Dare to Lead™ - Coaching, Workshops and Training
For nonprofit professionals, associations, small businesses, educators, and those on a personal journey
Perhaps you’ve been in one of these situations recently?
- Enrollment for the school year has plummeted and difficult conversations about staffing cuts must come next, and you are responsible for communicating the challenging news.
- You need give give feedback to an employee, but their behavior just gets worse.
- A work colleague is bullying her teammates. You are seeing and dealing with the fallout and need to address it.
- Staff have decided they can longer “do more with less” (I’m looking at you, nonprofits) and are quitting at an all-time high rate.
- Your subcontractor is not following through with their timeline and their performance is affecting the overall project, and your work.
- Your fundraising campaign is not performing as expected, and the team needs to come together to re-evaluate and identify Plans B, C and D.
- Your closest friend has been diagnosed with cancer and she needs your emotional and physical support.
Life, work, and relationships are full of bumps, falls and failures.
It’s how we navigate them that builds our resilience and grit.
As a Certified Dare to Lead™ facilitator, I foster an open and honest space so that we can dive into uncomfortable topics. When we make hard discussions alive and intimate, we can begin to develop a more daring perspective of leadership. This work cultivates personal autonomy and inspires us to be more courageous in our communities, relationships, families, and workplaces.
The essence of Dare to Lead™ is resilience, owning your part, and self-awareness when the road ahead is full of potholes, ice, sleet, and sometimes even hurricanes.
Courageous leaders are self-aware, know how to have hard conversations, and hold themselves and others accountable.
They lead with empathy and connection, take measured risks that lead to future innovation, and know how to reset after disappointments and setbacks. They can give and receive feedback – especially when it’s tough.
Dare to Lead Workshops
Dare to Lead™ workshops are based on the research and curriculum of Dr. Brené Brown, focusing on four teachable, observable, and measurable courage skill sets. The Dare to Lead™ program focuses on developing these courage-building skills through workshops, trainings, and coaching to help individuals, teams, and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership. Public Workshops include a workbook, journal, self-reflection, practical activities, engaging discussion and one personal coaching session a month after the workshop.
Dare to Lead™ for your nonprofit, school, or organization
Burnout is real – and results in poor performance and significant resignations. I will help you support your employees with leadership development that builds flexibility and resilience. With multiple decades as an executive, entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, and consultant, I am experienced in the many ways teams can be challenged.
Other workshop and facilitation topics:
Living into your values
Embracing a workplace of healthy feedback and conflict
Cross-generational and cultural conversations
Building and sustaining trust
Shared leadership experiences
About Brené Brown
Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and most recently completed a seven-year study on courageous leadership.
She is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, Dare to Lead, and Atlas of the Heart.
Testimonials
"I believe that our experience with Dare to Lead really equipped us to deal with some of our challenges that our center is facing. It was really meaningful and lasting work!"
Staff, Early Learning Center at Everett Community College
"I could go on and on. Information was shared well, with examples; questions were answered beautifully, information was organized, the facilitation was strong, LOVE LOVE LOVE!"
Dare to Lead™ Workshop participant
"Kris provided the tools and more importantly space to learn and rumble together. With the COVID19 situation, she showed immense leadership by moving the training to online platform while providing opportunity for integrity partners. Kris demonstrates vulnerability throughout the training."
Dare to Lead™ Workshop participant
"Kris was very engaging and presented the content from a space of ownership and vulnerability."
Dare to Lead™ Workshop participant
"As much as I would have wanted to be in person for this experience, I appreciated the opportunity to connect with others from different parts of the country."
Dare to Lead™ Workshop participant