Be transformed as a leader: leadership formation & development
The world and our families are desperate for full-hearted leaders. Be the best version of yourself at work and home through facilitated leadership development practice.
You do not lack information. You lack inspiration
Real personal growth as a leader happens through community, trust, vulnerability, and accountability.
Join a leadership experience designed to challenge how you show up, sharpen how you lead, and surround you with people committed to real growth.
Lewis Agnew, President
Charles Hawkins Co.
There were unresolved issues under the surface. Staff didn’t always know who they reported to or what was expected of them. We struggled to clearly articulate who we were, what we did, or how we did it. As a leadership team, we couldn’t steer the ship—because we didn’t know where we were going.
Personally, I needed to keep growing as a leader alongside the company’s evolution, and I need to equip our new COO to grow into his own leadership role.
Since partnering with in Council Leadership, that’s changed. We’ve identified and addressed key challenges, redefined our core values, and clarified our mission, vision, and strategy. We’ve built a management team that’s aligned and equipped to lead with purpose.
Progress has been steady and meaningful—one 90-day rock at a time.
Even amid a tough season in the commercial real estate market, our investment in Leadership Lab has paid off in ways that go far beyond the bottom line. Their insight and guidance have helped us grow into a healthier, more focused organization. After 63 years in business, we believe the future is brighter than it’s ever been.
For leaders, personal growth is an investment that compounds.
Leaders who join Council Leadership experience profound transformation. They build stronger, healthier, more profitable and impactful organizations while becoming better husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, and colleagues. With improved clarity, confidence, self-leadership, and wisdom, they make sharper decisions, cultivate thriving cultures, strengthen relationships, and create legacies of real influence that simply wouldn't be possible alone.
Discover the council leadership experience with a discovery call
Leadership cohorts
Leadership cohorts are in-person, year-round communities of leadership growth.
For founders and business leaders who are ready to invest in their own growth
Deep personal work through trust, accountability, and shared challenge
Real-time feedback and perspective from other high-level leaders
Deep personal work through trust, accountability, and shared challenge
Ongoing support that strengthens both leadership and life
What you get as a member
Become part of a trusted community
A confidential group of high-character leaders who act as your personal board of directors for honest feedback and accountability.
Experience deep, transformational training
Facilitator-led workshops that build clarity, confidence, emotional intelligence, and wiser decision-making.
Ongoing expert guidance
Direct access to experienced Leadership Advisors for coaching and support when you need it.
Inspiring community and space
Connection and reflection at Hardison House, plus member perks and event access.
Compounding impact
Stronger leadership, healthier teams, better relationships, and lasting personal and organizational transformation.
Transformational leadership formation
Become the best version of yourself at work and home through facilitated leadership development practice.
The growth journey begins with you
Getting started is easy. Complete the pre-qualification survey (2 minutes). Then, a discovery call. New cohort members often join a social event at Hardison House, our facility, Hardison House, to continue to get to know the Council Leadership approach and community.
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Start by completing your 2-minute qualification survey above
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Schedule your discovery call
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Join your council leadership community
Join us for a site visit or a virtual session to get to know the community.
Ready to grow up in how you show up?
You lead people, and you know real leadership is more than better management tactics.
Council Leadership is for those ready to be more effective in business and in life by doing the deeper work. In our Leadership Cohorts, you will join a community of those seeking to gain and apply wisdom.
This program is for people who lead others and who want to be more effective in business and in life. And, it’s for those who are ready to get real with themselves by being real with others.
From internal disconnection to clarity, community, and purpose
Our promise to you
We promise that if you join Council Leadership, you will be transformed and will become a more effective leader.
August and September 2026 cohorts are being formed now
Complete your pre-qualification survey and discovery call above to express your interest now.
Become the kind of leader your life requires
We provide leadership formation and development, and executive team growth and consulting.
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Council leadership changes lives
Frequently answered questions
Effective leadership doesn't just feel good — it improves the bottom line.
- Higher profitability: McKinsey research shows companies with strong leadership pipelines are 2–2.5x more likely to outperform financially.
- Increased productivity: Better leaders mean clearer priorities, less churn, and less rework.
- Reduced turnover: A good leader can be the best retention strategy you've got. Replacing one costs 1.5–3x their salary.
- Voluntary attrition drops by 20–40% when leadership improves.
The cheapest way to keep your best people? Give them people worth following.
Strong leaders don't just decide more — they decide better.
- They resist reactivity.
- They escalate fewer non-issues.
- They hold tension without creating drama.
That shows up as fewer costly missteps, less executive drag, and more decisive execution.
Bad leadership is a silent tax. Good leadership is silent compound interest.
Leadership behavior is culture. Culture isn't soft — it's operational leverage.
Train your leaders and your culture shifts toward:
- Trust
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Psychological safety — which fuels innovation and learning
Teams that trust each other move faster, adapt quicker, and require fewer rules.
What if leadership training gave you your time back?
When leaders delegate well, coach instead of fix, and develop people instead of carrying them — you get:
- Fewer fires
- Fewer 9 p.m. "quick questions"
- More space for strategy, vision, and rest
That's not just relief — it's regained capacity for real leadership.
Strong leadership prevents:
- Burnout
- Ethical failures
- Emotional blowups
- Founder bottlenecks
- Succession chaos
Most of this ROI is invisible. Until it isn't. Good leadership is what doesn't go wrong.
Organizations with deep leadership benches scale cleaner, transition smoother, attract better talent, and command higher valuations.
Even if spreadsheets can't capture it, smart investors and boards notice.
Leadership development only works if it's:
- Integrated — not a one-off event
- Applied — rooted in real work
- Personal — internal world meets external skill
- Accountable — practice, feedback, reflection
Cheap training is expensive. Shallow training feels good but changes nothing.
Leadership development ROI shows up as:
- More profit
- More time
- Better decisions
- Less drama
- Stronger cultures
- Healthier leaders
First, let's confirm this is a great fit with a few questions:
Yes to these questions will move you to the booking screen to select a time for a 15 minute discovery phone call with a member of the Council Leadership team.
