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13 weeks of live training for your leadership team.

One cohort of your leaders meets online every week with Dr. Isabell Springer and Joella Walker, LCSW, alongside licensed therapist coaches. Three months of Integration follow, then a results review at Month 6.

Dr. Isabell Springer smiling as she walks outdoors with her laptop

At a glance

Who
One leadership cohort built for eighteen, with room for up to twenty-four, mixed across functions and levels
Led by
Dr. Isabell Springer, PhD, LMFT, and Joella Walker, MSW, LCSW, with licensed therapist-instructors coaching each group
How long
Thirteen weeks, one fiscal quarter, then three months of Integration
Format
Fully virtual, live
Each week
A 90-minute experiential session, a 30-minute coaching group of six, and a two-minute daily practice
Measured
Four points: baseline, Week 7, Week 13, and after Integration, with input from two colleague observers per leader
You receive
Aggregate organizational results, a completion report after Week 13, and a results review at month six

Each week, leaders practice on real situations from work.

About half of every session is participant work: real situations, small breakouts and live practice. Leaders then meet the same coaching group of six to apply that week's skill to something happening at work now.

Between sessions: a two-minute daily practice and one real-world practice, where a leader works through a real workplace moment using the Practice.

Each week

  • Experiential session

    90min

  • Coaching group of six

    30min

Between sessions

  • Daily practice

    2min

  • Real-world practice

    1

Leaders build nine capacities, a few at a time.

  1. Week 1

    Week 1 introduces the Emotional Maturity Scale, the Practice, and the nine capacities.

  2. Weeks 2–4

    Foundation

    • Self-Awareness
    • Self-Regulation

    Notice what's happening before choosing what happens next.

  3. Weeks 5–7

    Relational Courage

    • Vulnerability
    • Authenticity
    • Communication

    Stay present, communicate honestly, and remain connected when it would be easier to protect or withdraw.

  4. Weeks 8–10

    Ownership

    • Integrity
    • Open-Mindedness

    Own your impact, stay curious when challenged, and repair when needed.

  5. Weeks 11–12

    Contribution

    • Initiative
    • Elevating Others

    Act on what matters and strengthen the people around you.

  6. Week 13

    Week 13 brings the learning together through reassessment and integration.

Then three months of Integration

No one shares a coaching group with their boss.

SHiFT builds every coaching group from your org chart. No one is placed with someone they report to, or who reports to them. That lets leaders speak candidly about how they react under pressure. Mixing functions also brings in views from across the company they may rarely hear.

Illustration: six leaders from four functions and two levels of an org chart form one coaching group. None of the six reports to another.
Coaching group of six

After Week 13: three months of Integration.

Coaching groups keep meeting for one hour a month for three months. Leaders also get the Limiting Beliefs MasterSession and workbook, to explore the beliefs beneath the patterns they've learned to catch.

At the end of Integration, leaders and their observers complete the final assessment, followed by your month-six results review.

What your organization receives, and when

  1. Before Week 1:

    Coaching groups are built from your org chart; baseline assessments and colleague observations are completed.

  2. Week 1:

    Leaders receive their private nine-capacity profiles.

  3. Week 4:

    Sponsor check-in on progress and emerging themes.

  4. Week 7:

    Midpoint assessment and second colleague-observer round.

  5. Week 13:

    Third assessment and program completion.

  6. Two weeks later:

    Completion report and review of aggregate results.

  7. Month 6:

    Final assessment and colleague-observer round, followed by the results review showing what changed and whether it held.

What the program isn’t

  • Not therapy.

    Licensed clinicians design and lead it. It does not diagnose or treat anyone, and it creates no clinical relationship.

  • Not remediation.

    It's for leaders you're investing in. No one is sent here to be fixed.

  • Not performance evaluation.

    Individual results remain private and are never used for hiring, promotion, or performance decisions.

What changes in your leaders

Leaders get better at noticing their patterns, staying steady under pressure, speaking honestly and owning their impact.

Over time, those changes shape how teams work together and strengthen the culture that carries the mission.

  1. Leaders
  2. Teams
  3. Culture
  4. Mission

In their words

What leaders say about Isabell's training

Isabell was one of the most popular trainers we've ever had. Her training on emotional maturity transformed the way our team connects and engages.

Rich Blaser

Founder/CEO, Infinite Energy

Isabell transformed our entire salesforce. Her training led to profound emotional shifts among team members and resulted in the largest sales increase in the company's history.

Ryan Loftus

Engineering Manager, Exactech

Since 2008, Isabell has provided UF master's students with vital social-emotional learning often missing in traditional programs, building a lasting and impactful partnership.

Ted Astleford

Director, University of Florida Entrepreneurship and Innovation

See whether it's right for your leadership team.

Thirty minutes. We'll ask about your organization, your leaders, and where things tend to break down under pressure. We'll tell you honestly whether the Flourishing Quarter is the right fit.

A free 30-min consultation with Isabell

Tell us a little about your team and we'll reach out to set a time.

On the call you'll

  • Talk through where your leaders get reactive under pressure.
  • See how the Flourishing Quarter runs, from the first session to the six-month results review.
  • Learn when the next cohort starts and how much time it asks of your leaders.
  • Get an honest answer on whether SHiFT is a fit for your team right now.