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January 2027
"Leadership is not about control. It is about responsibility without certainty."
Management Is Tough: What Great Managers Do Differently
Dr. Mary Kelly shares what great managers do differently, from her new book with Peter Stark: how to make decisions when the information is incomplete, the everyday habits that build trust with your team, and how to use your time so you don't run out of energy.
With Dr. Mary KellyLeadership Economist and Author
When everything is urgent, how do you decide what gets done?
Too Much to Do: Manage Your Time and Your Team's
Find your focus line, sort every request into now, next or later, and help your team do the same. Work through the tools in small groups and leave with a plan for your own week.
With Dr. Jason WomackAuthor of Get Momentum
AI is already changing how your people think, decide and work. Who's leading that change?
AI and Your Workforce: An HR Roundtable
Your people are already using AI, with or without a policy, and it's changing how they think, decide and work. Mark Jesty shows HR and talent leaders why AI has become a culture carrier, how to see where it's shifting behavior before your culture drifts, and why HR, not IT, should lead the decisions about what work stays human.
With Mark JestyTalent Strategy and AI Advisor
February 2027
Change is coming. How do you get your team to buy in?
Leading Through Change Without Losing Trust
A new process, a reorganization, layoffs, growth: whatever the change, Peter Stark, co-author of Leadership Is Tough, shows you how to communicate it with clarity, using the "what I know / what I don't know yet" update, and lead your team through the resistance that follows. Plan how you'll communicate a change you're facing and practice handling your toughest skeptic in a small group.
With Peter StarkPresident, Peter Barron Stark Companies
Career is the #1 reason people leave. Can you keep them without a promotion?
Growing Your People Without a Promotion
Your best people want to grow, and there's no promotion to give them. Julie Winkle Giulioni teaches you two tools to use with your team, a career self-assessment and a career conversation template, and you practice a conversation with someone you can't afford to lose.
With Julie Winkle GiulioniAuthor of Promotions Are SO Yesterday
Can your team take on the next change without running out of steam?
Leading a Team Under Pressure
Workplace stress strategies for managers. More work, fewer people, constant change. Dr. Ellen Burts-Cooper guides you through the 7 Workplace Stress Factors impacting productivity, cohesion and resilience. You find what's wearing your team down, build a plan, and practice it in a small group.
With Dr. Ellen Burts-CooperAuthor of aMAZEing Organizational Teams
March 2027
Is HR steering AI, or being dragged behind it?
How AI Enables HR Reinvention
AI is changing the world of work, and HR is at an inflection point. Dave Ulrich shows HR leaders four pivots for reinventing HR, and what AI means for talent, leadership and the HR function itself.
With Dave UlrichRoss School of Business, University of Michigan, and The RBL Group
Is there a conversation you keep putting off?
Accountability Conversations That Work
David Dye gives you the INSPIRE model for accountability conversations: connect, get clear on the behavior, get curious, and leave with a commitment. Plan a conversation you've been putting off and practice it in a small group.
With David DyePresident, Let's Grow Leaders
Do the numbers behind your team's work make sense to you?
Finance for Non-Financial Managers
Dr. Noah Barsky of Villanova University shows you the financial basics every manager uses: the numbers your company watches, how budgets work, and the cost and return of everyday decisions, including the cost of doing nothing, so you can protect your budget and show what your team's work is worth.
With Dr. Noah BarskyVillanova University School of Business
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Do your feedback conversations end in defensiveness, or not happen at all?
Giving Feedback That Lands
Use a four-part structure: what you saw, why it matters, what needs to change, and what happens next. Practice it in small groups and leave with the words for a feedback conversation you need to have this week.
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