Corporate Leadership Development
For Executive Leaders

CEOs, Presidents, Chief Officers, and other C-suite executives who set organizational strategy, shape culture, and drive enterprise-wide transformation—including those who've had to navigate additional barriers to get there.

Investment: $50,000 annually | $25,000 for 6-month minimum

Common challenges the DESIGN Methodology addresses for Executive Leaders:

● Making high-stakes strategic decisions with incomplete information and competing stakeholder interests
● Creating psychological safety at scale while maintaining accountability for results
● Building coalition across the C-suite and board despite divergent priorities
● Navigating organizational politics without compromising integrity or vision
● Developing the next generation of leaders while managing current performance
● Leading through uncertainty, disruption, or organizational crisis
● Balancing competing pressures from board, investors, employees, and market
● Leading authentically when existing power structures don't recognize your leadership style
● Navigating subtle acts of exclusion and the additional scrutiny that comes with being one of the few in the room who look like you

What the DESIGN Methodology delivers for Executive Leaders:

● Enhanced strategic decision-making through systematic assumption-challenging and alternative generation
● Greater influence and coalition-building capability across complex stakeholder landscapes
● Ability to create sustainable culture transformation that persists beyond individual initiatives
● Development of enterprise-level psychological safety that enables innovation and candid feedback
● Executive presence grounded in both emotional intelligence and strategic rigor
● Capacity to lead authentically without conforming to outdated leadership norms
● Ability to build cultures where diverse leaders thrive—not just survive

Corporate vs. Individual Leadership Development

Corporate Programs
● Leaders with organizational mandate and resources to drive broader change
● Integration with HR systems, succession planning, and cultural initiatives
● Permission to transform systems beyond individual sphere of influence
● Organizational commitment to sustained culture transformation
● When multiple leaders participate: compound impact creating reinforcing change across departments and functions

Individual Program
● Change agents working within their current sphere of influence
● Personal investment without organizational mandate
● Confidential development focused on individual advancement
● Working within existing organizational constraints and politics

Why Organizations Choose Corporate Development

When organizations provide mandate and resources, even a single leader can drive broader systemic change rather than working within existing constraints. When multiple leaders participate simultaneously, they create reinforcing transformation across departments that individual coaching cannot achieve. Corporate programs integrate with organizational systems and provide the sustained commitment needed for lasting culture transformation.

Program Structure

12-Month Comprehensive Development

● 24 bi-weekly coaching sessions (60 minutes each)
● Four dedicated Red Team strategy sessions on critical business challenges (one per quarter)
● Comprehensive CliftonStrengths and EI development
● Email and text support between sessions
● HR/L&D partnership for organizational alignment 

Six-Month Minimum Engagement
Our 6-month minimum ensures sufficient time for sustainable behavioral change and organizational impact. At the halfway point, organizations assess progress and decide whether to continue for the full transformation.

Coaching Session Detail

Option for Six-Month (12 Sessions) or Twelve-Month (24 Sessions) Program

What to expect:
● Sessions are confidential
● We start where the leader is
● Meet by video or phone call
● Bi-weekly session cadence (60 minutes each)
● Minimum standard six-month engagement
● Leaders gain insight and skill-building addressing real challenges
● Personalized program using the DESIGN Methodology grounded in evidence-based practice and a whole person perspective
● Leaders will be empowered through self-awareness, insight, action toward accomplishing goals, accountability, and provided with feedback on progress
● Provided are structure, tools, and curated resources, as appropriate
● Between sessions work consists of reflection, practice, and application
● Email and text support available between sessions

What legacy do you want your organization to leave—and what barriers are preventing your executives from creating it?

—Dr. Jacqueline Ashley

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