Strategic UX Leader™ Programs
Level up with UX leadership skills in these cohort-based programs. Increase your impact and influence, drive the change you want to see!
I offer the Strategic UX Leadership and Strategic UX Management courses twice yearly. Next cohort begins in September 2024.
Workshops
Learn and grow in a community of peers.
Coaching Skills for Managers
Self Coaching Skills
Strategize Your Career Development
Coaching Packages
Invest in 1:1 coaching to achieve powerful results quickly. Build a career that is aligned, authentic, and sustainable for you.
I work with UX professionals at all levels of their career journey to achieve what matters most to them.
Maximize your impact.
Professionals at all levels need to be strategic. So does our approach to learning and development.
I know first-hand that we need human-centered, impactful, and confident people in UX who lead in whatever role they're in. I also believe organizations can unlock their full potential by elevating UX leaders who embody their values, leverage their strengths and fully comprehend their individual impact.
That is why my coaching and training programs are designed to address the unique leadership challenges faced by the people and teams who produce user experiences.
What our Strategic UX Leader™ alumni are saying…
“As a new design leader, I feel a lot more confident… I thought leadership's like a big scary thing. It's just like, No, this is just the stuff I'm already doing. And here's some better ways to go about it. So that's been a really awesome takeaway for me.”
— M., Colorado
“Being in a middle management layer can be really stressful, because you're figuring out ‘what do the people on my team need, what does my manager need from me, what do my partners need from me?’ and it can create this kind of reactive environment.
This course helped to remind me to be more entrepreneurial. To think about what I want to do, who can I partner with, how can I get different resources from the team working on it and focused on it.”
— A., Minnesota
“A big learning was about trying to build your team with a meaning and structure, thinking about the vision, and coming up with that with the team.”
— K., Los Angeles
“Some important takeaways were the different ways of communicating, and what strategic partnership is, that's really evolved my thinking. About making partnership with others to get things done.”
— M., Seattle
“The Strategic UX management program was a great experience for me. As the only experienced designer at my business and having lacked strategic design leadership for most of my career, it was awesome to be in the presence of other UX leads. The course provided practical tips, great frameworks, varied perspectives and the opportunity to talk through a lot of issues that all of us were facing independently. I even got to implement a new design framework at my company as a result of this program.”
- Chimmy Kalu
Staff product designer | Keynote Speaker | 2x LinkedIn Learning Course Author | Educator and Mentor | Previous UX Cake Guest
Coaching for Companies
Team Coaching & Training
Looking to help your team develop leadership skills, grow their strategy or research capacities, or work through big change and challenges? I work with companies to design customized training and coaching based on their unique needs.
Advising & Facilitation
I work with companies and organizations of all sizes to build or scale exceptional user experience teams, processes, and results.
Expert workshop facilitation for Innovation and design sprints, with a strategy for implementing the vision.
Managing Change
I coach teams who are going through change to shift into growth mindsets, become more resilient, think big-picture, and create a shared vision of the future that each individual is excited to play their part in.
Develop leadership from within
It's both challenging and expensive to hire experienced UX leaders. Now more than ever it's important to develop leaders internally. Yet it takes time and effort, and options tailor-made to UX teams are sparse.
My Strategic UX Leader™ program takes UX professionals to the next level quickly. In just 2 months, individuals identify and practice the leadership skills most important for them now, and create a roadmap to take them into the future. The growth they experience is powerful, and the learning is sustained, because it is rooted in their unique strengths and challenges.
This program is designed to be customizable to the vision and objectives of both the individual and their organization. Virtually every aspect can be customized to fit the needs of you and your team.
Let’s talk.
“This was invaluable… exceeded my expectations in every way. I would recommend Leigh’s leadership development program for anyone who wants to grow in their career and get clear on what’s most important for them and for their team. I hope my company makes this available to all the UX teams.”
— N, Seattle