Lead with Impact Training Series
Leadership Extension offers a practical, high-impact leadership training series designed for emerging leaders and new managers in the Chicagoland area as well as online. Our 8-session Lead with Impact Series can be delivered in person or virtually and can be spread across multiple days or broken apart depending on the needs of your organization.
Based in Bartlett, Illinois and serving Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, we help companies build confident leaders who communicate clearly, think strategically, and guide their teams through change.
Why Choose the Lead with Impact Series?
In today’s fast-moving business environment around Chicago, the northwest suburbs, and the
collar counties, organizations need more than one-off management training. They need a repeatable leadership development program that:
- Builds a consistent leadership language across teams and locations
- Equips new supervisors and managers to handle real-world people challenges
- Improves communication, accountability, and follow-through
- Develops a strong internal leadership pipeline for future growth
The Lead with Impact Leadership Training Series is designed to be interactive, fun, and practical—rooted in real scenarios your leaders face every day in Chicagoland workplaces.
Who This Leadership Training Is For
- Emerging leaders in Chicago-area companies
- First-time supervisors moving from peer to leader
- New managers who need tools to coach and develop others
- Teams in the city or suburbs looking to strengthen communication and accountability
Whether your organization is headquartered in downtown Chicago, the western suburbs, or across multiple locations, this program can be customized to fit your culture, schedule, and business goals.
Lead with Impact Series Courses
The program includes eight core modules. Each session can be delivered as a stand-alone workshop or as part of a full leadership development series.
Goal Setting and Alignment
Help leaders connect daily work to your organization’s bigger goals and strategy.
- How to develop a SMART goal
- Driving success through goal planning
- Learning to overcome obstacles
- Becoming a resilient thinker
- Setting maintenance goals
Leadership Fundamentals
Give new leaders the foundational skills they need to succeed in Illinois workplaces and beyond.
- Human Resources basics (interviewing do’s/don’ts, understanding employment law, documentation)
- Onboarding new members on your team
- Setting expectations with your employees
- Having difficult conversations
- Shifting from a peer to a leader
- Body language for leaders
- Understanding different work styles
Communication and Documentation
Strengthen leaders’ ability to communicate clearly—especially with remote and hybrid teams across the Chicago region.
- Understanding your audience and defining your message
- Developing a message and planning the delivery
- Communicating to remote workers
- What to document and how to do it properly
- Understanding how your tone can be misread in various contexts
Coaching and Development
Shift leaders from “telling” to truly coaching, so they can grow and retain talent.
- Coaching vs mentoring
- Coaching methods
- Development plan ideas
- Building trust as a coach
- How to ask the right questions in a coaching discussion
- Holding others accountable
Building High Performing Teams
Create teams that trust each other, own their work, and deliver results.
- Defining a high performing team
- Increasing psychological safety
- Driving accountability for both individuals and teams
- Understanding the strengths of your team
Thinking Strategically
Help leaders zoom out from the daily task list and think about the long-term direction of your organization in the broader Chicagoland market.
- Identifying and setting long term goals
- Understanding external drivers that impact your business
- Tools to help you think bigger and relate knowledge
(e.g. Pareto, SWOT, PESTEL, Five Forces, Balanced Scorecard)
Managing Change
Equip leaders to guide their teams through change with clarity and confidence.
- Understand change management and the importance of answering “why”
- How to communicate change
Leading Forward and Tying it All Together
Bring all of the concepts together and create a plan for what happens after the workshops end.
- What’s next in your leadership journey?
- Practice learned skills from other courses
- Recognize how the topics interplay with each other
Delivery Options for Chicago & Suburban Teams
- On-site at your office in Chicago or the suburbs
- Virtual or hybrid sessions for distributed teams
- Flexible scheduling – multiple days, weekly sessions, or intensive format
- Customized examples and scenarios based on your industry
Based in Bartlett, Serving the Greater Chicagoland Area
Leadership Extension Consulting, Inc. is based in Bartlett, Illinois and serves organizations throughout the Chicagoland area, including the City of Chicago, the Northwest Suburbs, West Suburbs, and collar counties. We understand the unique workforce dynamics and
business realities of this region and design our leadership training accordingly.
Ready to Lead with Impact?
If you’re ready to invest in your leaders and build a stronger, more aligned team in the Chicagoland area, let’s talk.
To learn more about our Lead with Impact Series and to get pricing for your team, please contact Stephanie Z. Gandsey at
sgandsey@leadershipextension.com or visit our Contact page.