Free Working Session: Coaching the Coaches: Spot the feedback patterns that let accountability slip.
Your managers already have the job.
Foundation gives them the skills.
Foundation is a cohort program that builds the leadership fundamentals your managers need, through practice in a supportive environment and Real Reps in their actual work.
8 week
PROGRAM
≤ 8
PER COHORT
Real Reps
REAL WORK
— THE PROBLEM
One workshop won't change how your managers lead.
Most leadership training gives managers knowledge. A framework, a model, a workbook. But knowledge isn't the same as skill.
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Skills develop through practice. Repeated, real, supported practice, the same way any other competency is built.
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Foundation is built on that premise. Every session, every assignment, every coaching conversation is designed around one thing: getting managers to practice leadership in their actual work, reflect on how it went, and do it again.
82%
Of managers are promoted into leadership with no formal training.
SOURCE - CHARTERED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
Foundation isn't a course. It's a conditioning system.
— WHO IT'S FOR
Designed by leaders who spent decades building and leading teams in high-growth organizations, Foundation is practical development for managers who want to get better at the work of leadership.​
Foundation is made for managers who:
Were promoted for being good at the work and are still figuring out the people part
Know what they should do in hard moments — and keep delaying it anyway
Give feedback, but aren't sure it's landing
Are carrying more than they should and can't figure out how to stop
Have sat through leadership training and walked out with a binder they've never opened
And for HR, Functional, and L&D leaders who:
Need something their managers will actually use, not just complete
Want behavior change they can see
Are tired of investing in programs that don't hold past the last session
— THE APPROACH
Practice. Apply. Progress.
01
Practice Safely
Sessions, Open Gyms, and 1:1 coaching give managers a low-stakes environment to try new skills, get feedback, and build confidence before anything is on the line.​​​​
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IN SESSIONS & 1:1s
02
Apply IRL
Between sessions, managers complete Real Reps — specific leadership actions in their actual job. Not simulations. Real feedback conversations with real direct reports.​​​
IN THE FIELD
03
Progress Deliberately
We sequence the difficulty. A manager practices reinforcing feedback before they're asked to redirect. They build easy reps first, so when the hard conversation comes, the muscle memory is there.
SCAFFOLDED LEARNING
— HOW IT WORKS
Structure that builds the habit, not just the knowledge.
SESSION
WHAT HAPPENS
Session 1
Week 1
2 hrs - Full Cohort
Onboarding, Leadership Skills Baseline, and first reps. Managers leave knowing who they are as a leader and what they're working on.
Session 2
Week 2
30 min - Individual 1:1
One-on-one session with your coach. Focused on modeling a good 1:1 and anything you want to work on.
Session 3
Week 3
1 hr - Open Gym: Redirecting Feedback
Practice feedback reps with coaches and peers. This is a valuable opportunity to build skills in a safe environment.
Session 4
Week 5
1 hr - Open Gym: Redirecting Feedback 2
Practice feedback reps with coaches and peers. This is a valuable opportunity to build skills in a safe environment.
Session 5
Week 8
2 hrs - Leaders Circle
& Graduation
Peer problem solving followed by Leadership Skills Baseline review and graduation.
BETWEEN SESSIONS
Complete Real Reps tracked through the LeaderReps app — a digital field guide for capturing reflections, logging reps, and reviewing progress before each session.
— WHAT CHANGES
Behavior you'll actually see
on Monday morning.
Having feedback conversations they were previously avoiding
Setting clear expectations before work starts, not after it goes wrong
Building trust deliberately, not hoping it develops on its own
Leading from a defined identity instead of reacting reflexively
Leadership Skills Baseline
Every participant completes a behavioral self-assessment before and after Foundation.
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They'll see where they started and where they finished.
Not anecdotes. A baseline and a benchmark.
— WHAT LEADERS SAY
Results that make a difference.
Every week during Foundation I came away with tools I was excited to put into practice right away. LeaderReps changed the way I lead my team...and they have noticed!
Anna S.
Head of Marketing
This sh*t works.
Kathryn S.
Nonprofit Executive
I didn't think feedback was a skill I really needed to think about or work on but Foundation quickly changed that assumption! ...the CLEAR feedback framework was so powerful. I've already used it to address a thorny situation I have been avoiding for months.
Alex D.
Chief Investment Officer
Want a sneak peak of a Real Rep?
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This free Mini Feedback Workout gives you a firsthand look at how Foundation helps managers practice Real Reps.
Use it with your team or share it with a new manager and see how even a single rep can make a real difference.