November Leadership Circles

Find the room built around your real leadership question.

Each room brings three faculty members and seven participants into a focused, candid conversation. Explore the purpose and people before choosing where you belong.

Saturday, November 14, 2026 · Ottawa, Ontario

6 circles · 18 faculty seats · 42 participant seats

01 · complete

Who am I becoming as a leader?

Leadership Identity

3 faculty announced7 participant seats

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What this circle is about

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.

Who it is for

Professionals stepping into greater responsibility, transition, or visibility who want to lead with intention.

Questions this room will sit with

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 · complete

How do I move from capability to visibility?

Strategic Visibility

3 faculty announced7 participant seats

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What this circle is about

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.

Who it is for

Professionals whose capability is established but whose value remains too easy to overlook or misunderstand.

Questions this room will sit with

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.

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How do I become known, trusted, and remembered?

Career Influence

3 faculty announced7 participant seats

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What this circle is about

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.

Who it is for

Professionals navigating advancement, reinvention, personal brand, or a move requiring stronger influence.

Questions this room will sit with

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 · complete

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

Business & Entrepreneurship

3 faculty announced7 participant seats

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What this circle is about

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?

Who it is for

Founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and professionals carrying an idea that needs structure and traction.

Questions this room will sit with

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 · one faculty seat open

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

Finance & Career Capital

2 faculty announced · 1 open7 participant seats

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What this circle is about

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.

Who it is for

Professionals making deliberate decisions about income, negotiation, self-investment, and long-term value.

Questions this room will sit with

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.

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

Leadership Health Check

3 faculty announced7 participant seats

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What this circle is about

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.

Who it is for

Reliable high performers carrying too much, hiding strain behind competence, or trying to lead sustainably.

Questions this room will sit with

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.

Not sure which room fits? Either assessment can help you reflect. Both are optional and never block registration.

Competence Trap Wheel ↗ Ethical Drift Compass ↗