Leadership Leader Roadmap
Building a leadership development platform with transparency. This roadmap shows our progress from Alpha (Foundational Features) to Beta (Enhanced Features) to Gamma (Premium Features).
Alpha 0.1
In DevelopmentFoundation: Core Structure & Alpha Banner
- Created Leadership Leader brand identity with green color palette representing growth and development
- Built prominent Alpha Warning Banner across all pages to clearly communicate early-stage status and potential instability
- Implemented dismissible banner with session persistence so users can hide after acknowledgment
- Designed navigation structure matching Clarity Coach patterns for brand consistency
- Created LeaderLogo component with mountain/growth metaphor matching HearthArch and ClarityLogo design language
- Established design tokens in globals.css for consistent emerald green theming throughout app
- Built dashboard with product status cards showing "Working", "In Progress", and "Planned" features with clear progress indicators
- Placeholder pages for Scenarios, Growth Tracking, and Settings with development status badges
- Integrated into Hearthside Works main site with Services section showcase
- Created dedicated roadmap and changelog pages for transparency
Alpha 0.2
PlannedRAG System: Leadership Knowledge Base
- Build comprehensive RAG system focused on leadership theories, practices, and applications
- Curate and upload expert documents covering transformational leadership, servant leadership, situational leadership
- Add research on difficult conversations, feedback delivery, conflict resolution, and psychological safety
- Include leadership models: adaptive leadership, authentic leadership, ethical leadership
- Integrate emotional intelligence frameworks and self-awareness practices
- Add team dynamics research: Tuckman stages, high-performing teams, trust-building
- Cover power dynamics, organizational culture, change management, and strategic thinking frameworks
- Include diversity, equity, and inclusion in leadership contexts
- Add coaching and mentorship best practices
- Create upload scripts and database schema for leadership_documents collection with embeddings
Alpha 0.3
PlannedScenario Simulator: AI-Powered Practice Conversations
- Build scenario library with 10+ common difficult leadership conversations (performance feedback, team conflict, etc.)
- Create AI conversation simulator with realistic employee personas and response patterns
- Implement branching conversation paths based on leader's choices
- Add real-time coaching suggestions during practice conversations
- Build scenario completion tracking and progress metrics
- Create post-conversation analysis showing strengths and improvement areas
- Add difficulty levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced scenarios
- Implement custom scenario creation for organization-specific situations
Beta 1.0
PlannedGrowth Tracking: Progress & Development Metrics
- Build comprehensive dashboard showing leadership competency progress over time
- Track practice frequency, scenario completion rates, and skill improvement across different competencies
- Create visual progress charts for key areas: feedback delivery, conflict resolution, team building, etc.
- Implement goal-setting system for targeted skill development
- Add reflection journal for capturing insights and learnings from practice sessions
- Create milestone celebrations and achievement badges
- Build export functionality for sharing progress with coaches or mentors
- Add peer comparison (anonymized) to show growth relative to other leaders
Beta 2.0
Planned360 Feedback: Multi-Rater Assessment
- Build 360-degree feedback collection system for gathering input from team, peers, managers
- Create anonymous feedback surveys with standardized leadership competency questions
- Implement feedback aggregation and visualization with strengths/gaps analysis
- Add comparison between self-assessment and others' perceptions
- Create action planning tools based on feedback insights
- Build progress tracking over multiple 360 cycles to show development over time
- Add integration with scenario simulator to target specific feedback areas
Gamma 1.0
PremiumTeam Features: Organizational Leadership Development
- Multi-user accounts for entire leadership teams
- Organization-wide scenario libraries customized to company culture
- Manager dashboards for tracking team leadership development
- Cohort-based learning programs with scheduled scenarios and group reflection
- Integration with Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Custom reporting for HR and L&D teams
- White-label options for enterprise clients