Next-Level Leadership

Skills - Coaching - Connection

A Six-Month Program to bring your leadership to the next level

Work Wise Labs’ Next-Level Leadership Program is designed for all new and “newish” managers across all industries. This comprehensive six-month program blends learning, self-reflection, and community to support leaders in their growth journey.

Next cohort starts September 2025

Register for only $1,100 per person

THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THREE KEY AREAS:

SKILLS

Interactive and insightful workshops designed to develop and elevate essential leadership skills to the next level.

COACHING

Personalized one-on-one coaching sessions that will achieve individualized goals and grow leadership style.

CONNECTION

Leadership roundtables that foster collaboration, celebrate successes, and brainstorm solutions to real-world challenges.

SKILLS LEARNED IN WORKSHOPS

  • Leadership Confidence

  • Effective Communication

  • Problem-Solving and Decision-Making

  • Giving and Receiving Feedback

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Managing Low and High Performers

COACHING GOALS ACHIEVED

  • Strengthening relationships with supervisors or employees

  • Creating a workplace culture of mutual appreciation

  • Developing clearer and more efficient workflow systems

  • Managing work-life balance

  • Or any other professional goal you are looking to achieve…

CONNECTION AT LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLES

  • Gaining inspiration by learning from others' successes

  • Collaborating to help solve challenges together

  • Receiving valuable insights and support to tackle problems

  • Giving and receiving support and validation

REGISTER AND RECEIVE

ALL VIRTUAL - for new and “newish” leaders at any level

  • Six skills-based virtual trainings (one topic per month, choose the date/time that works best for you)

  • Two one-on-one coaching sessions individualized to meet a personal goal (choose a coach that is right for you)

  • Six Leadership Roundtable sessions (one per month, come to one or all, it’s up to you)

    Next Cohort Starts September 2025

The Six Skill-Based Sessions

LEADERSHIP CONFIDENCE

  • Highlight existing leadership qualities

  • Identify areas of growth that will increase leadership confidence

  • Provide practical tools to increase your leadership competence which will increase your leadership confidence

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

  • Understand the difference between and value of both managers and leaders

  • Identify manager’s communication styles and explore how to optimize them with their team

  • Apply communication strategies to real-world team challenges

PROBLEM-SOLVING and DECISION-MAKING

  • Identify the right problems to solve and avoid wasting time on the wrong problems

  • Introduce a three-step strategic process to effectively solve problems

  • Practice problem-solving using real-world problems

  • Examine a model of decision-making and how to best communicate this model within a team

GIVING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK

  • Understand the factors that lead to effectively giving and receiving feedback

  • Provide guidelines and practical strategies to give feedback

  • Provide practical strategies to receive feedback

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

  • Introduce conflict resolution as a concept and highlight its benefits

  • Identify individual contributions to conflict

  • Learn proactive strategies to prevent and mitigate conflicts before they escalate

MANAGING LOW AND HIGH PERFORMERS

  • Introduce the concept of Situational Leadership

  • Identify different managerial styles and how to use them to support, motivate, and challenge employees at different performance levels

  • Learn strategies to keep high performers engaged and growing, while helping low performers improve and feel supported

  • Practice using Situational Leadership using real-life scenarios

TWO OPTIONS

REGISTER INDIVIDUALS

Register one or more new or “newish” managers to our continuously run six-month series that will equip them with the tools, insights, connections, and support they need to lead with confidence and effectiveness. All leaders welcome!

Next Cohort Starts September 2025

CUSTOMIZED TEAM EXPERIENCE

You choose from a variety of skill-based training options, creating an individualized program that addresses the specific needs of your new and “newish” managers. Tailor the experience to fit your organization’s goals and leadership development priorities. Virtual, in-person, or hybrid.

Contact Work Wise Labs to learn more.

TESTIMONIALS

  • “Our time with Elissa was fun, informative, engaging, and the time just flew by.”

    –Bonnie Lafazan, Library Director, Springfield Free Public Library

  • “Elissa´s personalized Communications and Decision-Making Training session was a remarkable success!”

    – Ann Hoang, University Librarian, NJIT

  • “Your Character Strengths training in particular really stuck with me. I think society/workplaces program us to dread trainings, but you flip that on its head and I always look forward to learning from you.”

    – Workshop Participant

  • “Your presentations are the most digestible and interesting I have ever seen and are invaluable to my staff.”

    – Workshop Participant