EDGE Program

• This six-month, competitive program is designed to identify and develop Cal Poly employees, auxiliary, and faculty who are current entry level leaders or aspire to be leaders and develop areas of expertise, professional growth, and thought-leadership.

Strategic Alignment

• Strategic Initiative 5:

  Advance organizational development and employee excellence.

  Goal 1: Become an employer of choice, recognized as a great place to work.

  1. Design and deliver an integrated employee development framework to build organizational capacity.

  Goal 4: Invest in our personnel by expanding professional development opportunities.

  2. Offer a range of personal and professional development opportunities for employees tailored to specific roles and pathways for career advancement.

Learning Outcomes:

• Develop effective interpersonal and strategic leadership skills with the ability to apply them in a variety of professional and personal settings.
• Learn and develop essential competencies to prepare EDGE members, and by extension their teams, to be active participants in CPP’s future ready workforce.
• Effectively build meaningful relationships across campus by understanding the importance of empathy, crucial conversations and overcoming barriers to build trust.
• Increase understanding of individual leadership attributes and bring awareness to strengths and opportunities to encourage continuous improvement and leading with authenticity.

The EDGE badges include:

• Personal Effectiveness Cutting EDGE
• Leading with Trust EDGE
• The Ultimate Employee Experience EDGE
• Mindful Leaderships Essentials EDGE

EDGE Journey Benefits
Participants will receive:

• Dedicated peer support group
• Access to all Franklin Covey and Jhana content during your six-month program.
• Virtual Mentoring Sessions to discuss learning, challenges, and new content

• Recognition in our EODA CPP Newsletter
• A certificate of completion
• A digital badge to showcase on LinkedIn and email signatures

• A complete application for review and acceptance
• Attendance and participation in virtual orientation and five of six monthly meetings
• Attendance and participation in one instructor led course.
• Leading at the Speed of Trust or 7 Habits of Highly Effective People- Instructor Led Training
• Completion of Franklin Covey self study learning activities

• Minimum of six months employment with Cal Poly Pomona
•  Employed with Cal Poly Pomona, auxiliary, or faculty
• Received an overall performance rating of “Satisfactory” on your most recent review
• Received Manager/Supervisor approval to participate

• Intent to Apply and Application
• Responses to two short essay responses to application questions
• Manager approval

• There are approximately 20 spots available for each six-month program
• Each application will be reviewed to ensure all criteria is met
• All responses to short answers will be reviewed and scored by an impartial selection committee