You Learned How Your Team Is Wired. Now Learn How to Lead Them.

The Leader's Toolkit: a six-month leadership cohort for managers ready to go beyond DISC.

DISC shows you how people communicate. But knowing the map isn't the same as leading the journey. Real leadership shows up in the hard moments: the conversation you keep avoiding, the conflict that won't resolve itself, the pressure that makes you react instead of lead. This cohort builds the skills those moments demand, one month at a time.

Led by Starla Longfellow, MBA | Certified DISC Consultant | John Maxwell Leadership Coach

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Transform leadership cohort

Where Most Managers Get Stuck

You've read the leadership books. You've taken the assessment. You can name your team's styles. And you're still hitting the same walls. That's because the basics get you in the door, but they don't carry you through the moments that actually define a leader: giving feedback that lands, holding a crucial conversation without it blowing up, staying steady when everything's on fire, resolving conflict instead of managing around it.

These aren't personality traits. They're skills, and almost no one is ever actually taught them. The managers who plateau aren't the ones who lack talent. They're the ones who never got past theory into practice. Transform is the practice.

What We Build, Month by Month

Transform is a guided, six-month leadership cohort that meets once a month, between the depth of one-on-one coaching and the energy of a peer group. Each month tackles one core leadership capability, taught and then applied to what you're navigating at work right now:

  1. Self-Leadership & Emotional Intelligence: Lead yourself first. Recognize your triggers, regulate under pressure, and respond with intention.
  2. Communication That Connects: Turn your DISC awareness into action. Adapt how you give feedback, set expectations, and motivate each person.
  3. Crucial Conversations: Walk into the conversation you've been avoiding and walk out with the relationship intact and the issue resolved.
  4. Conflict Resolution: Surface friction instead of managing around it, and turn disagreement into better decisions.
  5. Leading Change & Building Trust: Bring your team through uncertainty without losing their confidence, or your own.
  6. Maxwell Leadership Capstone: Pull six months of growth into a clear, personal leadership philosophy you'll lead from going forward.

What's Included

  • Six monthly live cohort sessions, in person or virtual
  • A full DISC behavioral assessment and personal debrief to anchor the work
  • Maxwell Leadership frameworks and tools throughout
  • Practical between-session application: real situations, real practice
  • A peer cohort of 6 to 10 leaders for accountability and perspective
  • The Maxwell Leadership capstone and your personal leadership plan

Your Investment

The Transform cohort is $2,500 per participant, including all six monthly sessions, your DISC assessment, every Maxwell Leadership tool, and the capstone.

Founding Cohort: I'm enrolling the first cohorts now at a founding-member rate. Join early and you lock in special pricing and help shape the program. Ask about founding rates on your discovery call.

Private-team pricing is customized to your group size. Book a call for a quote.

Two Ways to Join

Join an open-enrollment cohort alongside leaders from other organizations, ideal for individual managers and small businesses sending one or two people. Or run a private team cohort built entirely around your own people, culture, and the challenges in front of you. Not sure which fits? That's exactly what the discovery call is for.

Lead Yourself First

Recognize your triggers and steady yourself under pressure, so you lead with intention instead of reacting in the moments that matter most.

Handle the Hard Moments

Walk into crucial conversations and conflict with skill instead of dread, and walk out with the issue resolved and the relationship stronger.

Growth That Sticks

Monthly pacing and a Maxwell Leadership capstone turn six months of practice into a leadership style you'll carry for the rest of your career.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Transform for?
New and developing managers, team leads, and small-business owners who lead people: anyone ready to move past leadership theory into real, practiced skill. It works whether you were just promoted or have led for years and want to level up.
Do I need a DISC background first?
No. A full DISC behavioral assessment and personal debrief is built into the program, so you'll start with that self-awareness even if it's your first time. If you've done DISC before, all the better. We build well beyond it.
How much time does it take, and is it virtual?
One live cohort session per month over six months, plus light real-world application between sessions. Cohorts run in person or virtually depending on the group. The monthly pace is intentional: it gives you time to apply each skill at work before the next session, which is what makes the growth stick.
How do I get started?
Book a free 15-minute discovery call. We'll talk through your goals, decide whether open enrollment or a private team cohort fits best, and I'll share founding-cohort dates and pricing.

Ready to Lead Beyond the Basics?

Book a free 15-minute discovery call. We'll figure out if Transform is the right next step for you or your team. No pressure, no pitch.

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