Leadership Identity
“Who am I as a leader when the title is not doing the work?”
Leave with a clearer account of the leader you already are, and the one you are becoming.
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Choose This Focus →November 14, 2026 · Ottawa · Limited to 42 participants
Your competence got you here. Turn it into influence.
See the pattern holding you back, work it through with experienced faculty and leave with a practical next move.
Leadership work already trusted in real rooms
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Beyond the Competence Trap
Saturday, November 14, 2026 · Ottawa, Ontario
A one-day, in-person curated leadership experience for capable professionals who want to turn competence into influence without losing ethics, health or direction.
What registration includes
- The full one-day curated experience: founder framing, faculty dialogue and guided reflection
- Placement in one focused Leadership Circle of your choice
- Participant preparation and onboarding before the day
- Post-event follow-up and access to the CI3 Archives
- Contribution
- Pay what you can, from a $49.99 minimum
- Capacity
- Limited to 42 participant seats across six Leadership Circles
- After you reserve
- Confirm your contribution, then complete your participant profile whenever suits you
What happens next
- Reserve with your name, email, role and preferred focus.
- Confirm your contribution and payment.
- Complete the curated participant profile now or later.
All contributions are non-refundable, but your seat is transferable, pass it to someone else or move it to the next edition. See the terms of participation.
Approximately two minutes. The diagnostic and full participant profile can be completed later.
Six focused rooms
What would be most useful to work through right now?
Every participant joins one Leadership Circle: a small, faculty-guided room built around one question. Choose the focus that sounds like your year.
Strategic Visibility
“How do I move from capable to visible without performing?”
A practical way to make your work seen by the people who decide.
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Places available
Choose This Focus →Career Influence
“Everyone relies on me, why hasn’t my influence grown?”
A concrete next move for converting reliability into influence.
3 faculty announced
Places available
Choose This Focus →Business & Entrepreneurship
“How do I lead a venture without losing myself in it?”
Sharper judgment about the bets your business, and your leadership, should make next.
3 faculty announced
Places available
Choose This Focus →Finance & Career Capital
“Is my career building capital, or just collecting credentials?”
A clearer read on the capital your career is actually building.
2 faculty announced · 1 seat open
Places available
Choose This Focus →Leadership Health Check
“I am leading under pressure, is this pace sustainable?”
A more sustainable way to carry the weight you are already carrying.
3 faculty announced
Places available
Choose This Focus →Not sure which fits? Choose “Help me choose” at reservation and CI3 will guide your placement.
Meet the faculty for every circle
What happens during the experience?
- Arrival
- Founder framing
- Ideas and faculty dialogue
- Leadership Circle
- Reflection
- Next move
How CI3 works
A guided experience, not another course.
Sound familiar?
You may not need more information. You may need a clearer next move.
“Everyone relies on me, but my influence has not grown.”
Reliability made you indispensable, and quietly invisible.
“My capability is visible, but my leadership is not.”The work is seen; the leader behind it is not yet.
“I keep adding credentials without changing my position.”Another certificate will not move what is actually stuck.
“I am leading under pressure and need a more sustainable path.”The pace that got you here is not the pace that keeps you here.
Recognise one of these? Start with the short assessment, or choose the November room that sounds like your year.
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Notice
Identify the pressure or pattern holding your influence back.
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Choose
Enter the experience and focused conversation that fit the pattern.
- 03
Practise
Work it through in a focused Leadership Circle, with experienced faculty in the room.
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Continue
Leave with an action, and ways to sustain the work after the room closes.
See how CI3 works, step by step →
Not sure where to begin?
The short diagnostic helps you identify the pattern you may be experiencing and points you toward a useful next step. It is a leadership signal, not a clinical verdict, and it is never required before registering.
Take the 6-Minute Leadership Diagnostic →
No account required to begin. How your answers are used
After the room closes
The experience does not end when the room closes.
- Reflection and follow-up
- Monthly Fireside conversations
- Access to the CI3 Archives
- Future experiences
Everything CI3 publishes between the rooms lives in one place. Open the Library
The November experience is one entry point into a continuing CI3 journey. Explore the CI3 Platform
From the author
The book behind the framework: Beyond the Competence Trap.
The ideas this room is built on, in full, for anyone who wants to go deeper before or after November.
About the bookFor organisations
Bring the experience to your organisation.
Partner on an experience
Stand behind an edition, a circle or the archive, and be seen in the room.
Explore partneringSponsor participant access
Back seats so capable people can be in the room regardless of budget.
Explore access sponsorshipBring a curated experience to your team
Keynotes, workshops and guest lectures, chosen by the problem your team carries.
Explore team sessionsQuestions you may have
Before you decide.
Is this a conference?
No. It is a curated one-day experience built around small, faculty-guided Leadership Circles and honest dialogue, not rows of seats facing a stage.
Is the diagnostic required?
No. The diagnostic is recommended but never required. You can register first and complete it later through My CI3.
How do I choose a Leadership Circle?
Pick the focus that sounds most like your year when you reserve, or select “Help me choose” and CI3 will guide your placement. You can also name a second choice during onboarding.
What does the contribution include?
Your seat at the full one-day experience, your Leadership Circle placement, participant preparation and onboarding, and post-event follow-up with archive access. The minimum is $49.99; anything above it is optional.
What happens after registration?
You confirm your contribution, receive a confirmation email, and then complete your participant profile whenever suits you. My CI3 keeps your circle, results and next steps in one place.
Can my organisation pay?
Yes. Organisations can sponsor participant access, their own people or open seats. Start with the sponsor pathway.
Is the experience recorded?
The Author Fireside Chat is streamed live and free. The rest of the day is not streamed or recorded, the circles depend on the kind of conversation that only happens face to face.
What happens after the event?
The work continues: reflection and follow-up, the monthly Fireside rhythm, the CI3 Archives, and future experiences. See what past rooms left behind.