Leadership Accelerator: Practical Tools for Leading Teams

Cody Wright

Apple University | 20+ yrs Leadership

Clare Gobel

Rethink Skills Founder | Startup HR Exec

Practical tools for leading teams, applied in real time

You were promoted because you're good at the work. Now you’re expected to lead others, clarify expectations, build trust, manage performance, and deliver results, often without clear guidance or time to figure it out.

Most leadership programs explain what good leadership looks like. They don’t show you how to lead in the conditions you’re actually working in.

Leadership Accelerator helps you move from doing the work yourself to leading the work through others. Each week you get a practical tool and put it to work with your actual team.

How it works:

☑️ Tools on Tuesdays. Learn one or two practical tools from Cody you can put to work right away.

☑️ Coaching on Fridays. Bring a real challenge and work it through live with Clare and your fellow participants.

☑️ Real work, not simulations. Apply every tool to your team, not a hypothetical case.

☑️ Built for change, not theory. Each week layers a new tool onto the last, so by week 12 they're working together as part of how you lead.

By the end of Leadership Accelerator, you’ll have a repeatable set of leadership tools and the confidence that comes from using them in practice.

What you’ll learn

Step into your role with intention and use practical, people-first tools to create clarity, accountability, and empowered teams.

  • Shift from doing the work yourself to leading through clarity, focus, and shared ownership

  • See how leaders create impact by enabling others, not by over-functioning

  • Gain confidence in where to spend your time and energy as a people leader

  • Define roles, expectations, and priorities so your team knows what success looks like

  • Communicate clearly while maintaining trust and autonomy

  • Reduce confusion, rework, and frustration through better definition of the work

  • Support accountability without fear, pressure, or constant oversight

  • Practice people-first approaches that balance empathy with performance

  • Create conditions where your team takes ownership and follows through

  • Put each tool to work with your team on a real challenge every week

  • Sharpen your approach through coaching, peer discussion, and real-world practice

  • Leave each session with clear actions you can take right away

  • Focus your attention on the highest-impact work instead of everything at once

  • Build sustainable rhythms so you lead well without running yourself down

  • Make deliberate calls about where to spend your time, and where to pull back

  • Give feedback and run check-ins that help move people forward

  • Understand what actually motivates each person on your team

  • Turn everyday conversations into ownership and momentum

Learn directly from Cody & Clare

Cody Wright

Cody Wright

Former Apple | L&D and CX leader | 20+ years experience

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Clare Gobel

Clare Gobel

Founder of Rethink Skills, 20+ years leading HR for Tech Startups

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Who this course is for

  • Managers stuck in the work

    You lead a team but still do too much yourself. You want clarity, focus, and a healthier team dynamic.

  • Promoted without a playbook

    You stepped into leadership recently or years ago and want to lead well, not with vague or theoretical advice.

  • Leaders preparing for growth

    You lead a team and want practical tools to build trust, accountability, and momentum as your scope grows.

Prerequisites

  • People Manager

    Best for current people managers. Weekly practice often involves working directly with your team.

What's included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Cody Wright & Clare Gobel in a real-time, interactive format.

Hands-on application

Each week gives you a practical way to put the tool to work with your real team, on your own timeline. Real application, not busywork.

Leadership tools & frameworks

Clear, usable frameworks for defining work, setting expectations, and leading through others.

Cohort support

Learn alongside a small cohort of peers facing similar leadership challenges.

Live group coaching

Every Friday, bring what's actually happening on your team. Get real-time help applying the tools from Clare, Cody, and your fellow participants.

Behavior change, not just knowledge

Designed to create lasting changes in how you lead, not just new ideas to think about.

Maven Guarantee

Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Aug 4—Aug 9

    📝 Prework: Goal Orientation

    1 item

    🛠️ Putting It to Work: Goal Orientation

    1 item

    🔎 Going Deeper: Goal Orientation

    1 item

Week 2

Aug 10—Aug 16

    📝 Prework: Actionable Management: Observe and Evaluate

    2 items

    🛠️ Putting It to Work: Actionable Management

    1 item

    🔎 Going Deeper: Actionable Management

    2 items

Free resource

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Why Your Leadership Efforts Aren't Paying Off: How to Fix It

Clarify the work so others can deliver on it.

Define what truly matters, what’s non-negotiable, and where you can let go so you stop being the bottleneck.

Align expectations without micromanaging

Learn how to make “what done looks like” explicit, reducing friction and rework while preserving trust.

Provide the right support at the right time

Use a simple framework to decide how to support your team when things feel stuck.

Turn insight into immediate action

You’ll leave with a leadership action you can take to improve the situation you identified at the start of the session.

Schedule

Live sessions

2 hrs / week

Each week has two one-hour live sessions. Tuesday introduces a practical tool and shows you how to use it with your team. Friday is open group coaching: bring a real situation from your week and work it through with the group.

Applied Work

1-3 hrs / week

Each week gives you a hands-on way to put the tool to work with your real team. It's practical, not busywork, and there's no hard deadline. Time varies by role, and most of it folds into work you're already doing.

Async content

1 hr / week

Optional and lightweight. A short bit of context to prime each Tuesday, plus deeper reading if a topic grabs you. Cohorts often form small groups for accountability and feedback between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

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Reimbursement

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Everything L&D needs: email template, receipts, and certificate of completion.

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Private cohort

Run a cohort for your org

A dedicated cohort with a custom schedule and curriculum, tailored to your team.

Book a private cohort

$1,750

USD

Aug 4Oct 24
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