Aspiring Leaders
A 12 week high-performance leadership program designed to help you identify your strengths, ignite your confidence, and prepare you for your leadership journey.
Awareness. Alignment. Action.
The Aspiring Leaders program is designed to help you establish a concrete foundation and plan for your leadership journey. It will enhance your self-awareness, and powerfully connect you with your values and strengths as a leader. This program will ignite the confidence and clarity you need to make your leadership vision and aspirations a reality.
This program is for you if...
- You are an individual contributor who has aspirations to be in a management or leadership role.
- You're new to leadership and find yourself feeling like an imposter.
- You constantly doubt your ability to lead your team.
- You compare your weaknesses to other people's strengths.
- Your confidence depends on acknowledgement and validation from others.
- You constantly sacrifice your own needs for the needs of others, and as a result feel tired, burnt out and sometimes resentful.
- You care about the impact that you have in your team and in the world.
- You know you are meant for more but struggle to elevate to your performance potential.
Our program will...
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Help you understand and define leadership in a way that authentically resonates with you.
- Help you master the foundations of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
- Show you how to strategically grow your network.
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Empower you to make decisions that are in alignment with your leadership vision.
- Provide you with tools that will ignite your confidence to lead in all areas of life.
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Inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and accelerate your rate of growth so you can play your biggest impact game.
- Provide you with a network to support you in your growth journey.
- Allow you to shatter the glass ceiling on your growth and step into your leadership vision.
- Give you a clear direction and plan for how to become the leader you know you're meant to be.
MEETÂ THE COACH
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MJ Jennings
MJ is a certified High Performance Coach with over 16 years of successful coaching experience. She has worked extensively with provincial, national, and international entrepreneurs, managers, executives and athletes to support their growth and development, and help them actualize their highest potential.
In business, MJ's clients have reported substantial improvements in their quality of life at work and at home. As leaders, they have experienced greater employee engagement, decreased turnover, and improved team performance, efficiency and results.
In sport, her clients have won provincial and national championships, broken performance records, and had inaugural provincial & national award recipients.
MJ's mission is to help leaders maximize their impact and create a lasting legacy that they’re proud of.
Awareness. Alignment. Action.
Aspiring Leaders Is Finally Here!
The majority of individuals enter the workforce and advance into positions of leadership with NO leadership development.
- 58% of managers don’t receive training
- The average age for first-time leadership training is 42, and the average age for first-time managers is 30.
- 63% of millennials say their leadership skills are not being fully developed
- Only 11% of organizations report that they have a strong leadership pipeline, a number that has been on a steady decline since 2011
- Fewer than 20% of organizations have a bench of capable leaders ready to fill critical roles
Receiving leadership training early in your professional career advances your personal growth and development, as well as the performance of those you lead.
- Organizations that embrace a more inclusive approach to leadership training are 4.2 times more likely to outperform those that restrict development to management.
- Leadership development improves employee engagement, increases the organization’s ability to deal with gaps in the talent pipeline, reduces turnover, and boosts productivity and profit.
- Employees who have developed as leaders are focussed on personal growth, productivity, solutions and collective effectiveness, productivity and performance.
Course Outline
Leadership Defined
- Self-reflection
The Leader You Want To Become
- Creating Your 'Why'
- Values Clarification
- Vision & Mission
Mindset & State
- Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset
- Leadership Strategies
- Power of State
Self-Awareness
- Building Self-Awareness
- Rapport Building
- Connecting with Others
Emotional Awareness & Intelligence
- Emotional Awareness
- Emotional Intelligence
- Emotions in Leadership
Becoming a Leader
- Gap Analysis
- Setting IntentionsÂ
Building Confidence
- Imposter Phenomenon
- Learning to Empower Yourself
Leadership Strategies
- Networking
- Coaching & Mentorship
Personalized Leadership Playbook
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Course Elements
The Aspiring Leaders Program is a 12 week online training program that can be done with as a cohort or as a self-study. Each participant will receive the following:
- Weekly learning modules (videos, slideshows and pdfs)
- Curated bonus resources (articles, videos, books)
- Weekly quizzes to track your progress & performance
- Weekly group calls to discuss content and engage in practical application exercises (unless participating as a self-study)
- Three 1-on-1 calls with a certified high performance coach over the course of the 12 weeks to provide personal support & guidance on the content as needed
- A Personal Leadership Playbook outlining the action plan for your leadership growth and development following the program
BECOME AN ASPIRING LEADER TODAY!
Are you ready to level up and play your biggest impact game? Would you like to feel more passionate, motivated, confident and fulfilled? Are you ready to achieve results both personally and professionally? Let's do this!
ASPIRING LEADERS GIVES YOU...
Online Training
Weekly group calls via Zoom. Members will receive online training videos and additional audio/PDF resources via the membership portal.
High Level Network
Membership will give you the opportunity to form relationships with a powerful group of high-level, like minded, purpose and mission-driven people.
Accountability Partners
Members will pair up on a weekly basis to discuss course content and share experiences. This builds meaningful connection between participants & reinforces consistent engagement throughout the program.
Exclusive Access
Aspiring Leaders is a carefully curated, private, exclusive high-level experience.
Private Coaching
Each member will receive three 1:1 coaching calls with Coach MJ or Coach Taylor to answer questions and provide valuable support and guidance.
Lifetime Access
You have lifetime access. Material can be used and reviewed each time you are ready to focus on stepping into that next level of your growth.
What Our Clients Are Saying
"The Aspiring Leaders program was both challenging and rewarding, and I can say with absolute confidence that I am a better leader for having completed the course. The group meetings allowed for the exchanging of ideas and perspectives, which helped to expand my understanding of what it means to be an excellent leader. The content was diverse and meaningful; the work that we completed was intentional and directly applicable to my everyday leadership opportunities. I could see an immediate impact in the slightest adjustments I was making as a result of what I learned in this program. I am grateful for the experience and encourage anyone looking to better themselves for those around them to participate!"
Kelly McDonald
OUA Hockey Coach - University of Toronto
"The Aspiring Leaders program has been extremely rewarding for me. It has allowed me to create time in my busy schedule to do the necessary self work to continue to grow and work towards my goals in the future. Really looking forward to the years to come now with the knowledge the Aspiring Leaders program has armed me with. All in all, partaking in this program has been a great experience and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to improve their leadership skills, or even to simply get more in touch with yourself and what you want out of life."
Ryan Dickson
Salesforce Operations Analyst - Fiix Sofrware
"I entered this leadership course thinking I had lost the ability to lead and make an impact, to only be reminded of my inner strength and of the leader that has always been within me. With the guidance of every single person and coach in this class, I have gained a newfound self-awareness, vulnerability, and compassion for myself that I certainly had not possessed before. I feel better equipped to handle life’s curveballs without totally falling apart and am so thankful to have endless notes, powerpoints, and a COOL playbook to refer to when I feel wayward. I will never truly be able to capture how much this class changed my life and fell into my world at the most perfect time, especially as I enter a new career environment."
Baylee Wellhausen
Head Coach- Women's Hockey - Milwaukee School of Engineering
"I found this program to be extremely beneficial for me. I have been able to apply many different aspects of this program into my day to day life; whether that be working with patients, communicating with family and friends, or working with/coaching athletes. This program has allowed me to show up and be a better leader for those around me. I have a better understanding of myself and my thought processes; therefore, I am able to reframe my way of thinking when necessary in high stress situations. MJ, Jen, and Taylor have been amazing and I have noticed immense personal growth throughout this course. I cannot thank them enough!"
Kaitlin Phillips
Physiotherapist
"I would recommend this course to anyone who is looking to further themselves on a personal or professional platform. I am a recent university graduate who was always in a leadership role on my varsity teams but shifting that into the workforce and out of university has been difficult for me. MJ and Taylor are nothing short of amazing, by offering amazing feedback and exercises while also putting in extra time to support or guide you in any way they possibly can. I would highly recommend this program to anyone."
Rachel Seeley
Program Officer - Government
"I would highly recommend this program to anyone who’s looking to invest in themselves and their work. The coaches offer welcoming, challenges and fun conversations that enhance learning and engagement. "
Brooklyn Gemmell
Firefighter
Frequently Asked Questions
Aspiring Leaders is a 12 week online training program. Each participant will receive the following:
- Weekly learning modules (videos, slideshows and pdfs)
- Curated bonus resources (articles, videos, books)
- Weekly quizzes to track your progress & performance
- Weekly group calls to discuss content and engage in practical application exercises (unless doing the self-study).
- Three 1-on-1 calls with a certified high performance coach over the course of the 12 weeks to provide personal support & guidance on the content as needed
- A Personal Leadership Playbook outlining the action plan for your leadership growth and development following the program
An incredible sense of clarity, support, passion, purpose, motivation, confidence, courage, empowerment, inspiration, joy, fulfillment and accelerated growth.
There are weekly videos and associated homework that will take a 1-3 hours each week.Â
Feel free to reach out to your coach with any questions, or save them for your 1:1 calls.Â
You will have ongoing access to watch and review the videos as many times as you see fit.
