Elevate Programs

Use the links below to navigate to each Elevate program. Here is a useful guide to ensure you’re choosing the right program:

Program Name Description
Elevate We currently estimate next cohort of Elevate to begin in August. If you’ve been recently enrolled, navigate here.
Elevate Applied Continuous learning and resources for those who’ve earned their Elevate certification
Elevate+ Round 1 and 2 starting in FY25 Q1

Not a GitLab People Leader? We’ve put together a Level Up course available to all GitLab Team Members, to share the self-paced training content for each Elevate module. You can check it out here: Elevate Learning Materials.

Elevate Feedback Loop

To remain ahead of the curve, GitLab Talent teams will utilize HPT (High Performing Teams) workshop data, Elevate program feedback, engagement survey data, and direct input from executive leadership to continuously up-level program content. Just as GitLab integrates customer insights into product development, the same holds true for Elevate design and future iterations. Similar product sensing mechanisms are used to guide continuous program improvement.


Elevate

Elevate: a live virtual leadership development program for GitLab managers, focused on understanding leadership competencies, building emotional intelligence, giving and recieving great feedback, coaching, and recognizing unconscious bias.

Managers at GitLab enable our mission that everyone can contribute. We need to equip our people leaders with the skills to lead globally dispersed, all-remote teams to support our business growth at scale.

The handbook provides guidance on GitLab leadership competencies and principles. Bringing these practices to life requires training and practice. Elevate, GitLab’s leadership development program, provides opportunity for people leaders to learn to lead at GitLab.

Elevate Applied

Elevate Applied

Elevate Applied: Elevate Applied is a dynamic collection of resources aimed to extend leadership development and allow learners to apply concepts taught in Elevate and Elevate+ directly to their work. This includes custom live workshops, 1:1 coaching, job aids, team member resources, and self-paced courses. Resources are designed to help GitLab leaders focus on building and enabling high performing teams.

Apply what you learned in Elevate to build your high performing team.

Elevate+

Elevate+: a live virtual leadership development program for leaders of leaders at GitLab, focused on strengthening leadership identity, mastering GitLab business acumen, building and executing team strategy, maintaining effective cross-functional partnership, and efficient change management.

Leaders at GitLab enable our mission that everyone can contribute. We need to equip our people leaders with the skills to lead globally dispersed, all-remote teams to support our business growth at scale.

This page outlines the current format of Elevate+, for participants enrolled in Cohorts 1 through 6.

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