The THRIVE Talent and Leadership Series helps empower employees, strengthen leaders and fosters a culture that drives organizational success. Grounded in the Chamber’s commitment to talent development and leadership growth, this series helps businesses invest in their people while building a stronger, more connected regional workforce.
Inclusive Leadership Program
Part of the Thrive Talent and Leadership Series by the
Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
Today's strongest organizations are led by individuals who understand how to build cultures rooted in trust, accountability, communication, and belonging.
The Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce's Inclusive Leadership Series is a dynamic leadership development experience designed to help professionals strengthen workplace culture, enhance communication and emotional intelligence, improve team effectiveness, and lead successfully across different perspectives and experiences.
Through guided discussions, practical application, and peer collaboration, participants gain the tools to lead with greater self-awareness, authenticity, and impact while building workplaces where employees and teams can contribute, collaborate, and thrive.
The program emphasizes practical leadership competencies, critical thinking, respectful dialogue, and strategies that support organizational effectiveness.
This program is designed for emerging and established leaders who want to strengthen workplace culture, enhance communication and emotional intelligence, improve team effectiveness, and lead successfully across diverse perspectives and experiences. Ideal participants include mid-level and senior managers, business owners and entrepreneurs, human resource professionals, team supervisors, department leaders, and individuals responsible for employee engagement, organizational culture, and team development. Whether leading a small team or an entire organization, participants will gain practical strategies to lead with greater confidence, clarity, and impact.
This program is ideal for leaders seeking practical tools to foster trust, collaboration, accountability, employee engagement, and high-performing workplace cultures in today’s evolving professional environments.
The Inclusive Leadership Series is a six-session leadership cohort designed to help professionals strengthen leadership effectiveness, improve workplace culture, and build high-performing teams. Centered around the L.E.A.D. framework — Lead, Engage, Align, and Deliver — the program provides participants with practical strategies to lead with greater self-awareness, authenticity, and accountability.
• Lead: Strengthen self-awareness, authenticity, and leadership effectiveness.
• Engage: Build trust, strengthen communication, and navigate different perspectives.
• Align: Foster collaboration, accountability, and shared organizational goals.
• Deliver: Translate leadership learning into measurable workplace practices and results.
Through guided discussion, peer collaboration, and hands-on learning, participants will explore how communication, trust, emotional intelligence, and inclusive leadership practices contribute to stronger organizational performance and healthier workplace cultures.
Participants Will Engage In:
- Interactive workshops and facilitated discussions
- Reflective leadership and self-awareness exercises
- Real-world scenarios and practical application activities
- Collaborative cohort-based learning experiences
- Strategies to strengthen emotional intelligence and communication
- Skill-building around trust, accountability, and difficult conversations
- Team performance and culture-building discussions
- Action planning to support immediate workplace implementation
Program Format
- Six interactive, in-person leadership development sessions
- Program period: November 2026–March 2027
- Cohort-based learning experience
- Specific session dates, times, and locations will be provided directly to confirmed participants.
The Inclusive Leadership Series offers a dynamic, professionally facilitated learning experience designed to help participants strengthen their leadership skills and apply practical strategies within their organizations.
Through interactive workshops, guided discussions, real-world scenarios, and peer collaboration, participants will explore essential leadership competencies, including emotional intelligence, effective communication, trust-building, accountability, and team effectiveness.
Each session creates opportunities for meaningful reflection, professional growth, and practical application. Participants will leave with actionable tools to navigate workplace challenges, strengthen relationships, and contribute to high-performing organizational cultures.
The program is designed to encourage critical thinking, respectful dialogue, and the exchange of diverse professional perspectives while focusing on shared leadership principles and organizational success.as an independent contracted facilitator.
Effective leadership requires more than managing people and processes. Today's leaders must be equipped to communicate across differences, build trust, navigate challenging conversations, strengthen accountability, and create environments where individuals and teams can perform at their best.
Organizations benefit when leaders develop the emotional intelligence, communication skills, and practical strategies necessary to support collaboration, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness.
The Inclusive Leadership Series equips participants with tools they can immediately apply to strengthen workplace relationships, improve team performance, and contribute to healthier, more productive organizational cultures
Tuition for the Inclusive Leadership Program is $2,200 per participant