Setting the Tone - You, Your Team & the Culture You’re Creating

• Clarify what kind of leader you want to be

• Consider your current culture & determine its strengths and weaknesses

• Learn tools to be an attentive & compassionate leader while providing clarity and boundaries for your team

• Get to know your cohort of fellow leaders

Your Leadership Style - Understand Yourself First

• Explore your CliftonStrengths results to see what makes your leadership style uniquely you

• Spot how your personality traits show up in real-life team dynamics

• Identify the blind spots and risks that come with your strengths (yep, even superpowers have fine print)

• Learn how to lead with more intention, clarity, and confidence

• Celebrate the awesome human you already are—and sharpen what’s already working

Developing Trust and Psychological Safety from the Top Down

• Discuss why trust really matters—and what happens when it’s missing

• Learn the basics about the neuroscience of trust

• Discover which trust-building behaviors come naturally to you—and which ones might be tripping you up

• Learn practical ways to create a culture of psychological safety, starting with how you show up as a leader

• Strengthen your team’s ability to speak up, take risks, and support one another (without the drama)

Hiring & Firing the Right People (& Then Getting the Right People to Stay)

• Understand how you, as the leader, directly influence engagement—and whether people stick around

• Learn how to spot the difference between someone’s hardwiring and habits that can shift so you can decide who should stay

• Gain tips on how to hire intentionally, give meaningful performance feedback, and make tough calls with clarity and care

• Build your skills for leading 1:1s that actually matter (no more awkward check-ins or calendar fillers)

• Create a team culture that makes the right people want to grow—and stay

Prioritizing Employee Wellbeing:

• Explore the real connection between wellbeing and job performance (hint: they’re very linked)

• Figure out when an employee’s personal challenges are relevant to your role—and when to step in with care

• Learn how to lead through those “life is life-ing” moments without losing compassion or accountability

• Pick up practical tools for managing stress, anxiety, and burnout—for both your team and yourself

• Gain insight into supporting neurodiverse team members with curiosity, not assumptions

• Build a healthier, more human-centered team culture (without turning into everyone’s therapist)

Communication for Leaders + Developing Executive Presence:

• Identify which of your habits get in the way of being a truly effective listener

• Learn how to communicate clearly across Email, Text, and Teams

• Add practical tools to your leadership toolkit that help your employees feel genuinely heard

• Find the sweet spot between authority and approachability—all while staying true to your authentic self

• Strengthen your presence so people lean in when you speak (instead of checking their phones)

Turning Conflict Into Constructive Conversations:

• Learn how to spot the difference between conflict that fuels progress vs. conflict that derails it

• Gain tools to shift your colleagues’ mindset when tensions are high (without playing referee)

• Build your confidence in facilitating disagreements that are honest, respectful, and bridge-building

• Learn to work effectively with the “difficult” personality—and how to manage with empathy and clarity

• Develop practical strategies to reduce tension that honor your communication style

Build a Culture of Camaraderie and Collaboration

• Diagnose where and why siloing is happening—and what it’s costing your team

• Learn habits that spark real collaboration across individuals, departments, and teams

• Equip your team to give and receive constructive criticism without defensiveness or drama

• Shift your culture from “us vs. them” to “let’s figure this out together”

• Help your people show up with curiosity, humility, and a willingness to co-create (not compete)

Maximizing Meeting Time:

• Explore what meetings should be doing—beyond one-way info sharing

• Audit your team’s current meeting load and define what “just enough” looks like

• Create a game plan for crafting realistic, focused agendas that actually fit into your workday

• Learn how to bring back the spark—so meetings feel collaborative, not soul-sucking

• Turn your meetings into time well spent (instead of time you’ll never get back)

Creating Power in Others + Graduation:

• Shift from being the go-to doer to becoming a trusted coach and mentor

• Learn how to support your star performers in building the careers where they’ll thrive

• Develop your personal “high impact plan” for the legacy you want to leave behind 

• Reflect on your leadership journey and celebrate how far you’ve come

• Wrap up with your cohort of Next Level Leaders