✅ Reduce resistance. Communicate to build connection and be heard, so you can lead your team through change, uncertainty, and new challenges.

✅ Be more responsive, less reactive. Set the tone as a calm, clear leader -- so you can face stressful situations without absorbing the stress yourself.

✅ Feel prepared for tough conversations, even if you're conflict averse and worry about making people feel bad.

✅ Use time well. Create better 1:1s and team meetings.

✅ Speak up with authentic confidence. Share your vision, perspective, or give direction. Advocate for yourself -- even when you're extremely self-reliant and don't like to ask for anything.

Personal growth and professional development go hand in hand. You communicate every day, so everything you learn in class can be applied to improve your work life and enrich your personal life.

WHAT TO EXPECT 🗺️

This course is designed for busy people who want real insights and practical tools they can easily use right away.

This is NOT a bootcamp style course that will leave you feeling overwhelmed or unsure of how to apply the material in your specific workplace.

Students who get the most from this course tend to:

➡️ Take small steps each week and apply what they learn.

➡️ Read the material and write their answers to the Reflection Questions.

➡️ Value a human-centered approach to leadership, and enjoy project-based learning.

Many students report meaningful positive outcomes as they use the frameworks offered throughout the course.

INSTRUCTOR PHILOSOPHY 🌿

🌿 The only way to develop any skill is with deliberate practice over time.

🌿 This course is designed to provide you with the structure and support to do just that.

🌿 People are human. Humans vary. Leading a diverse workforce takes skill, and skills are learnable.

🌿 Soft skills like communication, executive presence, leadership mindset, and relationship building are critical for every manager in any organization.

🌿 Managers learn soft skills faster and enjoy real, sustainable behavior change when they have a learning environment that is mindfully designed and trauma-informed.