Leadership Development — Core
For practicing managers. Take the PERFORM framework into real teams, real performance conversations and the day-to-day challenges of leading through others.
What Core delivers.
Designed for practicing managers who are ready to move from theoretical leadership to consistent, high-impact leadership in the real world.
- A coaching rhythm that replaces firefighting
- The ability to have performance conversations that land
- Higher team engagement and discretionary effort
- Better decisions made faster, with less second-guessing
Who this is for
Corporate: middle-management cohorts, department heads, high-potential managers on accelerated tracks.
Individual: practicing managers who want to go deeper into the PERFORM framework.
Book a ConsultationCore curriculum.
7 modules across 8 weeks — applying the PERFORM framework to your actual leadership context.
- Module 1: Energy — managing your own state so others can borrow it
- Module 2: Relationships — the trust account and how to bank in it
- Module 3: Focus — protecting the team's attention in a world of distractions
- Module 4: Outcomes — running the metrics without becoming the metrics
- Module 5: Coaching Conversations — the 1:1 as your highest-leverage leadership hour
- Module 6: Performance Under Pressure — leading through change, crisis and ambiguity
- Module 7: Building Team Culture — rituals, habits and the environment high performers need
Delivery modes
- Self-paced online (24/7 Ascent Learning Platform)
- Live instructor-led via Zoom, Teams or Google Meet
- Traditional in-person classroom
- 1:1 coaching option available
You're at Tier 2. Here's the full path.
Core builds on Foundations and leads into Pro — giving you a clear progression from first manager to senior leader.
Foundations
Build the mindset, language and habits of an effective leader.
Core
Apply the leadership framework to real teams, real challenges and real results.
Pro
Lead other leaders — culture, strategy and organizational influence.
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Leadership Development (Pro)
Lead other leaders and drive organizational culture change.
View programTeam Performance Training
From a group of performers to a genuinely high-performing team.
View programApply the PERFORM framework to your team.
Middle-management cohorts, department heads, or individual practitioners — we'll configure the right delivery format.
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