Next Step → Leading™ is designed to help emerging and new leaders move from understanding leadership concepts to applying them effectively in real-world situations.
What You Will Develop
Leadership in Real Situations
Strong leadership is not built through knowledge alone.
It develops through communication, decision-making, delegation, accountability, and navigating complex team dynamics in real time.
This program helps participants lead with greater clarity, confidence, and effectiveness through practical application, guided discussion, and real-world leadership scenarios.
Practical Frameworks & Tools
Participants gain leadership tools they can apply immediately within their teams and organizations.
Topics include:
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Everything DiSC® Workplace + Management
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Situational Leadership
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Communication strategies
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Delegation frameworks
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Conflict navigation
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Feedback and accountability tools
Every session focuses on use, not theory alone.
Coaching, Application, & Support
Leadership development is not passive learning.
Each live session combines discussion, practical application, peer learning, and real-time coaching around current leadership challenges participants are actively facing.
Participants leave with practical next steps they can implement immediately.
FOR INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS
Ready to Lead with Greater Confidence and Impact?
Next Step → Leading™ is built for professionals stepping into formal leadership roles for the first time, including:
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Supervisors
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Program leads
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Department managers
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Emerging leaders preparing to lead others
The cohort format creates space for discussion, reflection, application, and professional growth alongside peers navigating similar leadership transitions.
Next Cohort: Tuesday, July 21
Enrollment: $2,500 per participant
Spots are limited.
Reserve your seat to secure your place in the July cohort.
FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND HR LEADERS
Invest in the Leaders Driving Your Organization Forward
Every organization promotes talented professionals into leadership. Without structured development, that transition carries real risk — for the leader and for the people they lead.
Next Step → Leading™ provides a structured, cohort-based development pathway for your emerging managers, directors, department chairs, and program leads. Participants gain frameworks and coaching they can apply immediately, so the investment translates directly into stronger teams and better outcomes.
This program is well-suited for:
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CHROs and HR directors building leadership pipelines
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Department heads preparing direct reports for expanded roles
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Organizations onboarding new managers or planning succession
July cohort enrollment is open.
Connect directly with Dr. Julie Staggs to discuss organizational enrollment or nominate a team member.
What Participants Are Saying
"If you’re looking to become a more intentional, confident, and effective leader, I would absolutely recommend Next Step → Leading™. The experience challenges you to think differently about leadership while giving you practical tools and a strong network of support along the way."
Bana Asgedom
Systems Analyst
"This experience has helped me to consider different approaches to a situation before responding. It has also helped me to understand the difference between reacting and responding when a conflict arises. I feel better equipped to handle day-to-day leadership responsibilities as I reflect on my own DiSC style and the DiSC styles of my colleagues."
Amy Vaught
Assistant Director of Student and Academic Affairs
"The aspect of the leadership program I found most valuable was learning the different styles (DISC) and how to interact and be a leader by managing with other colleagues styles. I learned how to handle conflict, navigate uncomfortable conversations and how to lean on my strengths as well as identify areas where I can improve."
Paul Agboli
IT Application Administrator