Deliver the change. Don’t carry it alone.
Most change leadership content assumes the leader is already clear, calm, and aligned — and just needs to communicate well. The reality is messier. Leading Change is a three-session cohort for managers and leaders navigating real organizational change: reorgs, M&A, strategy shifts, role evolution. We start with the inner work — understanding your own response to change before leading others through it. Next, the course focuses on how to mobilize the people around you for change. Finally, we talk about how to take action when everything feels uncertain.
Who it's for
Managers and leaders navigating a current change (announced or in motion)
Anyone leading through reorgs, M&A integrations, benefits changes, strategy shifts, or significant role transitions
People leaders who feel the gap between the "change management plan" and the actual human reality of change on their team
What you walk away with
A framework for understanding the human response to change — including your own
Language for the conversations that change requires: with your team, with your boss, with yourself
Tools to identify what's actually holding you (or your team) back from moving forward
A clearer sense of who in your network is an ally for the change vs. who's a confidant for processing it
Cost: $950 / $300 with the code EARLYBIRD (Expires July 1 2026)
What You’ll Learn
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You can't lead others through change if you don't know where you stand in it.
Understand the change itself: what's actually changing, what's not, and what's still unclear
Map the human response to change — including the resistance, grief, and fear that show up before logic does
Surface your own emotional response so it doesn't bleed into how you lead others through it
Recognize the difference between leading change you chose and change you didn't
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Once you know where you stand, you can hold the line with truth and hope for the people who follow you.
Clarify your role in the system: are you the architect, the messenger, the buffer, or the translator?
Distinguish the allies who help you move the change forward from the confidants who help you process it (and why you need both, in different contexts)
Learn how to lead your team with both truth and hope — neither alone is enough
Practice the hardest conversations: when you can't share everything, when you don't have answers, when you're still working it out yourself
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The barrier to change is rarely understanding — it's the gap between understanding and doing.
Surface the procrastination traps that hold you and your team back: comfort, perfectionism, fear of getting it wrong, fear of being seen
Identify what's actually holding the people on your team back from acting
Build the small, concrete next moves that turn an abstract change into observable progress
Create an action plan you and your peer Board of Directors can hold each other accountable to
Participants have found Elevate Labs’s Leadership Intensives to be immediately actionable and practical.
“I would not have done delegation at this stage so easily if I did not do this course. The course is priceless, everything I wanted.”
“I found it to be a really practical, hands-on this-is-what-you-do-in-this-situation course for anyone who hasn’t had a lot of management experience or training.”
Recent cohorts have included managers from Google, DocuSign, Fortune 500 companies, national and international nonprofits, scaling startups, and construction firms.
Leadership Intensive Structure
Three Live Virtual Sessions
Over five weeks, you'll participate in three two-hour sessions over Zoom, hosted every other week on the same date / time. We don't believe in reading off slides: you'll have dynamic discussions with your classmates, hear some terrible puns from your facilitator, and be expected to contribute. Expect to spend about an hour in small break-out groups and have a 10-minute mid-session bio/dance break.
Powerful Cohort Experience
You'll be paired with your own Board of Directors — a group of 5-6 who serve as your practice partners, confidants, cheerleaders, and supporters as you experiment with new skills in your normal work. You'll meet with the same group consistently during the live sessions and collaborate on application between sessions.
Facilitator Office Hours
Between each session, you’ll have an opportunity to attend your facilitator’s office hours. Come prepared with your specific challenges and be ready to leave with concrete steps you can take right away.
Frequently Asked Questions
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This is a hands-on experience. We expect you to:
Attend all sessions, cameras on
Practice what you're learning with your real team
Reflect and share takeaways to support your peers' learning
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Three things.
First, every framework, model, and tool in the course is anchored in the Compass Method approach of Uncharted Leadership, our founder Katie Sheketoff's book (Ripples Media, July 2026). This approach
Second, we believe in learning from peers and learning on the job: this is not a straight lecture.
Third, you leave with tools you can use Monday morning, not a list of concepts to remember.
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Yes. We offer customized versions of the Intensive tailored to your organization's culture, values, and goals. Book a consultation to discuss.
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Yes. Reach out to katie@elevatelabs.biz for nonprofit pricing or bulk enrollment for your team. Early bird pricing of $300/seat is available for all cohorts through July 1, 2026.
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Live attendance is the core of the cohort experience. If you miss one session, we'll help you catch up via online materials and a brief 1:1 with your facilitator — but missing two means you should join a later cohort. Email katie@elevatelabs.biz if you're unsure.