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Leaping Over Landmines™High-Touch Group Coaching for Leaders Navigating Complexity
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Leading well should not feel like walking through a minefield. Yet, many capable leaders find themselves stuck, second-guessing decisions, and carrying responsibility alone.
Leaping Over Landmines™ is a structured group coaching space led by Dr. Charisse Taylor where leaders slow down enough to think clearly, establish strong boundaries, and move intentionally without burning out.
Gain Absolute Clarity: Focus deeply on the right priorities, not everything at once.
Lead Without Burnout: Strengthen your ability to navigate high stakes without over-functioning.
Break the Isolation: Deepen your insights by learning alongside a curated cohort of peers.
Rooted Visionaries™ RetreatAn Immersive Executive Reset for Public Sector & Mission-Driven Leaders
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Every visionary leader wrestles with the heavy space between leadership light and shadow. True impact shouldn't depend on your constant sacrifice to survive.
The Rooted Visionaries™ Retreat is a deliberate pause where clarity meets courage. It is an immersive experience designed to help you stand firmly, step back with purpose, and step forward with a sustainable plan.
Navigate Leadership Shadows: Transform internal leadership strains and pressures into sources of grounded strength.
Step Back with Purpose: Step out of daily execution to pause, reflect, and safely reimagine your vision.
Lead with Real Connection: Build deep alignment and community with public sector peers navigating similar complexities.
Leadership Partnership | One-on-One Support forSenior Leaders
Our executive coaching is straightforward, action‑oriented, and designed for senior leaders carrying real responsibility. Through a structured twelve‑month partnership that blends 90‑minute coaching sessions, strategic guidance, and on‑demand support, you’ll strengthen your leadership, navigate high‑stakes decisions with clarity, and build the capacity to lead with confidence. Need more hands-on support? You’ll work with a fully developed leadership framework and a consistent rhythm of reviews that keep your progress grounded and aligned.
What You’ll Gain:
Personalized, actionable guidance grounded in a fully developed leadership framework
Clearer decision-making and stronger, credible executive presence
Practical tools to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics with confidence
Quarterly 90‑day reviews that keep your growth focused, measurable, and aligned
On‑demand support for urgent matters, with a one‑business‑day response
This is coaching for leaders who are ready to act, grow, and lead with clarity.
Leadership and Team Alignment | Move the Leader and Team Together.
This practical, results-oriented, twelve‑month engagement for leaders responsible for both their own performance and the cohesion of their senior team. Through a blend of executive coaching, team sessions, and strategic planning support, you’ll strengthen your leadership while ensuring your team moves with clarity, alignment, and shared purpose. This partnership brings structure to team dynamics, supports consistent communication, and helps your organization advance with confidence.
What You’ll Gain:
Everything included in the Executive Coaching tier
Quarterly half-day sessions with your executive or leadership team, for a team of up to 8
A fully facilitated two‑day annual team intensive to deepen cohesion and reset priorities
Light-touch advisory access for your chief of staff, deputy, or senior right hand
Up to two embedded strategic planning sprints each year to support major initiatives
Custom team development materials drawn from CF frameworks
This is partnership for leaders who want their teams aligned, focused, and moving together with purpose.
Institution-Level Leadership | Leader, Team, and Board Working as One
Most organizations work on their leader, their team, and their board in separate rooms, on separate timelines, often with separate consultants. The strategy sounds aligned in the board meeting and comes apart by the time it reaches the work. The Stewardship Partnership is our most comprehensive engagement: a twelve-month partnership that brings the CEO, the senior team, and the board into one shared rhythm. Decisions made at the top hold all the way through the institution, and you lead with clarity at every level instead of translating between them.
This partnership fits leaders working through a defining moment, such as a new strategic plan, a leadership transition, significant growth, or a reset that needs the board and the team moving in the same direction at the same time.
What You’ll Gain:
Everything included in the Executive and Team tier
Quarterly working sessions with your board (up to 21 members) to build alignment and shared ownership
Board chair coaching as its own relationship inside the engagement
One governance and strategy process that connects board decisions to team execution across the year
Custom briefing materials that prepare the CEO and board for aligned, strategic decisions
Confidential thought partnership for the CEO between sessions, for the moments that can't wait for the next meeting
This is partnership for leaders who steward the whole institution and need every level moving together.
Board‑Focused Leadership | For Leaders and Boards Ready to Strengthen GovernanceTogether.
This partnership equips your board with the tools, clarity, and shared understanding needed to strengthen governance and lead with confidence. Together, we’ll build alignment, clarify roles, and create structures that support effective decision-making between the CEO and the board. By combining proven frameworks with a focused, year‑long rhythm, we’ll help your board move from complex challenges to coordinated, strategic action.
What You’ll Gain:
CEO coaching framed specifically around board navigation
Quarterly working sessions with your board for up to 21 members, building alignment and shared ownership
Board chair coaching as its own relationship inside the engagement
A structured CEO and board alignment process run across the year
A governance and strategy alignment sequence
Custom briefing materials for board and CEO use
Confidential thought partnership for the CEO between sessions
This is partnership for boards and CEOs who want clarity, alignment, and stronger governance practices.
Strategic Planning with Connecting Forward’s guidance, Coaching4Change grew from 5 to 15 team members and expanded our budget from $750,000 to $2 million. This growth has strengthened our programs, invested in our people, and expanded our reach to underserved communities.
Their deep commitment to our mission and hands-on approach turned our vision into meaningful action. I’m truly grateful for their unwavering support and dedication to changing lives.
Through executive coaching with Connecting Forward, I successfully transitioned from leading individuals to managing teams effectively. We transformed siloed workstreams into integrated work and expanded our team's capacity beyond grant management to include applied research.
Their inquiry-based, equity-driven coaching approach and deep understanding of educational systems makes them an invaluable partner. I highly recommend Connecting Forward to leaders ready to grow their capacity.
Partner with Connecting Forward to unlock your organization’s potential through research-backed strategies and tailored solutions. Contact us to get started.
