Workshops
Focused facilitated sessions around communication, emotional awareness, and responding under pressure.
Workshops • Leadership labs • Coaching
Leadership development that meets the work.
Give your leaders space to work through difficult conversations, changing priorities, and the responsibility of leading people.
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Leadership labs
Teams examine recognizable workplace situations, discuss choices, and rehearse clear, respectful responses.
Coaching & team development
Leaders revisit challenges, examine their habits, and choose practical changes to carry into their work.
Start with the moment you want to change.
- A manager needs a candid conversation without shutting someone down.
- A team needs clear communication when priorities change.
- A new leader needs to balance empathy with accountability.
- An established leader wants to follow through consistently under pressure.
A pathway for your audience.
School nutrition and district teams
Work on staffing changes, team tension, and respectful accountability in essential daily service.
Explore school nutrition leadershipCorporate HR and learning leaders
Support emerging managers and experienced leaders with difficult conversations, changing expectations, and self-leadership.
Explore the leadership keynote.Government and public service
Explore how leaders communicate competing priorities while honoring responsibility to colleagues and the people they serve.
Explore the leadership framework.Education leadership audiences
Work through conversations across roles and teams while maintaining clarity, empathy, and dependable expectations.
Explore practical emotional resilience.What participants work on.
Your audience’s priorities shape the experience. Participants will have opportunities to…
- Separate facts from assumptions before a difficult conversation.
- Use clear expectations and questions that make room for another perspective.
- Recognize a stress response and choose how to communicate.
- Identify one behavior to apply and revisit with their team.
Your context shapes the experience.
Available nationwide and virtually. Donna and your planning team define the format, timing, activities, takeaways, and any materials in the agreed scope.
Participants discuss relevant situations, examine their choices, and work on the language they want to use next. Donna selects the tools and activities that fit your audience and agreed objectives.
Feedback on facilitated learning
“Connecting the process to a current issue is very helpful. Also the speakers' stories and examples were very relevant and helped connect me to the topic.”
Common planning questions
Do you offer standard packages?
Engagements are tailored to the organization. We discuss your audience, goals, setting, and timeline, then recommend an appropriate scope. Your proposal confirms the details and investment.
Can this complement our current training?
Yes. Bring your existing development priorities and the gaps you want to address. A focused session can build on that work.
What will our team receive?
The planning conversation defines session activities, takeaways, and any materials. These are confirmed in your tailored scope.
How do we choose between a keynote and deeper development?
A keynote offers a shared starting point. A workshop or lab creates more room to work through situations together. Coaching supports continued attention to leadership habits.
Continue exploring
Designed around your people and your priorities.
Your audience, goals, and setting shape the experience. We begin with the leadership challenges you want to address, then agree on the format, timing, activities, and materials that fit your organization.
Keynotes, workshops, leadership labs, and ongoing development offer different ways to support the work. Your proposal confirms the scope and investment.
Discuss Your Organization’s Goals(opens booking calendar in a new tab)Let’s talk about the leaders you are developing.
Start with a conversation about your audience, goals, and event.