core Learning Areas
- Self-awareness and leadership style (using the Enneagram framework)
- Effective communication across levels and organizational cultures
- Career ownership, goal-setting, and professional identity
- Giving and receiving feedback with confidence and maturity
- Foundational leadership skills appropriate for early professionals
- Self-Management and Self-Development
Group Coaching: Learning in Real Time
- Application opens: February 1, 2026
- Application deadline: February 28,2026
Tuition
- Member: $3,800
- Non-Member $4,300
Program Description
Gen Z professionals are entering the workplace during a period of high turnover, rapid change, and rising workplace anxiety. Many struggle with the ambiguity, communication expectations, and unwritten norms of corporate culture. The first five years post-college—when foundational skills are shaped—are now the most vulnerable period for disengagement and early exits.
Career Rise strengthens the confidence, skills, and workplace readiness of early-career talent, helping them navigate the transition from school to industry while increasing engagement, retention, and long-term growth.
For more information, contact programs@namic.com.



























