Student checklist: week by week
Everything you need to do, in order, with a time estimate next to each step. The weekly load is designed to stay small: about 2 hours of live session, at most 1 hour of take-home work, and 30 to 40 minutes of reading.
The operating rule for the whole course: no artifact means not done. Reflection without evidence does not count, in the course as in engineering.
All dates below are cohort 1 placeholders and shift together once the kickoff date is confirmed.
Before the course
Application stage (about 5 weeks before kickoff)
| Done | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Fill the screening application: experience, role, team size, one paragraph on a leadership situation that went badly and what you think went wrong | 10 min |
| ☐ | Confirm availability for all 6 Friday sessions | 2 min |
Pre-work packet (sent 7 days before kickoff, due 2 days before)
| Done | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Take the 24-item self-assessment (0 to 3 per item, produces your baseline score per arc) | 10 min |
| ☐ | Write and submit your story: one moment in your career where you saw one of these laws work or violated, and the outcome | 25 min |
| ☐ | Confirm the 6 dates and the teach-back obligation | 5 min |
Stage total: about 52 minutes
Week 0: kickoff (Fri Aug 14)
| Done | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Attend the kickoff: norms, the four arcs, the two tracks, self-assessment debrief, capstone walkthrough | 90 min |
| ☐ | Note your weakest arc from the debrief. That is your capstone territory | in session |
| ☐ | Note your teach-back pairing: partner, law, and which session you present in | in session |
| ☐ | Pre-read for Week 1: one-pagers for The Lid and Priorities (includes the Project Oxygen and Peter Principle summaries) | 30–40 min |
| ☐ | Write down the one question the reading left you with. Sessions open with a question round and assume you have read | 5 min |
Week total: about 2 hours 15 minutes
Week 1: lead yourself (Fri Aug 21)
| Done | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Attend Session 1: The Lid, Priorities, burnout and imposter syndrome module, workbook walkthrough | 120 min |
| ☐ | Keep your burnout early-warning checklist from the session somewhere you will see it | 5 min |
| ☐ | Evidence artifact: calendar audit. Tag every block in last week's calendar as Requirement, Return, Reward, or none. Compute the percentage of none. Write 5 lines on what you would cut | 45–60 min |
| ☐ | Submit the artifact (calendar screenshot + the percentage) by Thursday Aug 27, 6:00 PM | 5 min |
| ☐ | Pre-read for Week 2: one-pagers for Influence and Connection | 30–40 min |
| ☐ | Write down your one question from the reading | 5 min |
| ☐ | If your teach-back is in Session 2: prepare with your partner (8 minutes, both speak, framework first, one real story, one question to the room) | 45–60 min |
Week total: about 3 hours 30 minutes (plus teach-back prep if scheduled)
Week 2: earn the follow (Fri Aug 28)
| Done | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Attend Session 2: evidence round, Influence, Connection, feedback (SBI + Radical Candor), conflict resolution, one teach-back | 120 min |
| ☐ | Be ready to share your calendar audit in the evidence round, 60 seconds | in session |
| ☐ | Evidence artifact: influence map. Map your team plus 2 adjacent stakeholders. Mark who follows you voluntarily vs by role. Pick the one broken relationship and write a 5-line diagnosis of what connection is missing | 45–60 min |
| ☐ | Submit the artifact (map as Canva frame or photo + diagnosis) by Thursday Sep 3, 6:00 PM | 5 min |
| ☐ | Pre-read for Week 3: one-pagers for Empowerment and Buy-In | 30–40 min |
| ☐ | Write down your one question from the reading | 5 min |
| ☐ | If your teach-back is in Session 3: prepare with your partner | 45–60 min |
Week total: about 3 hours 30 minutes (plus teach-back prep if scheduled)
Week 3: build the team (Fri Sep 4)
| Done | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Attend Session 3: evidence round, Empowerment, Buy-In with managing up (SCQA + nemawashi), two teach-backs | 120 min |
| ☐ | Evidence artifact: delegation and buy-in audit. List 3 things you are hoarding and the honest reason for each. Pick one proposal of yours that failed and write why it failed, using the buy-in order: people accept the person first, then the idea | 45–60 min |
| ☐ | Submit both lists by Thursday Sep 10, 6:00 PM | 5 min |
| ☐ | Book your 1:1 mentorship session (booking window opens after this session, via the Zcal link shared with the cohort) | 5 min |
| ☐ | Pre-read for Week 4: one-pagers for Explosive Growth and Legacy | 30–40 min |
| ☐ | Write down your one question from the reading | 5 min |
| ☐ | If your teach-back is in Session 4: prepare with your partner | 45–60 min |
Week total: about 3 hours 35 minutes (plus teach-back prep if scheduled)
Week 4: multiply and exit well (Fri Sep 11)
| Done | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Attend Session 4: evidence round, Explosive Growth, Legacy, final teach-backs, capstone briefing | 120 min |
| ☐ | Capstone: draft your 30-day experiment plan on the one-page template: diagnosis (weakest arc + score), one real named problem on your team, the experiment (one behavior, frequency, start date), evidence to collect, success measure, and the risk that could make you quit, with your plan against it | 60 min |
| ☐ | Submit the plan by Wednesday Sep 16 (2 days before the case clinic). Plans without a real named problem get sent back | 5 min |
| ☐ | No pre-read this week. The case clinic requires zero preparation: cases are read live | 0 min |
| ☐ | If your teach-back opens the case clinic: prepare with your partner | 45–60 min |
Week total: about 3 hours 5 minutes (plus teach-back prep if scheduled)
Week 5: the case clinic (Fri Sep 18, mandatory)
| Done | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Attend the case clinic: two live cases debated in opposing camps, your written 3-line decision on each, the succession staircase close | 120 min |
| ☐ | State your capstone commitment in one line: the behavior you will run for 30 days and your start date | in session |
| ☐ | Note the day-30 reassessment date announced at the close | 2 min |
Week total: about 2 hours
After the course: the 30-day experiment
The 30-day clock starts on the start date you stated at the clinic. The plan you submitted plus the commitment you stated is the contract. No revision cycle, no presentation.
| Done | Task | Time |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ | Run the experiment on your real team: one behavior, at your committed frequency | 10–15 min per occurrence |
| ☐ | Log the evidence you committed to (1:1 notes, delegation log, calendar tags, a re-run proposal) as you go, not retroactively | 5–10 min per week |
| ☐ | Attend your 60-minute 1:1 mentorship session: 30 min testing and improving your experiment plan, 15 min one career question of your choice | 60 min |
| ☐ | At day 30: retake the 24-item self-assessment | 10 min |
| ☐ | Write the short retro: what moved, what did not, what the evidence shows | 20–30 min |
Stage total: about 2 hours of fixed time, plus the experiment behavior itself spread over 30 days
Certificate checklist
You earn the certificate when all four are true:
| Done | Requirement |
|---|---|
| ☐ | Attended at least 5 of 6 live sessions, including the Week 5 case clinic (mandatory) |
| ☐ | Submitted all 4 weekly evidence artifacts |
| ☐ | Delivered your peer teach-back |
| ☐ | Submitted the capstone plan and stated your commitment at the case clinic |
Total commitment at a glance
| Block | Time |
|---|---|
| Live sessions (6) | 11.5 hours |
| Pre-reads (4 weeks × 30–40 min) | ~2.5 hours |
| Evidence artifacts (3 audits + capstone plan) | ~3.5 hours |
| Teach-back preparation (once) | ~1 hour |
| Pre-work packet | ~1 hour |
| Mentorship 1:1 | 1 hour |
| Day-30 reassessment + retro | ~40 min |
| Total across ~10 weeks | ~21 hours, never more than ~4 in any week |