Build Confidence. Lead with Impact. Command the Room. | Four 4-hour workshops
This class series empowers rising leaders with the skills and mindset needed for personal and professional growth. Through self-discovery and practical skill-building, participants gain insight into their workplace personality, uncover leadership strengths, and align their career goals with authenticity.
The program blends essential leadership skills—like systems thinking, active listening, and conflict resolution—with strategies to overcome self-doubt, build self-esteem, and confidently navigate high-stakes meetings. Participants also learn to reframe vulnerability as a strength, address workplace biases, and strengthen negotiation abilities for win-win outcomes.
With its concentrated, skills-driven approach, this series equips professionals from diverse backgrounds to grow confidence, assertiveness, and strategic influence in their careers.
Target Audience: Rising leaders
Contact Us: For more information on Strategies for Confident, Impactful Leadership, contact Kristen Goodell at 412.295.9838 or kgoodell@catalystconnection.org.
Program Classes
Command Your Career
Embark on a journey of self-discovery by exploring your workplace personality and leadership strengths. Through interactive exercises and insightful discussions, participants uncover common leadership traits and assess how their goals align with their authentic selves.
Key Topics:
- Understanding your unique workplace personality and strengths
- Identifying common leader traits and characteristics
- Strategies to cultivate and enhance leadership qualities
- Assessing alignment between career goals and personal attributes
Learning Outcomes:
- Leverage innate leadership skills
- Reflect on ways to build leadership capacity
- Assess career alignment
- Explore short- and long-term career goals
Includes a 30-minute virtual 1:1 skill reinforcement session
Combat Conflict
Develop leadership effectiveness through systems thinking, active listening, and conflict resolution. Participants analyze organizational dynamics, strengthen communication skills, and practice techniques for navigating workplace challenges.
Key Topics:
- Systems thinking principles and feedback loops
- Active listening techniques for empathy and engagement
- Conflict resolution strategies and negotiation methods
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze complex organizational dynamics
- Apply systems thinking as a problem-solving tool
- Practice active listening skills
- Employ conflict resolution methods
- Leverage feedback loops to drive systemic change
Includes a 30-minute virtual 1:1 skill reinforcement session
Courageous Concerns
Redefine vulnerability as a strength in leadership. Participants learn how openness fosters trust, dismantles bias, and builds confidence in navigating high-stakes conversations with empathy and assertiveness.
Learning Outcomes:
- Reframe vulnerability as a catalyst for courage
- Strengthen assertiveness
- Dismantle workplace bias
- Increase confidence in managing difficult conversations
Halt Hesitancy & Sell Solutions
Build the confidence to present, persuade, and negotiate effectively. This class explores self-esteem, public speaking, and influence strategies that help participants command attention and align with decision makers.
Key Topics:
- Overcoming meeting hesitancy
- Building self-esteem
- Refining message delivery and presentation skills
- Negotiating with confidence
Learning Outcomes:
- Align with decision makers
- Cultivate self-esteem
- Refine message delivery
- Negotiate with confidence
- Overcome meeting hesitancy
- Master presentations