Making Others Great

A transformative experience for those who want to elevate others.

Our signature program with sessions at Harvard Faculty Club and MIT as well as online learning sessions.

Whether you're preparing the next generation in your family, supporting start-ups and entrepreneurs, or developing young talent in your organization, this program will equip you with the frameworks and tools to optimally bring out the best in others–drawn from state-of-the-art science and practice of coaching, mentorship, and adult learning.

What to Expect

Deep self-knowledge that elevates how you guide and influence:

Making others great begins with knowing yourself. Your strengths. Your preferences in how you guide and support. The patterns in how you listen, question, and provide feedback. This program is as much about self-discovery as it is about developing others - because that self-knowledge transforms how you accompany people.

The science and practice of developing others:

Frameworks from professional coaching, mentorship programs, and adult learning research. What the evidence tells us about lasting development. How to structure relationships that create real impact. When to advise, when to coach, when to mentor.

Core competencies that transform how you guide others:

The art of listening that creates safety and unlocks potential. Questioning techniques that generate insight and build capability. Feedback approaches that catalyze growth. How to identify and leverage strengths. What truly motivates people and how to activate it.

The power of narrative:

One of the most effective ways to develop others is through your own experiences - your stories. You'll learn how to share what you've learned in ways that land. How to craft narratives that teach without preaching. How to make your experience accessible and useful to others. The ability to tell stories that resonate and guide is a skill that can be developed.

Tools and frameworks for immediate application:

Visualization and assessment tools. Structured conversation models. Processes used by thoughtful developers of talent worldwide.

Learning from faculty and experienced mentors:

You learn from faculty who have worked with organizations and families globally, and from programs that have shaped entrepreneurial communities. Frameworks you can apply immediately in your own context.

Learning from peers:

The concept of mutual mentorship runs through this program. You'll learn from participants across industries and countries, discovering that some of the most powerful insights come from those with different experiences, different contexts, even different generations.

Why This Matters

Making others great may be the most fulfilling work there is. It's also increasingly rare. In a world of quick fixes and outsourced development, the ability to truly develop people—to build capability that lasts, to unlock potential, to prepare those who follow—is a skill that matters more than ever.

But this isn't something we should just do intuitively, relying on good intentions alone. It's work that can be learned, practiced, and refined.

Whether you're guiding family members, supporting founders, developing talent in your organization, or mentoring the next generation—being there for others is valuable. Being well-prepared for that work is transformative.

There's extraordinary knowledge in professional fields like coaching, mentorship, and people advisory practice. Decades of research on adult learning, motivation, and behavior change. Proven frameworks from those who've spent careers developing others. You don't need to become a certified coach to benefit from what these fields have learned—but drawing from their science and practice makes you far more effective.

This program gives you that foundation. The frameworks, tools, insights, and processes that professionals use. The competencies that make development conversations work. The ability to recognize when to coach, when to advise, when to mentor.

It also gives you something equally valuable: deep reflection in a confidential environment with peers who understand what you're navigating. People who will challenge your thinking, share their own experiences, and give you feedback that helps you grow. The kind of learning that only happens in trusted community.

This is about becoming truly skilled at work that matters—and having the knowledge, practice, and support to do it well.

The Program

The Making Others Great Program consists of:

Online Learning Sessions

Six deep learning sessions (2.5 hours each) conducted virtually from September 2026 through Spring 2027.

Between sessions, you engage in structured practice: coaching conversations, mentoring relationships, reflection on both sides of development.

Multi-Day Capstone at Harvard Faculty Club and MIT

The program concludes with a multi-day capstone experience at Harvard Faculty Club and MIT.

You'll visit mentorship programs that have shaped entrepreneurial communities globally. You'll learn from world-class coaches and experienced practitioners who have spent decades developing others. You'll have behind-the-scenes conversations with those who built these programs and discover what actually works in practice.

You'll synthesize your learning with your cohort and leave with frameworks you can apply immediately in your own context.

What You Leave With

A practice grounded in research, refined through ongoing application, and connected to others committed to the same work.

The entire program is led by Professor Matthias Ehrhardt with global faculty and Senior Program Fellows.

Who Participates

• Leaders and business owners who want to develop the people around them

• Family members preparing the next generation

• Professionals who have built something and are exploring their next chapter - where making others great becomes the work

• Board members and advisors who guide entrepreneurs and organizations

• People thinking about legacy, about what comes next, and what they leave behind

• Exceptional younger participants who bring fresh perspective and energy

Participants come from across industries and countries.

For many, this becomes a path of self-insight and discovery - a place for deep reflection in a trusted environment, a chance to explore what lies ahead for yourself while developing the capacity to guide others.

If making others great matters to you, we'd love to explore whether this program fits where you are and where you're headed.

Dates & Commitment

Time commitment:

Six virtual sessions from September 2026 through Spring 2027 (2.5 hours each)

Development practice between sessions

Four days for Cambridge capstone experience (Harvard Faculty Club and MIT)

Investment: By inquiry

(Includes all sessions, materials, assessments, and program costs. Travel and accommodation separately arranged.)

Next cohort: September 2026 – May 2027

How to Join

Admission is by invitation.

If making others great is already part of your work, or if you're thinking about what comes next and wonder whether this might be part of it, the program could be for you.

You'll gain frameworks and competencies that transform how you develop others, profound insight into yourself and how you guide people, and connections to peers who share your passion for elevating others.

That said, participation asks for meaningful commitment - time for learning and reflection, willingness to bring your own experience and questions, and engagement with a community of peers who will challenge and support you.

If this resonates, please reach out. We'll arrange a time to talk.

Contact:

Professor Matthias Ehrhardt
[email protected]

Autoris Leadership Institute
Harvard Square, Cambridge