Proactive Leadership Program

Break Free from the Firefighting Cycle

Do you find yourself constantly putting out fires at work, feeling burnt out, and struggling to make progress on departmental goals or plans? Are you managing a team where accountability is lacking, leaving problems to land squarely on your plate?

If your workday feels like an endless series of crises, leaving you exhausted and reactive instead of productive and proactive, this course is designed for you. Leaders are meant to solve problems, but if your entire day is consumed by emergencies, it’s time to address the root issues and refocus on advancing organizational goals.

This hands-on, four-week virtual workshop will help you:

• Identify your leadership style: Determine whether you lean toward reactive or proactive leadership.
• Understand the dynamics of leadership: Explore the benefits and drawbacks of both reactive and proactive approaches.
• Examine the 3 Faces of a Leader: Learn how different leadership personas respond to crises.
• Prioritize effectively: Master the art of triaging “fires” by urgency and importance to concentrate on what truly matters.
• Empower your team: Develop strategies to help your team take accountability and resolve problems independently.
• Extinguish recurring issues: Use root cause analysis techniques to address the origins of common workplace problems.
• Adopt proactive habits: Create and implement a personal action plan to transition to proactive leadership practices.
• Shift organizational culture: Develop strategies to reduce the reactive tendencies within your workplace.
• Apply lessons to real-world challenges: Complete assignments that enable you to immediately implement workshop concepts.
• Leverage proven methodologies: Learn evidence-based behavior change techniques to solidify your transformation.

This course will equip you with the tools and mindset needed to step out of the firefighting cycle and become a proactive, effective leader.

Ready to Get Started?

Join leadership and behavior change expert Joel Bennett for a hands-on training series designed to help you move from reactive leadership to proactive, productive decision-making. Through guided exercises, real-world application assignments, and proven behavior change strategies, you’ll create a personal action plan to strengthen your leadership approach.

• Dates: March 4 – April 1, 2026. No class on March 18.
• Time: Wednesdays from 10 AM – 12 PM
• Cost: $499 per person. Includes electronic materials
• Location: Online via Zoom
• Registration deadline: February 20, 2026

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