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 For Managers and Senior Managers. The latest round of Elevate began in January 2025, if you’ve been enrolled, please navigate here. The next round will begin in Q1 FY26
Elevate Applied Continuous learning and resources for those who’ve earned their Elevate certification
Elevate+ For Directors and Senior Directors. Round 3 Ongoing, Round 4 will begin in Q1 FY26
ElevatePrep For high potential ICs, or those on track to, or interested in, becoming a people manager. Round 1 will begin in Q1 FY26

If you have any questions about Elevate, or are interested in how you can participate in one of the programs, please reach out in the #learninganddevelopment channel.

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 is 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.

Note: We’re making some changes to the Elevate program currently, so this page is under construction as we roll out the new iteration of the program, to view information about the previous version of Elevate (if you enrolled before October 2024), please visit the Elevate - Previous Iterations page.

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.

ElevatePrep

ElevatePrep is a signature program within GitLab’s broader Elevate leadership experience aim to enhance leadership performance and capability across the organization. ElevatePrep focuses on skills and capabilities that strengthen self-awareness, goal setting, feedback, and influencing others. This experience is designed for GitLab individual contributors (ICs) who would like to one day step into a people management role or lead multifaceted, cross-functional projects more effectively. ElevatePrep lays the foundation for strong professional skills that support a variety of goals.

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