B-Heroic Leadership and Cultures
Driving Engagement, Well-Being, and Impact
Times of great challenges require great capacity — and everyday heroes.
Research shows that developing a heroic identity leads to increased resilience, impact, and well-being. These are critical qualities in times of great challenges, high polarization, and low engagement.
But we must update our understanding of everyday heroes and and heroines.
B-Heroic leaders and cultures supersize their growth mindset, develop everyday courage in its many variations, and take strategic and sustainable action that benefits us and others.
Do you know your hero’s journey?
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Leadership Coaching
A 12-week coaching program to help mission-driven leaders overcome the common mindset challenges that sabotage success in a complex, fast-changing world—boosting clarity, influence, and resilience. Includes:
Weekly Zoom conversations.
A diagnostic to identify potential obstacles in how you perceive challenges, tap the inner resources to address them, and sustain yourself and others in your quest.
An understanding of how the three core pillars of heroism (courage, altruism, and integrity) apply to modern mission-driven quests like yours.
An exploration of how your story relates to the classic hero’s journey to help you see your challenges in a broader context and gain insights from those who have traveled similar journeys before.
Practice of three core principles that help leaders rise to complex challenges in fast-changing times:
Development of a statement that clarifies your intended heroic action for the next six to twelve months and a mutually developed one-page action plan.
An optional follow-up conversation at month four.
Takeaways:
A personalized report summarizing findings from your initial diagnostic plus key discoveries throughout the 12 weeks.
Your personalized “hero’s journey” story highlighting where you have traveled to date and the promise of what lies ahead.
A personalized mind map of your hero’s journey to hang above your desk (or wherever!) for easy reference and inspiration.
A pre-publication excerpt of my forthcoming book.
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Team Workshop
Two half-day training programs to help mission-driven teams overcome mindset challenges that sabotage problem-solving on complex issues in a changing world, boosting productivity, innovation, and resilience. Includes:
A diagnostic to identify potential obstacles in how team members perceive challenges, tap the inner resources to address them, and sustain themselves while movng missions forward.
An understanding of how heroism’s three core pillars (courage, altruism, and integrity) apply to modern mission-driven quests.
An exploration of how each participant’s story relates to the classic hero’s journey to help them see their challenges in a broader context and gain insights from those who have previously traveled similar journeys.
Understanding and practice of three core principles and related practices that empower people to apply a success mindset in a changing world.
Development of statements clarifying each individual’s intended heroic action for the next six to twelve months that align with the team’s greater mission.
Takeaways:
A personalized report summarizing highlights of the training and discussions.
A 45-minute debrief with leadership.
Each participant will leave having completed a mind map of where they are on their hero’s and the promise of what is to come.
Participants will also receive a pre-publication excerpt of my forthcoming book.
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SIR KEN ROBINSON, author of The Element on Ecoliterate.
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“Lisa is a great collaborator.”
DANIEL GOLEMAN, New York Times best-selling author of Emotional Intelligence
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“Lisa is a gifted speaker and writer.”
ELIZABETH BIRCH, Former Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign
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“Lisa is able to create completely new ways to engage audiences such that they can listen, hear and then internalize.”
LISA RENSTROM, Confluence Philanthropy board chair, former Sierra Club president
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“Lisa understands that working with challenging topics requires meeting people where they are and helping them move forward in small, genuine steps.”
ANDREW LEIDER, Managing Director, Potrero Group
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“Facilitation is both art and science and Lisa has both elements in abundance.”
CHRIS SPENCE, Former Executive Vice President of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
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“Highly recommended!”
JULIE SWEETLAND, Senior Advisor, the MacArthur Award-winning FrameWorks Institute