Dare to Lead

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Next Class Fall 2022

Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building program designed for professionals. Dr. Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and most recently completed a seven-year study on courageous leadership. The most significant finding from Brené's latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable.

The Dare to Lead™ program focuses on developing these courage-building skills throughout the 25-hour course:

Rumbling with Vulnerability - Leaning into - and staying with - tough interactions that involve risk, uncertainty and emotional exposure.
Living Into Our Values - Walking our talk about what we believe and hold important, making sure our thoughts, intentions, words and actions line up with those beliefs and values.
Braving Trust - Learning the key aspects of trust and putting them to work as the glue that holds our teams and organizations together.
Learning To Rise - Developing the skills to get back up after a fall or a setback so we're willing to risk falling again.

Dare to Lead Student Testimony

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About Dr. Brené Brown
Brené is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and most recently completed a seven-year study on courageous leadership. She is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and Dare to Lead, which also debuted at #1 on The Wall Street Journal and Publisher's Weekly

The most significant finding from Brené's latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable. The Dare to Lead™ program focuses on developing these courage-building skills through workshops, trainings, and coaching to help individuals, teams, and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership.

Learn About Your Facilitator

Diane Fleck

Diane Murray, LCSW, PCC

I believe if we can change the way people view leadership, we can change the world. My unconventional perspective is that leadership isn’t something we have or don’t have. It’s a choice. When you approach leadership from this perspective, it doesn’t matter what you do, it matters more WHY you do it. Because it's all based on how people think and act, this unique view of the world has application in big business and small business, in politics and non-profit organizations.

I've been coaching and training leaders for years with a value-based leadership approach. Clients represent executive and mid-level leadership in both private and public organizations and include a variety of industries including health care, energy, law, technology, financial services, retail, and professional services. Leadership centered in core values allows you to be dramatically more effective in getting what you want. Recent corporate leadership work includes US Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Fluid Market Strategies, CLEAResult Marketing, IDexperts, National Veterinary Associates and American Express.

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