Leadership Development that Strengthens the System

For senior leaders responsible for people, performance, and continuity inside complex organizations. These leadership cohorts create a contained, credible space for leaders to think together, surface what often goes unsaid, and make decisions that hold under pressure.

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Linda Clark is leading a series of national cohorts to create an inclusive space for system stewards.

These are live, virtually facilitated leadership cohorts designed for leaders operating inside real constraints.

Participants bring responsibility, institutional knowledge, and accountability into the room.

This is not content delivery. This is shared thinking, guided dialogue, and applied sense-making with peers who understand complexity.

These sessions are for Senior Leaders accountable for outcomes, culture, and risk and decision-makers responsible for developing others without destabilizing operations

What it isn’t...


  • This is NOT compliance training.

  • This is NOT prerecorded content.

  • This is NOT fluff.


  • This is NOT compliance training.

  • This is NOT prerecorded content.

  • This is NOT fluff.


  • This is NOT compliance training.

  • This is NOT prerecorded content.

  • This is NOT fluff.


  • This is NOT compliance training.

  • This is NOT prerecorded content.

  • This is NOT fluff.

Leaders examine real conditions, name tensions, and strengthen judgment. Work focuses on decision quality, relational health, and system resilience.

Diversity of Perspective

Cross-industry rooms sharpen judgment.

Working alongside leaders outside your immediate context exposes patterns that are often invisible inside a single system.

That perspective transfers back into decision-making, communication, and culture.

Cross-industry rooms sharpen judgment.

Working alongside leaders outside your immediate context exposes patterns that are often invisible inside a single system.

That perspective transfers back into decision-making, communication, and culture.

Cross-industry rooms sharpen judgment.

Working alongside leaders outside your immediate context exposes patterns that are often invisible inside a single system.

That perspective transfers back into decision-making, communication, and culture.

Participants commonly come from:

Operations. Trades. Manufacturing.

Operations. Trades. Manufacturing. Government. Nonprofits.

Operations. Trades. Manufacturing. Government. Nonprofits.

Government. Nonprofits.

You belong in a cohort if you are...

You belong in a cohort
if you are...


You belong in a cohort if you are...

Responsible for people, timelines and outcomes.

Navigating competing priorities and institutional pressure

Frustrated by decisions that ignore lived reality

Tired of meetings where clarity never materializes

Carrying unspoken responsibility for system stability

Someone who values credibility, fairness, and grounded judgment

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Linda Clark is a leadership guide, facilitator, and author for people carrying the weight of systems, teams, and outcomes that matter.

She wrote Feral Guideship. A Field Guide for Leaders and Teams and created The Curiosetti Method™, a leadership approach built on clarity, signal awareness, and practical decision-making inside complex environments.

Her work draws from decades in human resources and organizational development, threaded with executive coaching and hundreds of events with leaders navigating constraints, tradeoffs, and change in the real world.

Share the room with
proven industry leaders
from across the country.

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Share the room with
proven industry leaders
from across the country.

APPLY NOW FOR A COHORT

Share the room with
proven industry leaders
from across the country.

APPLY NOW FOR A COHORT

Hear what others think about the work

In the third quarter of 2024, we retained Linda to lead the CUSC Shared Branching & MemberHaven management teams through leadership development. Her work has become a highlight for our team, as she skillfully guides us through the dense forest of leadership. Linda sees the path less traveled and has a unique ability to remove the fear associated with venturing into the unknown.

Jennifer Lamb-Hornsby

Chief People & Culture Officer

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Oklahoma Health Care Authority

In the third quarter of 2024, we retained Linda to lead the CUSC Shared Branching & MemberHaven management teams through leadership development. Her work has become a highlight for our team, as she skillfully guides us through the dense forest of leadership. Linda sees the path less traveled and has a unique ability to remove the fear associated with venturing into the unknown.

Misty Babb-Hayes

CEO, President

|

Credit Union Service Centers

Cohort Pricing and Application Process

Not everyone is a fit, and that’s intentional. If accepted, you’ll be invited
to complete registration through final payment to reserve your slot.

Not everyone is a fit, and that’s intentional.

If accepted, you’ll be invited
to complete registration through final payment to reserve your slot.

Not everyone is a fit, and that’s intentional.

If accepted, you’ll be invited to complete registration through final payment to reserve your slot.

Priority Enrollment

$1,995

7 weeks of facilitated sessions, guided practice, fieldwork, and integration.

Priority Enrollment

$1,995

7 weeks of facilitated sessions, guided practice, fieldwork, and integration.

Program Enrollment

$2,495

7 weeks of facilitated sessions, guided practice, fieldwork, and integration.

Program Enrollment

$2,495

7 weeks of facilitated sessions, guided practice, fieldwork, and integration.

All cohorts are conducted in a deeply interactive virtual environment with Linda Clark. Structure includes 4 Core Sessions, 2 Guided Practice Application Labs, 2 weeks of Independent Fieldwork | Capstone, and a final Integration session. All content is structured at the mid-level to senior | executive leader.

Priority enrollment savings end 30 days before start date. Program enrollment closes 10 days before start date.

All cohorts are conducted in a deeply interactive virtual environment with Linda Clark.

Structure includes 4 Core Sessions, 2 Guided Practice Application Labs, 2 weeks of Independent Fieldwork | Capstone, and a final Integration session.

All content is structured at the mid-level to senior | executive leader.

Priority enrollment savings end 5 weeks before start date. Program enrollment closes 3 weeks before start date.

All cohorts are conducted in a deeply interactive virtual environment with Linda Clark.

Structure includes 4 Core Sessions, 2 Guided Practice Application Labs, 2 weeks of Independent Fieldwork | Capstone, and a final Integration session. Alumni are eligible to attend quarterly accountability session calls as offered.

All content is structured at the mid-level to senior | executive leader.

Priority enrollment savings end 5 weeks before start date. Program enrollment closes 3 weeks before start date.

All cohorts are conducted in a deeply interactive virtual environment with Linda Clark.

Structure includes 4 Core Sessions, 2 Guided Practice Application Labs, 2 weeks of Independent Fieldwork | Capstone, and a final Integration session.

All content is structured at the mid-level to senior | executive leader.

Priority enrollment savings end 5 weeks before start date. Program enrollment closes 3 weeks before start date.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Partial- to full-tuition scholarships are available for leaders working in nonprofit, education, and government settings.

Scholarship consideration requires a completed application and is reviewed separately from cohort admission.

Scholarship requests do not impact cohort acceptance. A participant can be accepted without being granted a scholarship.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Partial- to full-tuition scholarships are available for leaders working in nonprofit, education, and government settings.

Scholarship consideration requires a completed application and is reviewed separately from cohort admission.

Scholarship requests do not impact
cohort acceptance. A participant can be accepted without being granted a scholarship.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Partial- to full-tuition scholarships are available for leaders working in nonprofit, education, and government settings.

Scholarship consideration requires a completed application and is reviewed separately from cohort admission.

Scholarship requests do not impact cohort acceptance. A participant can be accepted without being granted a scholarship.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Partial- to full-tuition scholarships are available for leaders working in nonprofit, education, and government settings.

Scholarship consideration requires a completed application and is reviewed separately from cohort admission.

Scholarship requests do not impact cohort acceptance. A participant can be accepted without being granted a scholarship.

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Things we will explore together...

  • Navigating leadership when the old map no longer applies

  • Working within constraints without losing judgment or agency

  • Building trust that holds up under pressure

  • Creating clarity that leads to action, not confusion

  • Leaving systems and people better than you found them

You don’t need to attend all ten cohorts to realize value. You
choose the room that matches what you’re facing now.

Things we will explore together...

  • Navigating leadership when the old map no longer applies

  • Working within constraints without losing judgment or agency

  • Building trust that holds up under pressure

  • Creating clarity that leads to action, not confusion

  • Leaving systems and people better than you found them

    You don’t need to attend all ten cohorts to realize value. You
    choose the room that matches what you’re facing now.

When the Map is Gone

For leaders making high-stakes decisions without complete information, compressed timelines, or reliable playbooks.

Session 1: June 2 - July 14
Session 2: July 21 - September 1
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When the Map is Gone

For leaders making high-stakes decisions without complete information, compressed timelines, or reliable playbooks.

Session 1: April 14 - May 26, 2026
Session 2: July 21 - September 1
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When the Map is Gone

For leaders making high-stakes decisions on compressed timelines, without complete information, or reliable playbooks.

Session 2: July 21 - September 1
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When the Map is Gone

For leaders making high-stakes decisions without complete information, compressed timelines, or reliable playbooks.

Session 1: June 2 - July 14
Session 2: July 21 - September 1
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The Conditions of Constraint

For leaders changing perspective to constraint as a design parameter that drives innovation, not a deficit to overcome.

Session 1: June 2 - Jul 14
Session 2:July 21 - September 1
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The Conditions of Constraint

For leaders changing perspective to constraint as a design parameter that drives innovation, not a deficit to overcome.

Session 2: June 2 - July 14, 2026
Session 1: April 14 - May 26, 2026
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The Conditions of Constraint

For leaders changing perspective to constraint as a design parameter that drives innovation, not a deficit to overcome.

Session 2:July 21 - September 1
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The Conditions of Constraint

For leaders changing perspective to constraint as a design parameter that drives innovation, not a deficit to overcome.

Session 1: June 2 - Jul 14
Session 2:July 21 - September 1
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The Ecology of Trust

For leaders responsible for trust inside complex systems, especially where trust has been strained, broken, or quietly eroding.

Session 1: June 2 - July 14
Session 2: June 24 - August 5
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The Ecology of Trust

For leaders responsible for trust inside complex systems, especially where trust has been strained, broken, or quietly eroding.

Session 2: June 24 - August 5
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The Practice of Discernment

For leaders navigating competing priorities, social dynamics, and challenges where the right path isn’t obvious.

Session 1: June 24 - August 5
Session 2: October 13 - December 1
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The Practice of Discernment

For leaders navigating competing priorities, social dynamics, and challenges where the right path isn’t obvious.

Session 2: October 13 - December 1
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Sustainable Culture: The Whole

For leaders focused on work design for expanded capacity instead of extractive practices.

Session 1: June 24 - August 5
Session 2: October 13 - December 1
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Sustainable Culture: The Whole

For leaders focused on work design for expanded capacity instead of extractive practices.

Session 2: October 13 - December 1
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Each cohort explores a specific
leadership tension. Different rooms.
Different entry points. All grounded in
lived experience and real conditions.

Each cohort explores a specific
leadership tension. Different rooms.
Different entry points. All grounded in
lived experience and real conditions.

Each cohort explores a specific
leadership tension. Different rooms.
Different entry points. All grounded in
lived experience and real conditions.

Each cohort explores a specific
leadership tension. Different rooms.
Different entry points. All grounded in
lived experience and real conditions.

How Enrollment Works

These are application-based cohorts by design. The application process protects
the quality of the room and the experience for everyone involved.

  • Submit one application

  • Select the cohort you’re applying for

  • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, as received

  • If accepted, you’ll receive an invitation to complete registration

  • Registration is not complete until payment is received

This isn’t about exclusivity for its own sake. It’s about creating conditions where
the work actually works.

These are application-based cohorts by design.

The application process protects
the quality of the room and the experience for everyone involved.

  • Submit one application

  • Select the cohort you’re applying for

  • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, as received

  • If accepted, you’ll receive an invitation to complete registration

  • Registration is not complete until payment is received

This isn’t about exclusivity for its own sake. It’s about creating conditions where the work actually works.

These are application-based cohorts by design. The application process protects the quality of the room and the experience for everyone involved.

  • Submit one application

  • Select the cohort you’re applying for

  • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, as received

  • If accepted, you’ll receive an invitation to complete registration

  • Registration is not complete until payment is received

This isn’t about exclusivity for its own sake. It’s about creating conditions where the work actually works.

These are application-based cohorts by design. The application process protects
the quality of the room and the experience for everyone involved.

  • Submit one application

  • Select the cohort you’re applying for

  • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, as received

  • If accepted, you’ll receive an invitation to complete registration

  • Registration is not complete until payment is received

This isn’t about exclusivity for its own sake. It’s about creating conditions where
the work actually works.