Leadership Development Workshops

Build leadership skills through practice.

Lead Forward HQ Workshops are live, coach-led virtual experiences designed to help you practice specific leadership skills alongside other leaders.

Workshops are available to Lead Forward HQ members and are purchased separately from your membership.

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Why Practice Matters

Knowing what to do is different from being ready to do it.

Leadership skills are built by using them. You can understand the concept of giving feedback, delegating effectively, or influencing without authority, but applying that skill in a real conversation takes practice.

Research backs this up: A meta-analysis of 335 leadership-training studies found that programs combining information, demonstration and practice produced the strongest learning outcomes; those methods, along with feedback and needs-based content, were also associated with stronger transfer to the workplace.*

Lead Forward HQ Workshops create space to apply an approach to realistic situations, allowing you to build confidence before using the skill at work.

*Source: Lacerenza et al. (2017), Journal of Applied Psychology, “Leadership Training Design, Delivery, and Implementation: A Meta-Analysis.”

What to Expect from a Lead Forward HQ Workshop

Lead Forward HQ Workshops are designed to be practical, interactive, and focused on one leadership capability at a time. You’ll learn a simple approach, work through realistic leadership situations, and leave with something you can put into practice at work.

Every Workshop Is:

Live & Coach-Led

Learn directly from an experienced coach who can bring the topic to life.

Focused

Each Workshop centers on a specific leadership skill or challenge.

Interactive

Expect reflection, discussion, exercises, and real-world application.

Practical

Leave with an approach, tool, or next step you can use.

Example Workshop Topics:

Workshop topics rotate throughout the year and are designed for the leadership challenges members are navigating at different stages of their careers.

Foundations Workshops

  • > Be Heard: Adapting Communication Styles to Increase Influence

  • > Building a High-Impact Recruiting Strategy

    > How to Lead with Emotional Intelligence

  • > Career Crossroads: Mapping Your Next Move

Accelerator Workshops

  • > Building Influence Before You Need It

  • > Leading a More Effective Talent Review

    > Moving Ideas Forward Through Resistance

  • > Communicating at the Right Level

Ready to Put Your Leadership Skills Into Practice?

Lead Forward HQ Workshops are available exclusively to members.

Join the membership that matches your leadership stage to access upcoming Workshops, the Lead Forward Library, practical tools, and your member community.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • A Lead Forward HQ Workshop is a live, coach-led virtual experience focused on helping you build and practice a specific leadership skill. Workshops combine practical learning, reflection, discussion, and real-world application.

  • Knowing what to do and being ready to do it are different. Workshops give you a dedicated space to strengthen a specific leadership skill, practice new approaches, and prepare to apply them in real situations at work.

  • Workshops help you build and practice a specific leadership skill alongside other leaders.

    One-on-One Leadership Coaching is personalized to you and focuses on the challenges, decisions, or development goals you’re navigating.

  • Yes. All Lead Forward HQ Workshops are held virtually, making it easy to participate from wherever you work.

  • Yes. Workshops are available exclusively to active Lead Forward HQ members. Once you join, you can access and purchase Workshops available to your membership tier.

  • No. Your membership gives you access to Lead Forward HQ Workshops, which are purchased separately so you can choose the topics most relevant to your development.