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Program Overview

Lead Without Authority. Let Purpose Be the Boss for Yourself and the People You Work With.

You’re accountable for results that depend on people outside your reporting line. The work now requires more than expertise or direction. You need to listen, align, and engage people before effective action can take place. You may be stepping into a bigger role where your influence has to expand.

When leadership depends on your ability to bring people together around what matters, you need a different set of practices.

Purposeful Leader is a leadership development program designed to help accomplished leaders lead in these moments and expand their ability to lead through shared purpose, especially when authority alone is not enough. The primary skills acquired are Listening to Learn, Emotional Agility, hosting Purpose-Driven Conversations, and Feedback.

Whether you’re navigating cross-functional teams, leading strategic initiatives, or influencing stakeholders across your organization, across your organization, we will define, explore, and practice these skills with direct application to your current leadership objective and challenges, tapping into your unique leadership strengths.

Who Should Enroll in the Purposeful Leader Program?

The Purposeful Leader Program is designed for accomplished leaders who are ready to elevate their influence beyond positional authority. This program is ideal for leaders who want to:

  • Lead complex initiatives across teams, departments, and matrix organizations
  • Increase influence without relying on title or authority
  • Strengthen emotional intelligence and leadership presence
  • Navigate difficult conversations with confidence
  • Develop stronger listening and feedback skills with participants and coaches in real time
  • Build sustainable leadership practices that create long-term impact

Program Results: Leave Ready to Lead Differently

The Purposeful Leader Program helps experienced leaders develop the knowledge, practices, and skills needed to influence outcomes through trust, collaboration, and shared purpose. Through this leadership development program, participants leave with:

  • The knowledge, practices, and skills to lead without authority
  • Greater clarity around how to lead from shared purpose
  • Practical tools to leverage their strengths and engage others
  • Stronger listening, emotional agility, and feedback practices
  • Greater awareness of the mindsets and reactivity that may be limiting their leadership effectiveness and what to do differently
  • A clear set of critical next steps identified and prepared for real-world impact within the first six months

The Purposeful Leader Experience

Purposeful Leader combines individual reflection, cohort learning, immersive experience, and executive coaching to help accomplished leaders turn insight into action.

30-Minute One-to-One Enrollment Meeting

Begin with a one-on-one conversation to explore your leadership goals and determine how Purposeful Leader can support your development.

Pre-Retreat Virtual Gathering

Connect with your cohort before the retreat and begin creating a learning community.

Immersive Leadership Retreat

Plan your travel for Monday to check in to your room and explore the facility and the grounds of the retreat location. We will gather as a cohort for a welcome session followed by a kickoff dinner. The next three days are an immersive experience focused on becoming clearer about your intentions as a leader, receiving feedback, and developing personal practices to enhance your emotional agility and your ability to listen and learn. The intensive culminates on Thursday night with our final activities over dinner. Use Friday to travel home.

Retreat Location:
Highland Haven Creekside Inn
Evergreen, Colorado

One-to-One Executive Coaching

Receive two individual executive coaching sessions focused on creating an enduring impact and translating your learning into your leadership context.

Post-Retreat Virtual Gathering

Reconnect with your cohort to solidify your learning and establish a path forward.

Upcoming Cohorts

Q1 2027 Cohort

  • Virtual Session 1: January 6
  • Leadership Retreat: January 11-15
  • Virtual Session 2: February 10

Tuition: $15,000

Organizations enrolling three or more participants in the same cohort receive a discounted tuition of $13,500 per participant.

Room & Board: Estimated $2,700, billed separately following the retreat.

Additional Executive Coaching Support

Participants may also request an additional coaching package that includes:

  • Four executive coaching sessions
  • Ongoing ad hoc leadership support
  • Follow-up coaching emails and leadership guidance

Investment: $5,000

How Do I Enroll in the Purposeful Leader Program?

  • Complete the enrollment form with your full name, email, company, and job title.
  • Look forward to an invitation to meet with a Program Leader for an enrollment conversation.

For additional details or to discuss a custom purposeful leader program within your organization, contact info@conversant.com.

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About our Program Leads

Roger Henderson
Roger Henderson
Roger brings a unique mix of experiences to his work at Conversant that include engineering, and talent development, as well as adult learning in the ski industry as a ski instructor and trainer. His engineering experience was gained in the aerospace industry as a software engineer and test engineer, including many years as an engineering manager.
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Katie Mingo
Katie brings a background in visual design and linguistics to her work helping leaders navigate complexity and build stronger connections. With over a decade at Conversant, she has partnered with global organizations across industries and now leads facilitation for the Emerging Leader program. Her approach emphasizes the role of human connection in leading through uncertainty and change.
Krista Spence
Krista Spence
With over 20 years of experience in leadership and executive development, Krista has held global leadership roles across multiple time zones and cultures. Her hands-on experience leading diverse teams gives her a deep understanding of the real-world challenges leaders face—especially in today’s increasingly virtual environment.

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This was a well-thought out program that was executed really well. I had no major expectations going in, but came out the other side w/ lots of insights and actionable next steps. The course material is comprehensive and super enlightening. Well done! – 2026 participant

Packed with helpful ways to improve conversational quality. Helpful for all aspects of life.

– 2026 participant

This program is definitely helping me build my foundation as a leader.

– 2026 Participant

The time to be present and really consider my own situation and others was very valuable. Learned a lot from the group and the facilitators.

– 2026 Participant

The tools are applicable to any company or role and even in personal lives. The more people that have these tools in a company, the better we can work together.

– 2026 Participant

I gained a lot of new insights and as I approach my new role, I have a lot of new tools to try out. The conversations I plan to have will be very helpful in gaining alignment and hopefully building trust.

– 2026 Participant

All of the exercises and discussions helped solidify the teachings and were a great way to learn from each other. – 2026 Participant

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a leadership development program?
A leadership development program helps leaders strengthen the knowledge, skills, and practices they need to lead more effectively. Conversant’s Purposeful Leader leadership development program is designed for accomplished leaders who need to influence beyond formal authority. Participants develop practical capabilities in shared purpose, listening to learn, emotional agility, feedback, and purpose-driven conversations while applying those practices to current leadership challenges.
Purposeful Leader has more to do with the challenges that participants are facing than it does their current role and title. This program mixes a different level of experiences and organizations for very rich and diverse conversations. The titles of people who have found this program to be valuable include: Director, Senior Director, Senior Manager, Program Director, Project Manager, Product Director, Operations Director, HR Business Partner, Organizational Development Leader, Change Management Lead, Strategy Lead, Client Success Leader, Controller, Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice President of Marketing
An effective leadership development program can help leaders recognize that influence does not depend solely on positional authority. Purposeful Leader develops practices for leading through shared purpose, listening to learn, emotional agility, feedback, and purpose-driven conversations. Leaders also identify where their own mindsets or reactivity may be getting in the way and leave with practical next steps they can apply to create real-world impact within the first six months.