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Shouldn't Managing People Be Easier?

Would you be interested in leadership training that frees up a full day of time and energy per week? — And what if the opportunity came at no cost to you or your organization?*

Foundations of Leadership

In this 6-month "Foundations of Effective People Management" course you'll learn the set of systemic coaching skills identified by Google in highest-performing managers. Join leaders from companies like Amazon, Meta, GE Healthcare, and SpaceX, who maximize performance.

Here's What You Get

This program is an intensive, interactive, 6-month experience. In the first 3 months, you'll learn active listening, stakeholder alignment, and accountability skills that you can apply right away. By the end of the full, 6-month program, you'll have mastered the fundamentals of managerial coaching and be ready to create and lead sustainable organizational optimization.

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Month 1: Agreements and alignment

No project, or relationship, can survive misunderstanding. Learn conversational techniques to create crystal clarity in all of your agreements. Be the one person in the room who can get everyone on the same page, every time.

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Month 2: Active listening

"Hearing" is a sense (like touch), but "listening" is a skill (like juggling). You will leave this month with the capacity to receive 2-300% more data from every conversation. Be described by your directs as "the first manager who actually listened to me."

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Month 3: Accountability

What is an agreement without follow-through? Learn approaches and techniques for respectful, supportive two-way accountability that you can apply to virtually any circumstance. Bad managers demand results, great managers hold others to account.

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Month 4: Relational Leadership

Your ability to get results is dependent on your ability to work with others. Who holds power is not just about titles. How do you navigate internal politics to maximize relational power? Strong, well-built, trusting relationships yield big harvests. Here's how.

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Month 5: Optimizing Organizations

Building on your new-found relational know-how, you build a stakeholder roadmap. Now you can better navigate your organization's terrain. Avoid road-blocks and find short-cuts in your workplace reality. Be the one who knows the way and you'll always be asked to take the lead.

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Month 6: Sustainable Improvement

You've now cultivated the ability to effectively coach and influence others to produce extraordinary results in a trusting, thriving culture. Now what? The journey upward doesn't end here. Develop your inner coach. Nourish and scale a culture of constant learning in your team. Moving forward, even the sky isn't the limit.

Your Immersive Learning Elements

Optimizing leadership skills integration with 4 primary development formats and 2 optional enhancers

-1- Online Learning

A combination of videos, reading, and interactive exercises and assignments provide rich resources for learning and engaging with this cutting edge leadership content.

-2- Group Learning

You'll practice the fundamentals of one or two key skills in guided break-out exercises and debriefs. Meet others facing the similar challenges and create a network of support.

-3- Mastermind Circles

Join no more than six peers in processing the application of new skills to actual, everyday situations. Participants often rate this as one of the most valuable parts of the learning.

-4- Community Forum

Build a community of trusted advisors as you post your own managerial questions and share your wisdom. Life-long trusted networking partnerships start here.

Optional Add-on: Video Critiques

Practice your skills with your own direct reports, peers, or stakeholders (at your discretion) via video recording, and receive specific feedback you can apply immediately.

Optional Add-on: Individual Coaching

Receive an hour of one-on-one coaching with an instructor to zero in on what might be holding you back and create your personalized action plan.

You Hold the Key to a Better Future

Here's the timeline:

January 2024

Set up for success

February 2024

Part I: The first 3 months of the Foundations of Leadership Course begins

May 2024

Part II: The final 3 months of the Foundations of Leadership Course commence

September 2024

Advanced Leadership Program launches for exceptional managers

You're in Great Company

Here's what's folks are saying about our leadership programs ...

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Knowledgeable, thorough, thoughtful, and supportive.

Jack Vendetti - Senior Executive, Dennis Partners
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... brings it all. ... doesn’t miss! ... thoughtful and energetic connector.”

Arman Hamamah - Learning and Development Program Manager, SpaceX
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Management techniques, strategic planning, conflict resolution, and more has been an invaluable asset.

Ryan Doyle - Director of Strategic Planning, Office of the New York State Attorney General

Members of Your World-Class Team

Architects of Meaningful Leadership Change

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James Lopata

Program Director

Founder & CEO of Murmerate. Executive Coach Supervisor, overseeing leadership programs for global Fortune 500s. Founding Chair of the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Author of two leadership books. Published in Routledge, Forbes, and The New York Times. Fellow, Harvard Institute of Coaching.

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Brenda Loan Baker

Coaching Director

Executive Partner of Murmerate and co-founder innerOvation LLC, winner of the inaugural best business awards for the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Executive Coach with expertise in Women's Leadership in the STEM professions.

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Dr. Deanna Vansickel

Course Director

Executive Partner of Murmerate, with decades of corporate experience creating, teaching, and leading executive coaching programs for international health organizations. Professor of coaching and instructional design expert.