Military Leadership.
Non-Militant Delivery.
The Offering
Enroll in our Academy.
Install your own Academy.
3 Ways to Work With Us
Option 1
The Full Academy.
Install a structured pathway of learning to develop the leaders you need as your company grows. Perfect for companies not ready to build their own leadership development pathway.
Installed. Staffed. Operated.
Option 2
Company Cohorts.
Supplement your current offering, or test-drive a course before installing the full academy. Perfect for companies who require less of a commitment, but need help reinforcing their Standard.
Your people. Your Standard.
Option 3
Open Enrollment.
Send one leader or a team alongside leaders from other companies. Perfect for small companies looking to grow their leaders before increasing their employee headcount.
Individual leaders. Our classroom.
The Leadership Academy
The Pathway of Corporate Learning
Our Pathway - Rising Leaders Development Course (RLDC)
RLDC 101
Foundational, interactive course for entry-level professionals that instills the mental skills and people skills needed in the workplace. Designed to create promotable team players in a professional setting.
- Length · 6 weeks
- Cadence · weekly
- Format · in-person, live-virtual
- Size · 12–25 students
- Structure · 5 modules, 1 phase
RLDC 102
Interactive, developmental course for entry and mid-level leaders that instills the communication and people skills needed to lead teams. Designed to create confident leaders who understand how to align with senior leadership through their company’s mission and core values.
- Length · 12 weeks
- Cadence · weekly
- Format · in-person, live-virtual
- Size · 12–25 students
- Structure · 11 modules, 2 phases
RLDC 201
Mid-level, experiential leadership course for leaders of leaders striving to advance their careers – designed to create promotable team players whose values align with the company and use them to maintain accountability without losing initiative in a professional setting.
- Length · 12 weeks
- Cadence · weekly
- Format · in-person, live-virtual
- Size · 12–25 students
- Structure · 9 modules, 2 phases
RLDC 301
Customized programs for specific targeted outcomes and challenges.
- Length · TBD
- Cadence · TBD
- Format · TBD
- Size · TBD
- Structure · TBD
RLDC 121
A 1:1 program for the individual seeking continued development in a structured format that is tailored to their current position and future aspirations. Centered around the conversations that accompany conflict resolution, it can be used as a personal continuation of other RLDC modules or stand-alone development.
- Length · 6 months
- Cadence · every other week
- Format · live-virtual
- Size · 1:1
- Structure · 11 principles, 16 traits, 6 critical conversations
Team Building & Special Events
Keynotes
From the battlefield to the boardroom, our speakers can relate to a very wide audience. Tell us the message you’re trying to send, and we’ll find the right speaker who can tailor the right story for your audience.
- Length · 30–60 min
- Audience · stakeholders
- Speaker · various
Fireside Chats
These are intimate conversations not meant for a wide audience due to sometimes sensitive topics and information. The lessons learned here are not for the faint of heart.
- Length · 1-2 hours
- Group · 8-15
- Setting · on-site or hosted
Team Building
Scenario-driven exercises run with your intact team. Your people are challenged to think, decide, and act in a foreign environment using the same values and principles you ask them to apply daily.
- Format · half or full day
- Group · TBD
- Location · various
Networking Events
This is networking with a purpose. Professional knowledge and decision-making are put to the test as attendees are challenged to think, decide, communicate and act in a physical setting while making new connections.
- Format · afternoon
- Group · executives
- Cost · invitation
L&D that is Unique, Proven, Effective
Our Standard
Students learn HOW to think, not WHAT to think.
Our standard is what delivers your Standard because every organization’s DNA is unique – a different vision, mission, and core values. Our job is to train people how to think, decide, communicate, and act inside of that identity in order to lead the people responsible for accomplishing the mission.
Mission First, People Always. People First, Mission Always.
Our Differentiator
Our Advisors.
Our Advisors have lived what they teach, and their expertise was forged where the stakes are more than dollars and cents – they can be life and death. Imagine a highly interactive skill that requires constant repetition and experience – now imagine being taught that skill by someone who has never done it. We won’t allow that.
Our teachings and methodologies have been empirically proven.
Why it works
We check the boxes for effective L&D
Learning & development must be effective – otherwise, it is a waste of money. Our programs check the three boxes of effective L&D.
Empirically Developed.
We use military philosophies, curriculums, and methodologies that have been proven over 250 years, then translated for business. Our delivery is not militant – it is simply based on traditional learning methods that drive retention and implementation.
Compelling.
Our programs are executed in small group settings and led by advisors who instruct based on their own life experiences as a leader. Students will say, “yes, this is a better way than I’m currently doing it.” If they believe it’s better, they’ll never implement it.
Steeped in Participation & Application.
There is no point learning something unless one can see how it can be applied in practice. Each program is highly interactive, with more dialogue and application of learning than instruction. Small group settings enable a high level of experiential learning.
How we teach
A Proven Methodology
Proof of effectiveness means that knowledge is retained and skills are implemented. We employ a methodology of repetition that’s been working for over 250 years. One-and-done doesn’t work.
Instruction.
The lessons and the standard are taught collectively so that everyone hears the same message.
Dialogue.
Then the subjects are discussed and debated so that everyone can ensure they understand the lessons.
Practice.
Then it’s applied and practiced in a fail-safe environment to ensure that the lessons take hold.
Debrief.
Then the practice reps are dissected while the mistakes are fresh, and in order to be better the next time…then we do it again.