Sessions will be held at the Dallas BA office (5816 W. Plano Parkway Plano, TX 75093) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with lunch provided. Location and session dates are subject to change throughout the duration of the program. Participants will be notified in advance of any changes.

May 13, 2026 – Foundations + Baseline
• Define leadership standards and what “good” looks like across roles.
• Identify personal strengths, gaps, and leadership derailers using a baseline assessment.
• Map key stakeholders and set 2–3 measurable leadership goals for the year.

June 17, 2026 – Time Management + Leadership Operating Cadence
• Prioritize using tradeoffs (stop/delay/delegate) to protect focus and capacity.
• Redesign meetings and workflows to improve decisions and follow-through.
• Delegate outcomes with clear expectations, timelines, and check-ins.

July 15, 2026 – Communication + Influence
• Create clear messages that drive decisions and action using a message map.
• Lead expectation-reset and difficult conversations with professionalism.
• Influence stakeholders without authority using credibility, logic, and timing.

August 11, 2026 – Team Leadership
• Establish team norms that support healthy conflict and high performance.
• Clarify roles and boundaries to increase ownership and reduce dependency.
• Facilitate discussions from disagreement to commitment with clear owners and next steps.

September 16, 2026 – Emotional Intelligence + Bias (Decision Quality)
• Recognize triggers and apply self-management strategies under pressure.
• Identify bias patterns and improve fairness and clarity in team decisions.
• De-escalate tension while maintaining standards and repairing trust when needed.

October 15, 2026 – Accountability + Performance Leadership
• Set clear expectations and non-negotiables tied to measurable outcomes.
• Conduct accountability conversations using a structured script (facts → impact → expectations).
• Choose coaching vs consequence appropriately to build consistency and trust.

November 5, 2026 – Strategic Leadership
• Create a one-page strategy for your scope (priorities, KPIs, constraints, stakeholders).
• Make and communicate tradeoffs to protect focus and execution capacity.
• Translate strategy into weekly execution through cadence, ownership, and measurement.

December 16, 2026 – Decision-Making + Judgment
• Clarify decision rights and escalation paths to reduce politics and delays.
• Use pre-mortems and decision memos to improve decision quality and risk management.
• Run after-action reviews to capture learning and prevent repeat mistakes.

January 27, 2027 – Motivating Others (Ownership + Engagement)
• Diagnose engagement drivers and remove common motivation killers (unclear standards,
unfairness, stagnation).
• Build ownership through clear outcomes, autonomy boundaries, and accountability.
• Implement recognition practices that reinforce desired behaviors and performance.

February 24, 2027 – Innovation + Problem Solving
• Separate symptoms from root causes using a simple root-cause framework.
• Remove workflow friction through practical process improvement and standardization.
• Run small improvement tests (measure → adjust) without disrupting operations.

March 24, 2027 – Resilience + 12-Month Leadership Operating Plan
• Protect judgment under load by managing energy, boundaries, and recovery habits.
• Build a sustainable workload plan using priorities, delegation, and cadence.
• Create a 12-month leadership operating plan aligned to role expectations and KPIs.