ALDE 2024
Red Hat’s ALDE (Accelerated Leadership Development Experience) is a 12 month nomination based program offered to a small cohort of the company’s leaders. Each participant works privately with a BetterOn guide to hone their authentic presence.
The Program
- Cohort Size: 20
- Level: Sr. Director & VP
- Length: 5 weeks
- Curriculum: BetterOn Foundations
- Format: 1:1 asynchronous via BetterOn platform+
2 individual strategy sessions
The BetterOn Platform
The data.
Platform Practice Metrics
BetterOn’s platform summarizes the time and effort a cohort invests in improving their presence.
Measurement | Amount |
Total Record Time | 17 hours |
Total Reflection Time | 15 hours |
Average Record Time per User | 54 minutes |
Average Watch Time per User | 49 minutes |
Total Takes | 829 |
Total Watched Takes | 650 |
Total Submitted Takes | 450 |
Average Takes per User | 43 |
Average Watched Takes per User | 34 |
Total Takes Shared Publicly | 2 |
Would recommend to Red Hat peers | 100% |
(1-4 scale) | Pre | Post | Change |
I can get into the right headspace to record my message. | 2.3 | 3.4 | 48% |
Recording video empowers me personally. | 1.9 | 3.6 | 89% |
Recording video empowers me professionally. | 1.9 | 3.7 | 95% |
I am familiar with the power of my presence. | 2.4 | 3.8 | 58% |
It is easy to shift from ‘on camera’ to ‘on video’ me. | 1.7 | 3.1 | 82% |
I am confident in the technical aspects of my presence. | 2.4 | 3.6 | 50% |
I am able to elicit a variety of emotions when recording. | 2.0 | 3.3 | 65% |
I feel confident connecting to my audience. | 2.1 | 3.6 | 71% |
Warm up exercises help me prepare. | 1.7 | 3.1 | 82% |
Self Assessment
How participant feel about their own presence before and after is critical to ones’s growth.
“Choose one word to describe your presence.”
Before
- Awkward
- Uncertain
- Wobbly
- Moderate
- Uncomfortable
- Average
- Fine
- Bland
- Mediocre
After
- Engaging
- Stronger
- Comfortable with my authentic self
- Better ;)
- Engaging
- Intentional
- Connection
- Sincere
“QUOTES”
“I LOVED the fact that it was asynchronous ........ I was able to make it fit into my schedule. I appreciated the video feedback which was short and consumable, to continue to work on after this program completes. I will be highly recommending to others!”
“Highly recommended. Thank you to BetterOn team for this learning experience.”
“I really enjoyed the training and my Guide is amazing. I would like to provide this for my direct reports.”
