The Practice of
Discernment
The Practice of
Discernment
Session 1: June 24 - August 5
Session 1: June 24 - August 5
Session 1: June 24 - August 5
Session 2: October 13 - December 3
Session 2: October 13 - December 3
Session 2: October 13 - December 3
A Practice for Coherent Leadership Presence and Culture Alignment
Align values, decisions, and behavior for environments of consistency and trust
Name what’s happening before it becomes a mess. You get sharper at reading dynamics and surfacing the real issue without drama, delay, or denial.
Name what’s happening before it becomes a mess. You get sharper at reading dynamics and surfacing the real issue without drama, delay, or denial.
Name what’s happening before it becomes a mess. You get sharper at reading dynamics and surfacing the real issue without drama, delay, or denial.
Name what’s happening before it becomes a mess. You get sharper at reading dynamics and surfacing the real issue without drama, delay, or denial.
Lead with coherent presence people trust. Less mixed signal. More alignment between intent, behavior, and decisions.
Lead with coherent presence people trust. Less mixed signal. More alignment between intent, behavior, and decisions.
Lead with coherent presence people trust. Less mixed signal. More alignment between intent, behavior, and decisions.
Lead with coherent presence people trust. Less mixed signal. More alignment between intent, behavior, and decisions.
Reduce rework and friction caused by misalignment. Clearer expectations. Fewer post-decision clarifications. Better follow-through across the system.
Reduce rework and friction caused by misalignment. Clearer expectations. Fewer post-decision clarifications. Better follow-through across the system.
Reduce rework and friction caused by misalignment. Clearer expectations. Fewer post-decision clarifications. Better follow-through across the system.
Reduce rework and friction caused by misalignment. Clearer expectations. Fewer post-decision clarifications. Better follow-through across the system.
Build discernment competencies in live leadership environments. Pattern recognition, expectation-setting, boundary clarity, and course-correction that stabilizes culture under pressure.
Build discernment competencies in live leadership environments. Pattern recognition, expectation-setting, boundary clarity, and course-correction that stabilizes culture under pressure.
Build discernment competencies in live leadership environments. Pattern recognition, expectation-setting, boundary clarity, and course-correction that stabilizes culture under pressure.
Build discernment competencies in live leadership environments. Pattern recognition, expectation-setting, boundary clarity, and course-correction that stabilizes culture under pressure.
Who are these sessions for?
Who are these sessions for?
The Practice of Discernment is designed for leaders who...
The Practice of Discernment is designed for leaders who...
Are responsible for guiding people through complex conversations and dynamics
Are responsible for guiding people through complex conversations and dynamics
Lead teams where what is unsaid often matters more than what is said
Lead teams where what is unsaid often matters more than what is said
Sense shifts in energy, resistance, or alignment but lack language to name them
Sense shifts in energy, resistance, or alignment but lack language to name them
Want to respond with clarity instead of reacting or avoiding
Want to respond with clarity instead of reacting or avoiding
Are tired of communication techniques that ignore context and nuance
Are tired of communication techniques that ignore context and nuance
Value steadiness, awareness, and grounded leadership presence
Value steadiness, awareness, and grounded leadership presence
What To Expect From Cohorts
This work focuses on noticing what’s happening beneath the surface, naming dynamics with precision, and responding without escalation. It builds emotional intelligence and situational adaptability, strengthening presence and leadership signal so you can create relational clarity, protect trust, and keep the work moving when the room gets complicated.
The emphasis is grounded presence, relational clarity, and discernment.
This work focuses on noticing what’s happening beneath the surface, naming dynamics with precision, and responding without escalation.
It builds emotional intelligence and situational adaptability, strengthening presence and leadership signal so you can create relational clarity, protect trust, and keep the work moving when the room gets complicated.
Core Collaboration Sessions
Four live | virtual, facilitated sessions focused on presence, leadership signal, and relational awareness. You’ll learn to notice what’s shifting in the room and respond with clarity.
Core Collaboration Sessions
Four live | virtual, facilitated sessions focused on presence, leadership signal, and relational awareness. You’ll learn to notice what’s shifting in the room and respond with clarity.
Core Sessions [Week 1-4]
Four live | virtual, facilitated sessions focused on presence, leadership signal, and relational awareness. You’ll learn to notice what’s shifting in the room and respond with clarity.
Guided Practice Sessions
Additional working sessions to practice naming dynamics, reading patterns, and choosing responses that lower heat instead of raising it.
Guided Practice Sessions
Additional working sessions to practice naming dynamics, reading patterns, and choosing responses that lower heat instead of raising it.
Guided Practice Sessions [Week 2-3]
Additional working sessions to practice naming dynamics, reading patterns, and choosing responses that lower heat instead of raising it.
Independent Fieldwork | Capstone
Space to apply the work inside current leadership situations, with continued guidance and reflection as you test what changes your signal and what strengthens trust.
Independent Fieldwork | Capstone
Space to apply the work inside current leadership situations, with continued guidance and reflection as you test what changes your signal and what strengthens trust.
Independent Fieldwork | Capstone [Week 5-6]
Space to apply the work inside current leadership situations, with continued guidance and reflection as you test what changes your signal and what strengthens trust.
Integration and Next Steps
One (1) closing session to debrief the fieldwork and make meaning of what changed in practice. Participants leave with a clearer discernment stance, a steadier relational signal, and a practical course for how they’ll lead when dynamics shift again.
Integration and Next Steps
One (1) closing session to debrief the fieldwork and make meaning of what changed in practice. Participants leave with a clearer discernment stance, a steadier relational signal, and a practical course for how they’ll lead when dynamics shift again.
Integration and Next Steps [Week 7]
A closing session to debrief the fieldwork and make meaning of what changed in practice. Participants leave with a clearer discernment stance, a steadier relational signal, and a practical course for how they’ll lead when dynamics shift again.
How The Practices Work
How The
Practices Work
You'll notice we use the concept of practice to include training, coaching, transformation and intentionality.
It is a practice. Practice is a verb, which means you regularly engage the skills and the stance you choose.
Practice is also a noun, which means it becomes something you have, live, and embody over time.
You'll notice we use the concept of practice to include training, coaching, transformation and intentionality.
It is a practice. Practice is a verb, which means you regularly engage the skills and the stance you choose.
Practice is also a noun, which means it becomes something you have, live, and embody over time.
You'll notice we use the concept of practice to include training, coaching, transformation and intentionality.
It is a practice. Practice is a verb, which means you regularly engage the skills and the stance you choose.
Practice is also a noun, which means it becomes something you have, live, and embody over time.
Live, facilitated virtual sessions with an experienced executive coach
Live, facilitated virtual sessions with an experienced executive coach
Small-group, high-trust, highly interactive.
Small-group, high-trust, highly interactive.
No recordings. No webinars. No platform.
No recordings. No webinars. No platform.
Weekly application to current business challenges
Weekly application to current business challenges
No passive consumption
No passive consumption
Between sessions, you’ll engage, reflect, and apply the work in your actual leadership terrain.
Between sessions, you’ll engage, reflect, and apply the work in your actual leadership terrain.
Cohort Scheduling Options
In 2026, each cohort runs twice for maximum scheduling flexibility. For teams and organizations preferring cohorts limited to your team only, additional dates can be scheduled by contacting us.
In 2026, each cohort runs twice for maximum scheduling flexibility. For teams and organizations preferring cohorts limited to your team only, additional dates can be scheduled by contacting us.
In 2026, each cohort runs twice for maximum scheduling flexibility.
For teams and organizations preferring cohorts limited to your team only, additional dates can be scheduled by contacting us.
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.
SESSION 1
Begins June 24, 2026
Live | Virtual
Priority Enrollment Ends 5/25/26
Program Enrollment Ends 6/14/26
The Practice of Discernment
Schedule Overview
Week 1: Core Session, 2 hours
Week 2 + 3: Core + Guided Practice Session, 4 hours
Week 4: Core Session, 2 hours
Week 5 + 6: Independent Applied Fieldwork | Capstone
Week 7: Integration, 2 hours
Session Meets: 10am - Noon ET
SESSION 1
Begins June 24, 2026
Live | Virtual
Priority Enrollment Ends 5/25/26
Program Enrollment Ends 6/14/26
The Practice of Discernment
Schedule Overview
Week 1: Core Session, 2 hours
Week 2 + 3: Core + Guided Practice Session, 4 hours
Week 4: Core Session, 2 hours
Week 5 + 6: Independent Applied Fieldwork | Capstone
Week 7: Integration, 2 hours
Session Meets: 10am - Noon ET
SESSION 2
Begins October 13, 2026
Live | Virtual
Priority Enrollment Ends 9/13/26
Program Enrollment Ends 10/3/26
The Practice of Discernment
Schedule Overview
Week 1: Core Session, 2 hours
Week 2 + 3: Core + Guided Practice Session, 4 hours
Week 4: Core Session, 2 hours
Week 5 + 6: Independent Applied Fieldwork | Capstone
Week 7: Integration, 2 hours
Session Meets: 10am-Noon ET
SESSION 2
Begins October 13, 2026
Live | Virtual
Priority Enrollment Ends 9/13/26
Program Enrollment Ends 10/3/26
The Practice of Discernment
Schedule Overview
Week 1: Core Session, 2 hours
Week 2 + 3: Core + Guided Practice Session, 4 hours
Week 4: Core Session, 2 hours
Week 5 + 6: Independent Applied Fieldwork | Capstone
Week 7: Integration, 2 hours
Session Meets: 10am-Noon ET
Hear what others think about the work
I had the pleasure of attending one of Linda’s leadership development sessions today, and she is AMAZING! She related to the participants and the organization on many levels, and her experience shines in her examples and knowledge. I highly recommend her for this series, coaching, and leadership development.
Jennifer Lamb-Hornsby
Chief People & Culture Officer
|
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.
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
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 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 30 days before start date. Program enrollment closes 10 days before start date.
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