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Leadership Learning Journey

From Strengths to Influence

The Leadership Journey equips participants to lead with authenticity, self-awareness, and strategic influence.

Through a progression from identifying personal strengths to navigating organizational dynamics and communicating with confidence, leaders learn to coach others, build trust, and inspire results.

  • Courses can be taken individually or as a progressive series that builds on one another.
  • Content can also be customized into in-person Masterclasses, scheduled series, or organization-specific licensing agreements.
  • Three Courses, each comprised of three 105-minute virtual sessions
  • Tuition: $1,750 per course or $5,000 for all three

1. Leading with Strengths

Discover and leverage your unique leadership talents. Apply your strengths to empower teams, build confidence through coaching, and elevate performance across your organization.

Key Learnings:

  • What is leadership?
  • 8 core leadership expectations
  • Self-awareness
  • Overview of strengths-based leadership
  • Activating your strengths
  • Review strengths assessment
  • Brings and needs
  • Blind spots
  • Basements and balconies
  • Leveraging your team’s strengths
  • Strength leadership grid
  • Boss vs. Coach
  • Strengths-based coaching
  • Needs of followers
  • Action plan

Spring 2026: Mon – Apr 6, 13, 20
Fall 2026: Tues – Sept 8, 15, 22
9:00–10:45 a.m. MT

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2. Building Strategic Influence

Expand your impact by mastering the dynamics of power and politics. Identify patterns that shape decisions, strengthen key relationships, and build a trusted network of allies and advocates.

Key Learnings:

  • Define workplace politics and their role in organizational culture
  • Distinguish between negative, positive, and neutral political behavior
  • Reflect on how political behavior shows up in your team and across the business
  • Practice neutral engagement strategies to strengthen cross-functional relationships
  • Build an influence map and assess your current sphere of influence using the W4 framework
  • Explore best practices for managing up with awareness and intention
  • Learn and apply the CLAW framework (Context, Leverage, Action, Walk) for strategic engagement

Spring 2026: Mon – May 4, 11, 18
Fall 2026: Tues – Oct 6, 13, 20
9:00–10:45 a.m. MT

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3. Power Skills for Impact

Shape how others see you and the value you bring. Refine your leadership brand, give and receive feedback that fuels growth, and build authentic connections that amplify your influence.

Key Learnings:

  • Defining your values, purpose, and vision:
  • Defining your purpose
  • Defining your vision
  • What is a personal brand
  • Brand recap: basements and balconies and brings and needs
  • Importance and types of feedback
  • Triggers and blind spots
  • Receiving and giving feedback
  • Building connections
  • Why, where, and how of networking

Spring 2026: Mon – June 1, 8, 15
Fall 2026: Tues – Nov 3, 10, 17
9:00–10:45 a.m. MT

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“I have become more intentional about building relationships across departments and levels. These connections help create trust, open communication channels, and make it easier to advocate for my team or influence outcomes.”

– AUBRYN G.
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“Leading from my strengths gave me clarity and momentum — especially during times of change. It helped me guide my team with more confidence and purpose.”

– CHRISTY D.
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“Learning how to navigate workplace politics has been eye-opening—I’m starting to show up with more confidence and clarity, but also more curiosity about where people are coming from.”

– ANGELA S.

Meet Susie Tomenchok

Leadership Learning Journey Developer and Instructor
  • Connectivity industry veteran
  • Successful Entrepreneur
  • Author of The Art of Everyday Negotiation Without Manipulation
  • Executive coach, specializing in helping people identify their superpowers and advocate for themselves
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For new leaders with big potential.

Enroll your leaders or teams in an upcoming Leadership Course, or download our brochure here.

Questions? Contact IA@syndeoinstitute.org

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Explore our other Learning Journeys.

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AGILITY: FROM UNCERTAINTY TO ACTION

This Learning Journey builds the adaptability and resilience your teams need to thrive amid constant change

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