REMOVE THE ARMOUR.

LEAN INTO COURAGE.

What is Dare to Lead™?

We're so glad you asked — based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building program.

Having spent over two decades dedicated to studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and most recently completing a seven-year study on courageous leadership, Dr. Brené Brown’s research reveals that the ideal leader is someone who cultivates a culture in which brave work, tough conversations, and whole hearts are the expectation.

Dare to Lead™ is your invitation to become a braver leader as you learn the four empirically proven skill sets of courageous leadership that are teachable, measurable, and observable:

• Rumbling with Vulnerability: Facing risk, uncertainty, and emotional exposure with courage and clarity.
• Living into our Values: Identifying, operationalizing, and practicing the beliefs that we hold most important.
• Braving Trust: Creating or deepening connections in relationships and teams based on the seven elements of trust.
• Learning to Rise: Learning and growing from the failures, setbacks, and disappointments that are inevitable when we are brave with our lives.

When done right, these skills enable leaders to create safe spaces for teams to experiment with creativity and innovation, which in turn leads to increases in productivity and employee engagement.

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The greatest barrier to courageous leadership is not fear — it’s how we respond to our fear. Our armour — the thoughts, emotions, and behaviours that we use to protect ourselves when we aren’t willing and able to rumble with vulnerability — moves us out of alignment with our values, corrodes trust with our colleagues and teams, and prevents us from being our most courageous selves. You will learn the skills necessary for moving from armoured leadership to daring leadership.  Examples include:

Moving from...

...avoiding tough conversations to straight talk and taking action.

...leading for compliance and control to cultivating commitment and shared purpose.

...a culture of echo chambers and in/out groups to cultivating a culture of belonging, inclusivity, and diverse perspectives.

...placing value on being a knower and being right to valuing being a learner and getting it right.

...perfectionism and fear of failure to modeling and encouraging striving for excellence, empathy, and self-compassion.

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“We need braver leaders and more courageous cultures.”
~Dr. Brené Brown

True leadership isn’t about power over people; it is about power with people. Nor is leadership about titles or the corner office. It’s about the willingness to step up, put yourself out there, and lean into courage. The world is desperate for braver leaders. It’s time for all of us to step up, put down the armour and lean into impactful leadership practices that cultivate connection and caring for our most important resource – people.

 What does this look like in action? It means:

•  Acting with power and purpose, rather than acting bogged down by mindless activity.

•  Moving from simply interacting to relating by caring about others. 

•  Focusing on the success of the team and department.

•  Looking for opportunities to solve problems and create value. 

•  Drawing on the power of shared values.

Our 3-Day Program Objectives:

This is an investment in you and your leadership. After completing this training, you will be equipped to bring back these courage building tools to your teams. Courageous leaders create brave, trusting, engaged cultures.

Over the course of the 3-days, you will learn how to:

•  Articulate the definition of a leader as someone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people or processes and has the courage to develop that potential.

•  Integrate the following four Daring Leadership skills into how your showing up as a leader: rumbling with vulnerability, living into our values, braving trust, and learning to rise.

•  Understand the role of courage and vulnerability in daring leadership.

•  Begin practicing how to ask for what you need, set boundaries, and reach out for support.

•  Recognize the importance of emotional literacy for effective communication and connection.

•  Recognize the armour that gets in the way of daring leadership.

•  Learn how values operate in our professional lives and the role they play in integrity and daring leadership.

•  Explain how trust is essential to building meaningful connection.

•  Learn the critical role that curiosity and recognition of emotion play in developing rising skills.

Well, this all sounds great, but who should attend?

Anyone pursuing wholehearted leadership in their organization, career, business, in their personal life, in their professional development, in a classroom, in an entrepreneurial adventure. When we pay attention to our individual journey around leadership; and cultivate the skills to become brave leaders, we can move forward from a place of bravery and courage and create powerful practices to support our individual and collective success. Whether you’re a new leader; or a seasoned leader - there is something in this work for you.

What will be covered?

Some of the topics we will dive into over the four days: The Heart of Daring Leadership, Rumbling with Vulnerability, Shame, Empathy, Grounded Confidence, Resilience, Creating Cultures of Giving and Receiving Feedback, Building Trust and Creating Psychological Safety at Work, Living into our Values, Learning to Rise and more. Here is a downloadable document if you need to share details with your organization and this perhaps as well.