“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth.
Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”
~ Abraham Maslow
Women and People of Color are frequently overlooked, underpaid, and lack the sponsorship and developmental investments necessary to be considered for important leadership positions. These barriers to leadership continue to limit the potential contribution from literally half the workforce. It’s time to tap into the enormous leadership talent pool that you’re currently missing out on.
We believe that by advancing more Women and People of Color into leadership positions now, businesses, organizations, and communities will grow and prosper more in the future. This program will help.
The goal of The Fearless Leader 8-week group mentoring program is to help more Women and People of Color get their careers and businesses back on track and moving forward in positive and productive ways. Learning in a diverse cohort experience, participants emerge from this program with new leadership skills, more confidence, greater self-awareness, and the courage and opportunity to lead in business and beyond.
If you are a professional working woman, minority employee or business owner, or consultant with leadership ambition and talent, we want to work with you. We will help you take charge of your career and business, become bolder and more focused, and help you and your organization see you as a leader. It’s time to invest in your future by becoming a more fearless leader. Your leadership seat awaits you.
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The goal of The Fearless Leader 8-week group mentoring program is to help get your business, career, and life back on track. It will generate the momentum you’ll need to pave the way forward.
This transformational experience will strengthen your resolve, sharpen your skills, and ready you for the next level of leadership responsibility.
As a participant in The Fearless Leader 8-week group mentoring program you’ll come away with more tenacity, greater resilience, and stronger leadership capabilities.
Get started on your fearless leadership journey>>
I run three open enrollment programs each calendar year for The Fearless Leader program. Space is limited to 12 participants for each cohort to reserve your seat now by completing this application.
Note: Weekly team meetings for all cohort groups are held on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm Eastern via Zoom. Participants must be able to attend these weekly meetings.
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“The Fearless Leader program was incredible — a life-changing experience. For the first time in over 15 years, I feel that I have clarity and the tools to bring me confidence in my endeavors, both professional and private.” ~ Dominika Jaworski Turkcan, Director of Research at a nonprofit organization focused on consumer financial health
“The Fearless Leader program provided me an opportunity to look inward and examine how I think and act as a leader. The chance to network with other fearless leaders across various stages of their careers was invaluable. I left the program with more confidence and a new outlook on my future potential as a leader in both my personal and professional life.” ~ Jenna Dailey, Director of External Reporting, Stanley Black & Decker
“The Fearless Leader program capsulizes all you would ever need to know about marketing yourself and your business professionally. Kathy is a fantastic author, facilitator, and mentor. She provides in-session instruction and one-on-one counseling with truly enhancing insights unique to each individual and their prospective industries. What a game-changer!” ~ Ruth A. Jackson, MS, CPCU, FLMI, working in the insurance industry
The Fearless Leader is unlike the traditional leadership development programs that most companies operate.
This program is 100% virtual, cohort based, focused on mentoring, motivation, and accountability.
Participants who graduate from this accelerated program emerge more self-aware, more confident, more courageous, and more prepared for the next level of responsibility and career advancement.
As a member of The Fearless Leader program, you will be one of 12 cohort team members, all from different industries and backgrounds, supporting each other as we dig deep to strengthen self-awareness, expand leadership competence, and muster the courage necessary to lead our teams and businesses more fearlessly. (see attached brochure)
During the program participants will complete several leadership assessments (including the TKI conflict mode instrument and the Actualized Leadership profile) and produce key deliverables including a one-page business plan, and a fearless leader manifesto.
Together, we will dive deep on a number of leadership topics to accelerate your progress and equipped you to lead more fearlessly.
Check out our course curriculum:
To get the maximum benefit from The Fearless Leader program experience, participants should plan on investing 4-6 hours per week for eight consecutive weeks immersing themselves in virtual program assignments, group interaction, weekly Zoom meetings, and reading and writing activities. That’s an equivalent investment of one full time work week (32-48 hours) to fortify your leadership readiness and impact.
Please contact Kathy McAfee to discuss the financial commitment, scheduling and the positive impact that this program will have on you and your team.
“A mentor empowers a person to see a possible future and believe it can be obtained.”
~ S. Hitchcock
In the past you may have attended a live training class or online course. Periodically brushing up on your skills through training and coaching is a sensible thing to do. The problem is that once that class is finished, you are left to your own devices with limited support. Life takes over, and you are highly likely to fall back into your old practices and bad habits.
You and your team will need more support to sustain the transformation and to integrate the new learning and leadership capabilities into the workplace.
Group mentoring creates a learning community which promotes diversity of thinking, practice, and understanding. As a participant, you benefit not only from access to an expert facilitator, but from a cohort of colleagues who will support you, challenge your critical thinking, help you overcome struggles and roadblocks, and celebrate your progress and wins.
Participants in the 8-week group mentoring program develop new relationships and allies with like-minded professionals. Their networks expand and they have people outside their normal work bubble that they can tap into for guidance, support and ideas. Group mentoring improves the participant’s capacity to receive and apply constructive feedback from peers.
And participants learn by observing the progress and work of others in the cohort. Some of the best learning comes from listening to the answers to questions that you didn’t even think to ask. The collective curiosity of the cohort brings great value each member.
We believe that part of a leader’s job is to develop other leaders. But sometimes deserving employees get overlooked, passed up, and not given the opportunity to develop their leadership skills. That’s why we want to work with progressive companies and motivated leaders who embed diversity and inclusion in their talent management strategy, workplace culture, and leadership philosophy.
We want to invest in the hidden leaders in your organization. These individuals may not “look” like what you expect. They may have different backgrounds, experiences and career paths than the other high-potential candidates who benefit from greater visibility and access to executive sponsors at your company.
Bottom line: We can help you groom and develop more women and people of color so that they can become leadership assets for your organization.
The Fearless Leader 8-week group mentoring program will help develop your hidden leaders and provide them the support and opportunity to become stronger contributors and solid leadership assets for your organization.
Applicants that you nominate for you The Fearless Leader group mentoring program must be fully committed to do the work (estimated 4-6 hours/week), be willing to contribute to a cohort learning community, and will take personal responsibility for their professional development. That’s why we require candidates to APPLY for this 8-week group mentoring program.
Space is limited to 12 participants per cohort group. RESERVE YOUR SEAT now at this upcoming open enrollment program.
Private cohort groups are also available for organizations that prefer a closed network. Ideal cohort size 10-12 participants. Dates upon mutual agreement.
Find out if The Fearless Leader 8-week group mentoring program is right for you and your organization: