About the Program

The WISE Career Accelerator Program is a practical, skills-based approach to developing the foundational behaviors required for leadership. Gain critical exposure to fundamental practices that transform and elevate how you perform and collaborate.

Our training programs are focused on helping you uncover new opportunities today, prepare for future roles, and progress to the next stage of your career. Designed as four virtual sessions over an eight-week period, you'll learn from certified coaches and get individual access to tools for sustained learning and prioritizing personal development.

Who Should Attend

Early career professionals:

• New to professional space
• Individual contributor likely learning their specific function in depth and professional interpersonal skills
• Limited interaction with other functions or the organizational ‘big picture’
• Primarily manage process, not people
• Approximately seven years or less in career

Schedule and Format

• Four interactive sessions, every other week — Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Nov. 18 and Dec. 2, 3-5:30 p.m. ET.
• Each class is approximately two-and-a-half hours long and delivers an interactive, skill-based learning experience designed for immediate workplace application. Sessions move from facilitator-led teaching and demonstration to learner-led practice — you'll see the skill in action, try it yourself, and get coaching and feedback from multiple perspectives before leaving with resources to sustain the habit. Be prepared to actively participate.
• Each session will include a prework assignment that will be shared a week prior; estimated time to complete each assignment is 15-20 minutes.
• Sessions are facilitated by Proteus, a WISE professional development partner.

Curriculum and Key Outcomes

Each session includes a skill-based approach facilitated by certified coaches that empowers you to build relationships through practicing skills in small groups, giving support as a peer coach, and receiving practical and relevant feedback to address real challenges and opportunities. You'll also receive:

• Sustained learning practice through a Habit Builder tool with digital coaching to help establish new habits and measure progress.
• Workbooks for each session to document your strengths, opportunities, goals, action plans and progress measures.

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 3-5:30 p.m. ET
Managing Mindset and Listening Essentials
We all face unique challenges with our inner voice. Learn how to unlock potential by managing self-talk and develop the skills of listening to draw people out, ask questions, and know what to listen for.

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 3-5:30 p.m. ET
Building Accountability with Clear Agreements
Learn how to make clear agreements that are mutually understood, specific, and doable to increase accountability in yourself and others.

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 3-5:30 p.m. ET
Giving and Receiving Feedback for Growth
Learn skills to become more capable and comfortable with feedback and applying what you learn to demonstrate professional growth.

Wednesday, Dec. 2, 3-5:30 p.m. ET
Communicating with Presence
Learn how to expand your influence, project confidence, and make a stronger impression in every interaction.

Tuition and Registration

Tuition is $750 per person. Cohort size is limited to 90 participants.
Be sure to log in before you register.

Professional development is a common employee benefit to which you may already be entitled. Speak to your manager or HR Department to ask if your organization will support you. Because in your career, you'll never get what you don't ask for.

No scholarships are offered for this program.

Attendance

The program is intended for participants to attend all live sessions to maximize learning. If you're unable to attend, you'll miss out on live practice and personalized feedback from your coach and peers. We encourage you to attend all sessions whenever possible, as each session builds on the last. Only the presentation portion (first hour) of each class will be recorded and posted in the program portal the following day.

Program Portal and Structure

All sessions and program materials will be accessed through the program portal in the WISE Learning Center. Instructions will be provided prior to the program start date. You will be sent email reminders before each class. You must have a Zoom account to participate; a free basic account is sufficient.

IMPORTANT: Please add the [email protected] and [email protected] email addresses, and the wiseworks.org and connectedcommunity.org domains to your safe senders list. If your company has stringent firewall settings, you may need to contact your IT department. You will need to be able to receive program emails and to access Zoom through the WISE Learning Center. If you do not receive an immediate confirmation email after you register, please check your SPAM or promotions folder, or contact your IT department.

• The WISE Career Accelerator includes four sessions, each scheduled for two-and-a half hours. Classes begin at 3 p.m. ET.
• Be prepared to actively participate. Each session will include breakout groups to provide an opportunity to interact with your peers and participate in an exercise where you will apply what you have learned. You may also be called upon to share your experience.
• Prework assignment will be available a week prior to each session; estimated time to complete each assignment is 15-20 minutes.
• Recordings are usually available the following day until the next session.

Learning Environment

To ensure a secure, focused, confidential and compliant learning environment, the use of third-party automated AI note-taking applications, transcription bots or unauthorized recording software (such as Otter.ai, Fireflies, Fathom, Read.ai or similar tools) is strictly prohibited during all sessions.

As our professional development programs frequently involve sensitive discussions, peer sharing and proprietary training materials, allowing unverified external bots to record, transcribe or store these sessions presents significant privacy and data security risks.

Safeguarding the trust built within our sessions is essential to maintaining a respectful environment for open dialogue and collaborative learning. Unauthorized bots detected will be immediately removed. Continued attempts may result in a review of program participation.

Questions? Contact us.

Eligibility

This is a member-exclusive program offered to WISE professional level members in good standing. Your membership must remain current for the duration of the program. If you are a student member and need to upgrade your membership, please contact us. Not a member? Join now.

There are no other eligibility requirements. However, we recommend reviewing the "Who Should Attend" section in the program overview to ensure the content aligns with your career level and learning goals.

NOTE: If you need to join or renew, please do so as soon as possible. The system takes about 30 minutes to update before you can then register for this program. If you are not able to add the program to your cart, please log out, close your browser and then try again.

Registration and Payment

You must have a WISE account and be logged in to register. You may only register for yourself; registrations are not transferable and program participation is limited to the registering WISE member only. Full payment of the program fee is required at the time of registration.

Registration deadline is Sep. 30, 2026 or when sold out, whichever comes first. You will receive a confirmation email upon registration.

Cancellation

Seventy-five percent (75%) of the total program fee will be assessed for cancellations received no later than Sep. 30, 2026. All cancellation requests must be sent in writing to [email protected]. If a cancellation request is received after Sep. 30, 2026, the entire program fee will be forfeited. No substitutions or replacements of accepted registrants may be made at any time. No refunds will be granted for partial participation in the program. WISE reserves the right to postpone or cancel the program should the minimum number of registrants not be met. Under those circumstances, the registration fee will be fully refunded or can be transferred to a future session.

Waitlist

If a waitlist is offered for the program, a button with an option to add yourself will be visible; be sure to log in first. You will receive an email when a seat becomes available. As this is on a first-come, first-served basis, we recommend that you complete your registration as soon as possible.

• If the seat has already been filled: No action is required. You will remain on the waitlist and will be notified as soon as the next opportunity arises.
• To opt out: You may remove yourself from the waitlist at any time by selecting the "Leave Waiting List" option.

Questions? Contact us.