Dare to Lead™ Leadership Development
Build the courage to lead when the conversation is hard, the answer is unclear, and the stakes are high.
Research-based leadership development grounded in Brené Brown’s work on courage, vulnerability, trust, values, and resilience.
Courage is not a personality trait.
It is a leadership skill.
Leaders are expected to navigate uncertainty, give difficult feedback, build trust, make hard decisions, and create accountability without losing connection.
Dare to Lead™ gives leaders practical tools and a shared language to do that work with greater courage, clarity, and humanity.
Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based, courage-building program that helps Leaders & Organizations create the capabilities and cultures needed to thrive in this ever-changing world.
Get Courageous offers the Dare to Lead leadership training program, designed for individuals and organizations looking to unlock their full potential. This program is based on the research of Brené Brown, a renowned expert in vulnerability and courage. Through this training, participants will learn how to develop courage, build trust, and create an inclusive culture within their teams.
Doing Brave Work
Holding Tough Conversations
Leading with Courage
Courage is teachable. These are the four skill sets.
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Rumbling with Vulnerability
Build the courage to enter uncertainty, risk, and difficult conversations.
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Living Into Our Values
Turn values from words on a wall into observable leadership behaviors.
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BRAVING Trust
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Learning to Rise
Develop the resilience and self-awareness to recover from setbacks and lead forward.
Who is Dare to Lead™ for?
Dare to Lead™ is a strong fit for:
Executive and senior leadership teams
Emerging and high-potential leaders
Teams navigating change or trust challenges
Organizations wanting a shared language for courageous leadership
Leaders who need to strengthen feedback, accountability, trust, and difficult conversations
You do not need a leadership crisis to benefit from this work. Many organizations use Dare to Lead™ proactively to build stronger leadership habits before the stakes get higher.
What leaders walk away with
Participants leave with:
A practical language for courageous leadership
Greater confidence in difficult conversations
Tools for building and repairing trust
Clearer understanding of how values translate into behavior
Greater awareness of armored vs. daring leadership patterns
Tools for navigating setbacks, disappointment, and uncertainty
Program includes: Dare to Lead™ workbook, Daring Leadership Assessment, Brené Brown video content where applicable, facilitated exercises, and integration support.
This is not another leadership lecture.
Dare to Lead™ is experiential.
Participants reflect, discuss, practice, challenge assumptions, and apply the work to real leadership situations.
You will not spend 18-24 hours listening to someone talk about courage.
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Want support applying the Dare to Lead™ work?
Training builds shared language and awareness. Coaching helps leaders apply the work to real conversations, decisions, relationships, and leadership challenges.
Dare to Lead™ Coaching is available for individuals, leadership teams, and program graduates.
Available as:
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Format: Virtual
Cadence: 3 (or 6 half-day) instructional days plus two integration sessions over 3 (or 6) weeks
Cohort size: 6-12 people
Dare to Lead™
The full curriculum is delivered over the course of 4 instructional days (5 hours daily) over a 2-week period and 2 group integration sessions (90 minutes each) and 2 one-to-one coaching sessions. Join us for an immersive personal leadership experience.
All instructional materials will be mailed to US participants.
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Format: In-person
Cadence: 3 instructional days plus 2 group integration sessions
Cohort size: up to 20 people
The full curriculum is delivered over the course of 3 consecutive instructional days over a 2-week period and 2 group integration sessions and 2 one-to-one coaching sessions. Join us for a powerful & immersive personal leadership experience.
All instructional materials will be provided.
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Format: In-person
Cadence: We will develop the program best suited for your organizational needs
Cohort size: TBD
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60-Minute Keynote
90-Minute Keynote
Virtual
In-person
Customizable to your audience’s needs
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One-to-one
Groups
Executive, In-tact, or Project Teams
Meet Your Facilitator
Leslie Mizerak, Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator & Executive Coach
Leslie brings more than 20 years of experience in leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational talent work.
Her facilitation style is practical, candid, conversational, and grounded in real leadership situations. Participants are not simply introduced to the Dare to Lead™ concepts. They are challenged to consider how those concepts show up in the conversations, decisions, relationships, and moments that matter most.
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