Hey, it's Dr. Bailey

Leadership shouldn't be a lonely job, and yet for most people leaders it is. You are the one absorbing pressure from above, holding space for your team, and figuring out the hard calls with very little support around you.

That is why we built a full fall season of community learning: practical sessions, honest conversations, and rooms where you do not have to explain the weight of the work you do. I would love to see you in one of them. Take a look below and tell me which one catches your eye.

Practice over theory. Real habits and tools you can put to work right away, and a sharper way of thinking about people leadership and what actually builds a good culture. 

Open Studio | Growth Mindset at Work
Thu, Sept 17 · 1:30–2:30 PM EST RSVP

Growth mindset gets talked about a lot. Practiced a lot less. This session is about what it actually looks like in feedback, risk-taking, and how your systems either build learning or quietly shut it down. One hour, real tools, come as you are.

Open Studio | Intergenerational Collaboration
Thu, Oct 15 · 1:00–2:00 PM EST RSVP

Five generations, one workplace, and a lot of assumptions doing the talking. This session moves past the stereotypes and into what actually helps age-diverse teams work well together. Practical, not preachy.

Open Studio | Cross-Cultural Communication
Thu, Nov 12 · 1:30–2:30 PM EST RSVP

Different cultural norms around feedback, hierarchy, and decision-making show up on every team, whether or not anyone's named it. This session gives you the language and the tools to lead across that difference with more clarity and less friction.

Your first session is on us. Use code COMMUNITYPASS at checkout if you sign up by September 17. Explore the full season and RSVP here.

No slides, no lectures. Shared sensemaking, naming what's actually happening right now and thinking it through together, not being told what to think. For HR leaders and senior people leaders thinking at the org level. Virtual, 60 minutes, free.

Strategy Circle | The Pressure Circle
Tue, Sept 22 · 1:30–2:30 PM EST RSVP

We keep seeing the same pressures show up across our client work, just described differently room to room. This is a space to name what's actually going on, test it against what you're seeing, and think out loud with other leaders carrying the same weight. No slides, just conversation.

Strategy Circle | The Belonging Circle
Thu, Oct 22 · 1:30–2:30 PM EST RSVP

Belonging rarely breaks all at once. It erodes quietly, in the small moments that used to happen naturally and don't anymore. This session is about building trust and cohesion on purpose, not hoping it happens.

Strategy Circle | The AI Circle
Wed, Nov 25 · 2:30–3:30 PM EST RSVP

Most AI conversations happen at you. This one runs the other way. We'll talk honestly about the moment AI showed you something you didn't expect, grounded in Dr. Bailey Parnell's research on AI and human-centred leadership. A more honest conversation than the usual hype-or-fear cycle.

Explore the full season and RSVP here

Community over content. From easy happy hours to one flagship night, the point is who you meet and how we can support each other as we build better workplaces. In-person in downtown Toronto, space is limited.

Connect & Unwind | Community Happy Hour
Wed, Sept 23 · 5:00–7:00 PM EST RSVP
No agenda, no slides, just a room and good company. Come unwind with other people who lead people, and leave with a few new faces in your corner. Bites are on us.

Connect & Unwind | A Gathering for Builders of Better Work
Thu, Oct 8 · 3:00–8:00 PM EST RSVP
A curated gathering of builders designing better workplaces, in person, in Toronto. Real people, real questions, unscripted. This is the one to save a spot for early, only 40 seats.

Connect & Unwind | Community Happy Hour, round two
Mon, Oct 19 · 5:00–7:00 PM EST RSVP
Same low-key energy, same good company, a new batch of faces to meet. Bring a friend, or come find one.

RSVP here.

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