When the Doing Becomes the Problem
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Leadership Groups
Leadership is lonely at the top -- and most of the people around you either report to you or need something from you. These peer groups give you a room of equals: leaders who will challenge your blind spots, hold you accountable, and tell you the truth nobody else will.
The NVC Model
The Language of Leadership
Every leadership group session is grounded in Marshall Rosenberg's four-stage model of Nonviolent Communication. Not as theory -- as a live operating system for how you lead. Observe without projecting. Name what's actually happening in your body. Get honest about what you need. Then make a request that's clear enough to act on.
Most leaders default to either steamrolling or people-pleasing when things get tense. This framework gives you a third option: directness with genuine respect. Noam brings it to life with real leadership scenarios -- the board conversation you're dreading, the underperformer you keep avoiding, the peer dynamic that's quietly poisoning your team.
What Happens in the Room
Learn to move through high-stakes disagreements -- with your board, your co-founder, your direct reports -- without shutting down or blowing up.
Practice saying the hard things clearly -- giving direct feedback, naming what's not working, making the ask you've been circling around.
Stop carrying what isn't yours. Get clear on where you end and your team begins -- and learn to hand off without guilt or micromanagement.
Build the muscle to lead people who think, communicate, and operate differently than you -- without flattening them into your style.
A peer group is a mirror. You'll see your leadership habits -- the overexplaining, the conflict avoidance, the need to control -- reflected back honestly.
Learn what authentic leadership actually looks like -- not performed vulnerability, but the real kind that lets your people take risks and tell you the truth.
Is This For You?
VPs, directors, and C-suite leaders who are tired of performing confidence and ready to actually build it -- alongside peers who understand the weight of the role.
High-potential leaders stepping into bigger seats. You're navigating new authority, harder conversations, and the gap between how you want to lead and how you're actually showing up.
People already in leadership programs or executive education who want a sustained practice space -- not another weekend workshop that fades by Monday.
Leaders working across silos, managing without direct authority, and navigating the politics of influence. You need peers who face the same mess from different angles.
The Process
A 90-minute session where we lay the groundwork: the NVC model, somatic awareness basics, and the leadership communication patterns that keep you stuck. You'll leave with a framework you can use immediately.
The real work. You bring actual leadership challenges -- the conversation you bombed, the decision you're avoiding, the relationship that's sideways -- and we work through them live with peer feedback and guided practice.
Ongoing sessions where your cohort holds each other accountable. No hiding behind busy. You set commitments, you report back, and you keep growing -- with people who won't let you settle.
Stop leading in isolation. Start with an exploratory conversation to see if a leadership peer group is the missing piece in your development.
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