In this 6-week program, you will apply the North Star Leadership model to explore ways to become a leader no matter what position you hold in your business or community. Learn how to expand your leadership impact by:
Understanding your unique leadership style (even if you might not think you’re a leader)
Exploring tools and techniques to enhance that leadership style
Exposing and understanding your imposter syndrome
You will walk away with concrete outcomes to enhance your professional performance and fulfillment. Learn how to:
Manage up so that your voice is heard
Build the right relationships to accomplish common goals
Grow and empower new leaders around you
Apply coaching and listening skills to strengthen your leadership
We will reframe these challenges and help you create a leadership style that works for you and that allows you to start leading from any position today.
Learning will happen in 6 live sessions of 90 minutes (Tuesdays at 10am PST starting on September 21) and in an ongoing learning community forum.
“The course gave me the space and the prompts to stop and ask what I want. Going forward, I will be intentional and effective in a way I surely would have neglected without the workshop. An unexpected positive was the insights gained from tackling these tough questions with people in similar stages, but also those in vastly different life situations. The deft and somewhat zany guidance of Jim and Tutti made it all work.”
“Tutti and Jim are a dynamic duo who do an amazing job of bringing together a diverse group of leaders, creating a thoughtful program, and facilitating meaningful exchanges and personal growth. To work with them is a delight!”
“Tutti and Jim have a lot of guidance and savoir vivre to offer. It’s a good way to get to know more about yourself and relationships with other humans in the workplace.”
“ like the roadmap I developed thanks to your guidance and encouragement. I posted it on my refrigerator to keep reminding myself of the projects and goals for 2021. I am on track! Thank you so much!”
“Jim and Tutti are amazing! They gave me the time and space to be with my authentic self.”
“It is easy to learn in a space where you are not pushed to be competitive!”
“Jim is an amazing human being. Participate or else. ”
“I still don’t know why she left Facebook, but she’s good at telling people what to do. You should listen to her.”
Week 1 - Business Impact & the North Star Model
Sept 21 2021, 10am PST
During these six weeks, we will co-create a 3-part personalized roadmap for your professional leadership journey and beyond. Jim and Tutti will share the and lead a discussion around the most common issues leaders face in a business context and use this discussion to frame what matters most for each individual leader. We will share the North Star leadership model starting with me in the middle because leadership starts with me. The three points of the star show aspects of leadership across projects, people, and the work organization.
Week 2 - Focus on Me
Sept 28 2021, 10am PST
In Week 2, we will start the journey with an intense focus on you and how who you are impacts the model and how it impacts you.
Week 3 - Projects
Oct 5 2021, 10am PST
We will continue our exploration of you during the first part of Week 3, and then we will work through the skills you bring and are missing in dealing with the projects and processes that are most important to you.
Week 4 - People
Oct 12 2021, 10am PST
In week 4, and then we will work through the skills you bring and are missing in dealing with people, focusing on the difficult people in your work life and how to improve overall relationships. Using the Leadership North Star, we’ll help you uncover your strengths and build a roadmap to get additional skills you need.
Week 5 - Organization
Oct 19 2021, 10am PST
During week 5, we will use the Leadership North Star to help you explore your leaderships skills in relationship to teams, organizations, or communities you lead or wish to your work org. You may be an individual contributor, team lead or manage manage, however, you can lead from any position. Leadership spans both direct control and indirect influence. Finally, we will also begin to explore how the context in which you work influences you.
Week 6 - Roadmap to Success
Oct 26 2021, 10am PST
In this final week, we will help you design your personal roadmap for professional leadership in 2021 and beyond using your unique strengths and the how you lead from any position in an organization.
Investment in You
Create time and commitment to develop your professional growth
Engage with an intimate leadership community to hold each other accountable
Learn leaderships tools to help with future challenges
$1495 Investment
Jim Herman
Jim is a raconteur, natty dresser, and general one-man wrecking machine. In his 28-year long diplomatic career, he caused more havoc around the world than any one person ought to. Despite being barely able to manage himself, he led teams of up to 1,000 people in complex operations ranging from IT design and implementation to U.S. consular operations in India. To say that Jim has learned from his mistakes is, perhaps, expecting too much. Join us and see for yourselves!
Tutti Taygerly
Tutti helps creatives & technologists embrace their unique leadership style to achieve professional impact. She has 20+ years of experience as a designer across multiple industries, from big data to consumer video and from enterprise software to entertainment. She’s led design teams at startups, design agencies, and large tech companies, most recently at Facebook supporting Video products.
Tutti grew up in seven countries on three continents and is settled in San Francisco as her home base. She spends her time parenting two spirited girls, obsessively reading, and paddling out for the next wave.