DARE
TO
LEAD™
UPCOMING OCTOBER 2024 IMMERSIVE
CHICAGO, IL
CHOOSE COURAGE
Courageous leadership is an inside-out job, like all things that have the power to transform and lead to growth. Who we are, what we believe, and how we decide to show up shapes our leadership and how others experience us. Brave leaders are authentic, compassionate, inclusive, lean into worthwhile and sometimes difficult conversations, and lead from values. Courage is a practice that we must choose time and time again.
WHAT IS DARE TO LEAD™?
Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building program designed to be facilitated by organizational development professionals. Brené is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation–Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and most recently completed a seven-year study on courageous leadership. She is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and Dare to Lead, which also debuted at #1 on The Wall Street Journal and Publisher’s Weekly lists.
The most significant finding from Brené’s recent research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are observable, measurable, and TEACHABLE.
CATALYZE YOUR LEADERSHIP IMPACT
The last several years have challenged our individual and organizational ability to be flexible and agile. They have tested our collective empathy and capacity for compassion. The impact on work, relationships, and our sense of community and belonging cannot be understated. Courageous leaders are needed now more than ever for our organizations to thrive during times of uncertainty, continually increasing complexity, rapid change, uncertainty, and ambiguity. The time to be a courageous, daring leader is now. Are you ready?
Dare to Lead™ is not just another leadership development workshop.
Rooted in the groundbreaking research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ empowers you to step into your full potential as a courageous, authentic, and empathetic leader. This in-person, interactive, 3-day experience will enable you to integrate your own behavior-change strategies with the realities of the corporate world and connect with like-minded professionals who also want to lead high-performing, effective, and inclusive teams and make a difference in the world. Practicing Daring Leadership™ equips us with the skills to navigate tough conversations effectively, build and restore trust, and improve feedback.
WHO IS IT FOR?
Dare to Lead™ is for professionals who are ready to be more curious, more courageous, and more impactful. Whether you’re a seasoned executive, an emerging leader, or a high-performing professional simply hungry for personal and leadership development, this program is designed to meet you where you are and propel you forward.
More than 20,000 global leaders across industries and sizes including at Fortune 500 companies have enhanced their leadership skills through the Dare to Lead™ Training Program and you can join them.
THE OBJECTIVES
Recognize that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are measurable, observable, and teachable.
Recognize and appreciate the role vulnerability plays when we face risk, uncertainty, exposure (physical and emotional), and unpredictability, and how to navigate tough conversations with courage, clarity, and empathy.
Understand why courage and authenticity require vulnerability.
Connect to your values and how that influences how you show up courageously as a leader.
How to focus on a foundation of trust that leads to meaningful and authentic connections with your teams and colleagues.
Become aware of your emotions, understand emotional agility, and how to show up and lead with courage.
Increase understanding and application of emotional intelligence
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Daring Leadership™ is a collection of four courage skill sets that are 100% teachable, measurable, and observable. In this program, you will develop the skills it takes to do brave work, have tough conversations, and show up with your whole heart.
The Dare to Lead™ workshop is divided into four courage-building modules:
Rumbling with Vulnerability
Facing risk, uncertainty, and emotional exposure with courage and clarityLiving into Your Values
Practicing the beliefs we hold most importantBRAVING Trust
Creating or deepening connections in relationships and teamsLearning to Rise
Learning and growing from failures and disappointments
By the end of the program, you’ll walk away with practical tools and strategies to:
Cultivate trust and connection within your team and in personal relationships
Navigate difficult, but important and worthwhile, conversations with grace and empathy
Embrace vulnerability as a source of strength
Foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, and belonging
Lead with authenticity and integrity
Perhaps most importantly, you’ll leave Dare to Lead™ with a newfound sense of confidence in your ability to tackle any challenge.
Participants must attend all sessions to receive the Dare to Lead™ Trained badge.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
You’ll gain more than just knowledge – you will gain confidence, clarity, and a renewed sense of purpose. By mastering the skills of brave leadership, you’ll foster stronger relationships, inspire your team, and drive meaningful change within your organization. Plus, in today’s rapidly evolving world, the ability to lead with courage and vulnerability is not just an advantage — it’s a necessity.
Are you ready to:
Do brave work?
Hold tough and worthwhile conversations?
Lead with courage?
Lead with trust, empathy, compassion, and aligned values?
LET’S GO
We’ll meet at The Guesthouse, a stunning, boutique hotel steps away from unique specialty shops, award-winning restaurants, local craft breweries, and great neighborhood entertainment at the crossroads of Andersonville, Uptown, Lincoln Square and Ravenswood neighborhoods of Chicago.
THE DETAILS
Through interactive exercises, group discussions, and real-world applications, you’ll embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth to become the courageous and daring leaders that our organizations, communities, and families need.
Tentative schedule for each day
9:00 am Start
10:00 am Break: 15-minutes
10:15 am Session
11:15 am Break: 15-minutes
11:30 am Session
12:30 pm Lunch: 90-minutes
2:00 pm Afternoon session resumes
3:15 pm Break: 15-minutes
3:30 pm Final session
4:30 pm Adjourn for the day
Some pre-work and between-session work may be required.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Your 3-Day Dare to Lead™ training includes:
Facilitated sessions by a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, attorney, TEDx Speaker, and Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths Coach, and discussions to ground your learning and application
Daily Lunch
Dare to Lead™ workbook full of tools and exercises to level up your leadership competencies
Viewing access to exclusive Dare to Lead™ training Brené Brown videos
Dare to Lead™ Trained Badge for those who attend all portions of the training.
A network of peers
BONUS! 2 Integration and follow-up sessions July 22 and July 29 at noon central.
It does not include:
Travel
Lodging. If you are from out of town, we invite you to stay at The Guesthouse with its lovely apartment-style suites with fully equipped kitchens. We have a discount code to use when you book online. See the accommodations section below for details. Additional lodging can be found here - See list of recommended hotels
Parking for local participants
Any meals not listed
INVESTMENT
Three Payment Options
Pay in Full Now | $2,750 total
Pay 50% Now to Secure Your Spot and 50% by August 20
$2,750 total
$1,375 Deposit Due Now to Secure Your Spot
$1,375 Due by August 20Pay in 3 Installments
$3,000 total
$1,375 Deposit Due Now to Secure Your Spot
$812.50 Due by August 20
$812.50 Due by September 20
A deposit is required to secure your spot
Refund Policy: 50% refund before August 20. No refunds after September 20.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE
We hope to see you there. We understand there are reasons we all have for postponing action, for not moving forward: fear, discomfort, commitments, and more. But we also know the transformative power of choosing differently. Choosing courage, vulnerability, and bravery requires choosing ACTION. It is what changes us. It’s how we gain confidence, incorporate new skills, adapt, and grow. We’ll put the tools you need right at your fingertips.
Be Bold. Be Brave. Dare to Lead™
Don’t let fear or uncertainty hold you back from becoming the leader you were meant to be.
Join us for Dare to Lead™ and embark on a journey of self-discovery, growth, and empowerment.
Take the First Step Towards Brave Leadership™ – Enroll Today!
Spaces are limited, so don’t wait – secure your spot in Dare to Lead™ today with your deposit and take the first step towards unlocking your true leadership potential. Your team, your organization, and your future self will thank you for it.
ACCOMMODATIONS, DINING, ACTIVITIES & MORE
Preferred Accommodations AT tHE gUESTHOUSE — DISCOUNT CODE Provided upon registration
Visiting from out of town? Stay at the event venue, The Guesthouse, a stunning, boutique hotel located on Chicago’s north side at the crossroads of Andersonville (voted the coolest neighborhood in the US by Time Out!), Uptown, Lincoln Square, and Ravenswood. One-, Two, and Three-Bedroom Suites are available.
other nearby accommodations
Hotel Zachary: A Tribute Portfolio Hotel
3630 North Clark Street
Chicago
( 1.7 mi from The Guesthouse Hotel)
Hotel Versey Days Inn by Wyndham Chicago
644 W. Diversey Parkway, Chicago
3617 N. Sheffield Avenue
Chicago
The Robey, Chicago, a Member of Design Hotels
2018 W. North Avenue
Chicago
(4.2 miles from The Guesthouse Hotel).
FOOD OPTIONS
Food Options in 5-10 minute Walking Distance
There is a popular café just next door to The Guesthouse: Pick Me Up
A bit further up the street is:
Hopleaf (excellent for dinner as well)
Getting Around
Public transportation near hotel - https://www.theguesthousehotel.com/getting-around
ACTIVITIES
Things To Do
Chicago Magic Lounge ( 0.2 miles from the event location)
Navy Pier
Chicago River Walk
360 Chicago
Willis Tower (formerly known as Sears Tower)
Millennium Park
Art Institute of Chicago
Architectural Boat Tours
Chicago Architecture Center
Bobby’s Bike Hike
Grayline Sightseeing Tours
MEET KORI S. CAREW, ESQ.
Kori S. Carew, Esq. is an attorney, TEDx speaker, and community builder who generates awareness and understanding of critical human issues by creating the space and climate for open dialogue that is meaningful, and enables people to expand their perspective and drive positive change. With grace and truth she is a people inclusion strategist, advocate, speaker, coach, writer, status quo disruptor, truthteller, wife, and mother of two curly-haired, wise, energetic, fierce, spitfire daughters. She brings an incisive voice, unapologetic questioning of the status quo, and a lifelong fascination of human potential to empowering women and historically marginalized and excluded people. Her multi-national, multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual family background gives her a keen sensitivity to belonging and inclusion across differences.
Kori brings a fierce love of community and belonging that embraces differences to her work, ministry, and life. At her day job she focuses on developing and implementing strategies for individual career, leadership and organizational diversity and inclusion success, helps organizations build bridges across differences and improve inclusion, coaches, trains on people and leadership development as well as diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging topics. She loves to sing, cook, entertain, dance in the hallways at work, and read when she is not equipping leaders to be inclusive, interrupt bias and disrupt the status quo, or helping individuals live their best and fiercest lives. Beyond her work within organizations she actively serves her community as a civic leader. Her TEDx, Just belonging: Finding the Courage to Interrupt Bias can be found here.
Kori’s commitment to equitable cultures of belonging where diversity is welcome and celebrated (what she calls, A Just Belonging, is central to her and Bridge 68’s values and essential to courageous leadership. As a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, she is also committed to the Inclusivity, Equity, Diversity, and Belonging of the Brené Brown Education and Research Group (BBEARG), which governs the work we do in the Dare to Lead™ Community. You can read the BBEARG belonging statement here.
Kori is a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, a certified Gallup CliftonStrengths® Coach and an IDI Qualified Administrator.