Mastering Leadership Transitions

 

Lead Your Next Role with Confidence, Clarity, and Impact.


A course on how to build credibility, avoid early missteps, and create visible impact in your first 12–18 months in a new leadership role.

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Immediate access. Lifetime use. Learn at your own pace

Enrollment closes on July 06th. The next cohort opens later this year without the launch bonuses.

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The Programme at a Glance

The Program:

A six-module eLearning course built around the Double Diamond Framework© of Executive Transitions, with 12 video lessons, 13 downloadable exercises, and a full workbook.

Who Is It For:

Senior Managers, Directors, Heads of, VPs  approaching, recently into, or anticipating a major step-up within the next 12 months.


What You Get:

A structured roadmap for the first 3, 6 and 12 months of a new senior role, with frameworks, diagnostics, and stakeholder tools created and refined by Navid over a decade of one-to-one executive practice.

Format:

Self-paced online learning.

 

 

When:

Immediate upon enrolment. Lifetime use.

 

 

Investment:

Three tiers — Silver at $297, Gold at $997, Platinum at $2,997 — depending on the level of guidance and direct access you want.

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You've Been Here Before, But This One Is Different.

 

You have stepped into new roles before: new team, new responsibilities, new pressure to deliver. But this transition is different. The stakes are higher, the politics are harder to read, and the people watching you are more senior.

You can sense the unspoken expectations and know that there are cultural dynamics at play. You also know the first 12 months of this new role will make or break how you're seen as a leader — not just now, but across the next decade of your career.

And yet you can’t seem to fully figure out what's truly different from any other promotion you’ve been through and you don’t know what you need to do to thrive. The only certainty is the assumption from those around you that you should already know what to do.

But what’s different about this transition can be named and you can learn key principles that will give you a strategic advantage and set you up for success not only in this new role - but in all the roles to come. 

For over two decades, I've worked with leaders navigating the most demanding transitions of their careers – across industries, sectors, and continents.

 

I’ve now taken all my knowledge, experience and expert insights to build a self-paced course that’s dedicated to senior leaders, and that gives you the confidence, credibility and a practical roadmap to onboard and transition successfully. 

                      

Inside the Course

A six-module eLearning programme built around the Double Diamond Framework© of Executive Transitions.

Mastering Leadership Transitions is a structured, practical, and research-backed eLearning programme designed to help leaders navigate career change with control - whether stepping into a new leadership role, expanding scope, or redefining their leadership impact.

This is not theory. It is a repeatable system used by leaders across industries and geographies.

Access World-Class Expertise
Built from a decade of work with 350+ senior leaders across FTSE 100, Fortune 500, and DAX 40 companies – by Navid Nazemian, named #1 Global Executive Coach by CEO Today for three consecutive years.

A Proven Framework
At the centre of the programme is the Double Diamond Framework© of Executive Transitions – a structured, seven-phase approach to the first 12 months of any senior role.

Lifetime Access, Your Own Pace
Lifetime access to every module, exercise, and resource. Work through it on a weekend, or alongside the transition itself, at a pace that suits your schedule.

 

           

Get Out Of The Promotion Trap

Heidrick & Struggles studied 20,000 senior placements and found that 40% of executives are pushed out, fail, or quit within 18 months – a finding reported by the Financial Times.

The reasons rarely come down to competence. They come down to one thing: leaders walk into the new role using the playbook from their last one.

I call this the Promotion Trap. The belief that the habits, assumptions, and behaviours that got you here will get you there. They rarely do. A bigger role isn't more of the same – it changes the rules.

 

If you want to step out of the Promotion Trap and into your next role with confidence, clarity, and a strategic roadmap, Mastering Leadership Transitions is the course for you.

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THE ultimate guide to executive transitions to help leaders achieve their highest potential.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith 
(Thinkers50 Hall of Fame and World’s #1 Coach)

This Programme Is for You If You:

 

  • Are stepping into a new senior role within the next 12 months, or have recently begun one
  • Are expanding your scope significantly – a larger team, region, or remit
  • Are stepping up from Senior Manager to Director, Director to VP, or into a Head of / broader leadership mandate
  • Want a structured roadmap for the first 3, 6, and 12 months rather than having to improvise through the transition or questioning yourself at every crossroad
  • Want structured, research-backed support over generic or peer advice
  • Have access to a self-directed learning budget but cannot justify a $48K year-long one-to-one leadership coaching engagement
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By the End of This Programme You Will:

Have a written plan for the first 12 months of your transition, with named priorities and milestones

Understand the 5Cs dimensions that shape early credibility and help you navigate the unspoken dynamics of any organisation

Know how to map the formal and informal power structures of your new organisation

Understand the Double Diamond Framework© and how to successfully apply it to your own transition

Have the language and tools to align with your manager, peers, and direct reports from week one

Know how to manage your energy and sustain performance across the 12-month transition window, and beyond

"Provides brilliant insights on what makes successful careers."

Dr. Hannes Ametsreiter 
(Former CEO at Vodafone Germany and ExCo Member of Vodafone Group)

"An evergreen compendium book of transitions, a critical topic in these days of uncertainty and change."

Dave Ulrich 
(Professor at University of Michigan and Thinkers50 Hall of Fame)

      

WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAMME DIFFERENT?

The DOUBLE DIAMOND FRAMEWORK™ 
The proprietary seven-phase methodology developed over a decade of senior transition coaching. Used in his one-to-one executive practice and now available to you in this self-paced course.

BUILT ON REAL PRACTIVE, NOT THEORY
Every module reflects situations I have navigated personally or with C-suite clients. The book it's based on – Mastering Executive Transitions: The Definitive Guide – is an international bestseller endorsed by Thinkers50 Hall of Famers Marshall Goldsmith and Dave Ulrich.

DESIGNED FOR SENIOR LEADERS
The content assumes you are operating at Senior Manager level or above e.g. Director, Head of, Senior Leader, VP. Examples, language, and stakeholder dynamics reflect that reality, so you are sure to learn principles and frameworks that closely apply to you, at this stage of your career.

A WORKBOOK THAT BECOMES YOUR TRANSITION PLAN
The course provides you with a full workbook that turns  the frameworks into a written plan that will help you navigate your transition at every step.

Choose the Level of Support That Fits Your Transition

 

For most of the last decade, this system has only been available inside my $48,000-a-year one-to-one engagement. Most leaders cannot justify that. Most shouldn't have to.

Mastering Leadership Transitions is how I make the same frameworks — same diagnostics, same hard-won lessons — accessible to leaders who deserve them but can't access the coaching tier. Choose the level of support that fits your situation.

Three tiers. The same core programme. Different levels of guidance, accountability, and direct access.

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And if you sign up today, you will also get access to some incredible bonuses: 

Early Bird Bonus:
Enroll by 23:59 GST on 02 July 2026 and receive 10% off any tier with code LAUNCH10.

Early Adopter Bonus:
Anyone signing up to the course in this first round will get access to a Private Q&A session (value: $500) with me. You’ll be able to further share your transition challenges and ask direct questions about your situation.

Exclusive Gold and Platinum Tiers Bonus:
The first 3 people signing up for the Gold or Platinum Tier will get access to an extra one-to-one session with me (value: $1,500)

Enrollment closes on 06 July 2026.

After this date, the Q&A bonus, the Early Bird discount, and the Gold/Platinum 1:1 sessions are gone.

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"Navid is a generous contributor, a great leader and a luminary who has influenced our thinking and made our (CEO transition) insights better."

Dr. Claudius A. Hildebrand 
(CEO Advisory & Life Cycle Analytics at Spencer Stuart)

"The carefully nuanced, very pertinent, and experienced insights that Navid has, are rarely covered and hence deeply value-adding."

Harriet Green, OBE 
(Former CEO & Chair at IBM Asia Pacific)

"Navid is a true transition guru."

Dr. Ryne Sherman 
(Chief Science Officer at Hogan Assessment Systems)

      

MEET NAVID

Hi, I'm Navid.

I'm an executive coach and bestselling author, ranked #1 Global Executive Coach by CEO Today for three consecutive years (2024, 2025, and 2026).

Over the last decade, I've helped 350+ senior leaders across five continents navigate their most critical career transitions – from first-time Director roles all the way to CEO appointments at FTSE 100, Fortune 500, and DAX 40 companies. My book, Mastering Executive Transitions: The Definitive Guide, is an international bestseller and the recipient of the 2025 Global Book Awards Gold Medal and the Book Excellence Award.

Before this, I spent more than twenty years in HR leadership inside some of the world's most admired companies, which means I've seen these transitions from both sides: the leader stepping in, and the organisation watching them. 

I built this course for leaders who deserve the same structured support I offer my executive clients, in a format that suits their needs and at a price point they can actually access.

I'm glad you're here.

      

MEET YOUR TRAINER

I'm an executive coach and bestselling author, ranked #1 Global Executive Coach by CEO Today for three consecutive years (2024, 2025, and 2026).

Over the last decade, I've helped 350+ senior leaders across five continents navigate their most critical career transitions – from first-time Director roles all the way to CEO appointments at FTSE 100, Fortune 500, and DAX 40 companies. My book, Mastering Executive Transitions: The Definitive Guide, is an international bestseller and the recipient of the 2025 Global Book Awards Gold Medal and the Book Excellence Award.

Before this, I spent more than twenty years in HR leadership inside some of the world's most admired companies, which means I've seen these transitions from both sides: the leader stepping in, and the organisation watching them. 

I built this course for leaders who deserve the same structured support I offer my executive clients, in a format that suits their needs and at a price point they can actually access.

I'm glad you're here.

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A New Senior Role Is a Key Moment in a Leader's Career


The decisions you make in the first 12 months shape what's possible for the next decade.

Having practical insights and a structured roadmap will give you an advantage that will propel your leadership and amplify your impact.

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