November Edition, Beyond the Competence Trap

Name: Beyond the Competence Trap: November CLE
Start: 2026-11-14
Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Recommended assessments

Name the pressure pattern before the event, not before intake.

The Competence Trap Wheel gives participants language for the leadership pattern that may be creating pressure, drag, invisibility, or stalled influence. The Ethical Drift Compass shows where judgment bends when the pressure is on.

Both are recommended before the November CLE, but neither is a registration gate. You can reserve your seat first and complete them later before entering the room.

Competence Trap Wheel ↗Ethical Drift Compass ↗Skip to intake ↗

Recommended CLE signal

Your leadership under pressure.

25 questions. 5–7 minutes. A practical pattern result you can use before entering the room.

Open the Competence Trap Wheel ↗

Curated Leadership Experience

Access is not enough. The experience has to be curated.

CLE is the part of CI3 where people actually do things: move through the Competence Trap Wheel, complete diagnostics, submit participant intake, register, join the event experience, and continue into community experiences.

The November edition uses CLE to make every part of the day work together: the diagnostic creates language, the intake shapes the room, the registration flow confirms participation, the event creates the shared experience, and the community pathway keeps the work alive after the day ends.

Explore the circles ↗

01See the pattern
The Competence Trap Wheel and diagnostic help participants name the leadership pattern creating pressure, drag, or invisibility.
02Bring a real question
Participant intake captures leadership challenges, circle preferences, and the question each person wants help clarifying.
03Secure the pathway
Registration makes participation clear, trackable, and intentional before the event experience begins.
04Enter the curated room
The event experience combines founder framing, author insight, faculty voices, and six intimate Leadership Circles.
05Continue the work
Participants leave with language, reflection, and follow-up pathways into community experiences, clinics, diagnostics, and future CI3 support.

Leadership Circles

Six circles, each shaped around a different leadership pressure point.

Each circle is designed as a curated, intimate conversation with 3 faculty voices and 7 registrants. The November edition stays at six circles, with 42 registrant seats distributed across those rooms so every participant is placed into a smaller, high-trust conversation.

6 curated circles 60 circle seats 18 faculty seats 42 registrant seats 7 registrants per circle 5 volunteers 5 partner / guest seats 0/70 confirmed attendance 0 speakers/faculty · 0 volunteers · 0 paid registrants 0/42 registrants confirmed 42 registrant seats available

Announced faculty are named here. Attendance is confirmed separately through the admin portal after each invited person registers.

Faculty confirmation board

18 visible faculty seats

17 announced1 open

Seat 15Apply for this seat →Finance & Career Capital

01 / Leadership Identity

Who am I becoming as a leader?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete

0/7registrant seats taken7 available

For the person everyone trusts to deliver, but who is tired of being known only as reliable. Choose this circle ↗ Open circle details

This room asks the question many capable people avoid: if your usefulness disappeared tomorrow, would people still know your leadership? The work is not image management; it is identity, voice, confidence, and the shift from being useful to being trusted.

Faculty seats in this circle3 announced · complete

Dr. Temitope AkintundeGlobal health & systems transformation Brij BaliLeadership strategist & talent builder Christiana Essie SagayScholar, lawyer & teacher

Where do you over-function because it feels safer than being seen?
What leadership identity are you rehearsing under pressure?
What would change if your presence carried as much weight as your output?

Best for: professionals ready to lead from self-knowledge, not just performance.

02 / Strategic Visibility

How do I move from capability to visibility?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete

0/7registrant seats taken7 available

For professionals doing strong work while the rooms that shape opportunity still happen somewhere else. Choose this circle ↗ Open circle details

This circle is for the quiet visibility tension: you are competent, but not yet positioned. You have receipts, but not enough sponsorship. You are advancing, but still translating your value every time a new door appears.

Faculty seats in this circle3 announced · complete

Temisan SagayAI, data, governance & change Kevin JudgeLeadership friction & execution clarity Roula EidExecutive and team leadership coach

Who knows what you are ready for before a role is posted?
Where is your career story too modest, too scattered, or too reactive?
What relationships, signals, and proof points should be working for you now?

Best for: professionals who need visibility, sponsorship, positioning, and career capital.

03 / Career Influence

How do I become known, trusted, and remembered?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete

0/7registrant seats taken7 available

For people whose contribution is strong, but whose signal is too quiet, scattered, or under-sponsored. Choose this circle ↗ Open circle details

This room is about signal. Not noise. Not performance. Signal. The kind that makes the right people understand what you stand for, what problem you can be trusted with, and why your leadership matters before you have to over-explain it.

Faculty seats in this circle3 announced · complete

Adeniyi AjaoProgram, ITSM & change leadership Yenga NdinsilFounder, UNMUTE · executive leadership coach Germain AounCareer transition & newcomer mentorship

What do people currently associate with your leadership?
What are you under-communicating because excellence feels more comfortable than exposure?
What visible body of proof should follow you into every serious room?

Best for: leaders building credibility, executive presence, thought leadership, and trust.

04 / Business & Entrepreneurship

How do I build, grow, and lead a venture?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete

0/7registrant seats taken7 available

For builders carrying the weight of an idea, venture, practice, or next chapter that needs sharper leadership. Choose this circle ↗ Open circle details

This circle is for the person building while still becoming. The venture may need customers, funding, structure, partnerships, or courage, but underneath all of that is a leadership question: are you leading the business, or is the business simply consuming you?

Faculty seats in this circle3 announced · complete

Bankole KehindeCloud, AI & scalable data platforms Dr. Helen TangScientist turned entrepreneur Elizabeth (Dami) OmosebiCommunity strategy & ecosystem growth

What is the real bottleneck: strategy, story, structure, market, or self-trust?
What kind of leader does this next stage of the venture require?
Where do you need traction instead of more ideas?

Best for: entrepreneurs, consultants, founders, builders, and professionals with a serious next chapter.

05 / Finance & Career Capital

How do I make better money and career-capital decisions?

2/3faculty seats announced1 open

0/7registrant seats taken7 available

For professionals who are done letting money, pricing, negotiation, or uncertainty quietly shrink their choices. Choose this circle ↗ Open circle details

This circle treats finance and career capital as leadership issues. Not because money defines your worth, but because unclear value, negotiation, and long-term leverage decisions can quietly shape your ambition, your boundaries, your risk appetite, and the rooms you believe you belong in.

Faculty seats in this circle2 announced · 1 open

Adeola Shobo, PhD, PMP®Scientific credibility & career capital Franklin H. EzenwaCareer fulfillment & value alignment Apply for this seat →Finance & Career Capital

Where does financial uncertainty make you play smaller?
What career-capital decisions need more structure and less fear?
How do you think about value, negotiation, funding, and long-term confidence?

Educational only: this circle does not provide individualized financial advice.

06 / Leadership Health Check

How do I lead without burning out or hiding behind competence?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete

0/7registrant seats taken7 available

For people who look capable on the outside, but know their capacity, energy, and boundaries need an honest audit. Choose this circle ↗ Open circle details

This is the room for the leader who can still perform, but at a cost they no longer want to normalize. It is about pressure, capacity, recovery, boundaries, and the competence trap of becoming the person everyone depends on because you rarely say no.

Faculty seats in this circle3 announced · complete

Michael EhiginwaProcess, insight & personal development Patrick van AbbemaAI governance & executive systems Saima NaqviGovernance, finance & project leadership

What strength has become expensive under pressure?
Where are you carrying responsibility that should become system, boundary, or shared ownership?
What would sustainable leadership look like before exhaustion forces the conversation?

Supportive leadership reflection only: this is not medical or therapeutic advice.

Author & Ideas Panel

Five author slots. One confirmed. Four intentionally open.

This panel is the author layer of the November edition, separate from the Leadership Circle faculty. Authors bring books, frameworks, and lived leadership lessons that make the Competence Trap conversation tangible.

5 author slots1 confirmed4 to be confirmed

Register for the November edition ↗

Slot 01 · Confirmed authorDr. Charles IgweFounder, CI3 · Competence Trap author frameDetails

Charles anchors the author layer by framing why competence can become a trap under pressure, and how capable professionals can move from private execution to visible leadership impact.

Introduces the Competence Trap language for the day.
Connects the keynote, author panel, diagnostic, and Leadership Circles.
Invites participants to treat ideas as a pathway, not a passive talk.

Confirmed role: founder keynote, author frame, and November ideas anchor. Explore The Competence Trap book ↗

02Slot 02 · OpenApply to join →Book / framework conversationDetails

This slot is reserved for an author whose work can deepen the November conversation on leadership identity, influence, visibility, or professional advancement.

Apply for this author slot →

03Slot 03 · OpenApply to join →Book / framework conversationDetails

This slot will hold a confirmed author with a practical idea that helps participants turn competence into trust, voice, decision-making power, or meaningful career movement.

Apply for this author slot →

04Slot 04 · OpenApply to join →Book / framework conversationDetails

This slot is available for an author who can speak into business, finance, entrepreneurship, reinvention, or the practical demands of leading beyond technical excellence.

Apply for this author slot →

05Slot 05 · OpenApply to join →Book / framework conversationDetails

This slot is reserved for an author whose ideas can help participants examine pressure, sustainability, resilience, identity, or the systems required for healthier leadership.

Apply for this author slot →

Interactive agenda

Click through the November experience.

Filter the day by session type, then open any agenda item to see the purpose, expected outcome, and how it connects to the wider CI3 pathway.

Showing full agenda.

Selected session Open a session to see the outcome.

The agenda is designed as a guided pathway: framing, ideas, circles, harvest, and next steps.

Agenda sessionsTap to expand / collapse

Sponsor November

Help shape the room, not just fund the room.

Sponsorship supports the November CLE as a curated leadership experience: the circles, access seats, participant value, event atmosphere, and the follow-up pathway that helps people keep moving after the evening ends.

Questions before you register

A few things worth knowing up front.

Is the $20 minimum a suggestion or a floor?Open

It's a hard minimum. Contributions below $20 aren't accepted. There's no cap above it if you'd like to contribute more.

Can I get a refund after I register?Open

No. All registration contributions are non-refundable once paid.

Where is the November CLE happening?Open

The event is in Ottawa, Ontario. The exact venue is being finalised and will be announced before the end of August.

Can I attend virtually?Open

Partly. The Author Fireside Chat is streamed live and free on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube, so you can watch that from anywhere. The rest of the edition is not streamed. Being in the room is what you pay for, at the $20 minimum, and it is the part that cannot be streamed: small circles, and ninety minutes of the kind of long, honest conversation that only happens face to face. Faculty attend free.

Participant path

Register. Confirm payment. Complete onboarding.

The registration intake collects advance information so CI3 can shape the circles around real participant questions, protect the 42-seat registrant cap, and place people into the right circle intentionally. Visible circle counters show how many seats are taken and when an intimate room is approaching capacity.

01Complete registration intake
Share your circle preferences, leadership challenge, and the question you want answered.
02Secure payment
Complete your secure PayPal payment right after submitting the intake form.
03CI3 reviews the room
Responses help shape circle prompts, faculty mix, and participant experience.
04Attend the November edition
Arrive with your question already inside the design of the day.

Ready to begin?

Registration is open. Start with the intake.

Register for November ↗

Beyond the Competence Trap.