VIRTUAL | Beyond the Title | The Leadership Readiness Gap
Beyond the Title: A Leadership Readiness Series
Leadership readiness is about more than earning the title. It’s about having the self-awareness, skills, and intentionality to step into leadership with confidence and continue growing once you’re there.
This three-part series explores what it really takes to prepare emerging and current leaders for the realities of leadership. From identifying readiness gaps to understanding how you show up and building a personalized path for growth, participants will move from awareness to action with practical tools they can use long after the series ends.
Session 1: The Leadership Readiness Gap
Preparing great performers for what leadership actually requires
Why do we continue promoting high-performing individual contributors into leadership roles they haven’t been prepared to navigate? This session explores the leadership readiness gap—and what organizations can do about it.
Participants will learn how to recognize the warning signs that someone may not yet be ready for leadership, understand where traditional development approaches fall short, and identify strategies that more effectively prepare people for the transition from individual contributor to leader.
Ideal for: HR, L&D, executives, people leaders, and anyone responsible for developing future leaders.
Join us for part two and part three!
Amy Fauth is a solopreneur, certified coach and leadership development trainer, and mom to two active boys and a new addition, a Golden Retriever puppy named Phoebe. Amy enjoys life from middle-America, wine on the porch with friends, reading, and has been learning a lot about DIY home renovations.
After 15+ years in HR and Talent Development, she saw a consistent pattern: the people who get promoted into leadership roles are exceptional at doing the day-to-day work but rarely given the support to make the transition to leading people well, strategic thinking, and being responsible for team outcomes. Too often, new leaders are left to figure it out on their own.
She believes leadership is a learnable skill, not a personality trait which is why she loves to help new and mid-level leaders in growing organizations (75–200 employees) move from “doing the work” to leading with confidence, influence, and real impact.
Date and Time
Wednesday Oct 7, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Location
Virtual via Zoom - access this program remotely from your computer, tablet, or smartphone + dial-in available. The zoom link will be provided in the registration confirmation email.
Fees/Admission
CX Members: FREE Interested in becoming a CX Member? Read more about membership here and be our guest for up to two CX Programs or Exchange Circles.
CX Partners: 1 Voucher
Non-Members: $25.00
No refunds.
Contact Information
Allison Baker
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