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CORE Leadership Programs

Rapidly Accelerating the Core Leadership Capacity
of Your Front-line, Operational and Executive Leaders

3 CORE Workshops

Whether you’re leading a small team, a function, or the business itself, we meet you where you are and build the leadership capacity to take you further.

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Front-Line CORE

For Leads, Coordinators & Emerging Talent

    • 4 full-day workshops

    • 4 coaching sessions + online 360

    • Tools for feedback, coaching, clarity & accountability

    • Leads, coordinators, and emerging talent stepping into leadership

    • People moving from “doing the work” to leading people

    • Those looking to build confidence and presence in their first leadership role

  • Front-Line CORE emphasizes:

    • Building genuine rapport with team members

    • Having early tough conversations the right way

    • Communicating clearly about expectations

    • Developing a rhythm for team check-ins and feedback

    • Growing presence and confidence as a leaderItem description

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Operational CORE

For Mid-Level Managers & Supervisors

    • 4 full-day workshops

    • 4 individual coaching sessions

    • Online 360 assessment

    • Tools for feedback, coaching, clarity & accountability

    • Leads, coordinators, and emerging talent stepping into leadership

    • People moving from “doing the work” to leading people

    • Those looking to build confidence and presence in their first leadership role

  • Participants focus on the essential CORE Leadership Skills at the operational level, including:

    • Delegating effectively and setting clear standards

    • Coaching and developing team members

    • Building accountability into daily workflows

    • Leading through change and uncertainty

    • Running high-impact meetings and rhythms

    • Balancing performance goals with people leadership

Or contact us today to create a plan for your organization.

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Executive CORE

For Senior Leaders, VPs & Directors

    • 4 full-day intensives

    • 6 individual coaching sessions

    • Verbal 360 feedback process

    • Strategic leadership tools & booster sessions

  • Executive CORE is built for senior leaders, VPs, and directors who need to elevate their focus, expand their influence, and align their organizations for impact. It’s for leaders shaping culture and strategy — not just teams.

  • This program sharpens leadership capacity at the highest level, with emphasis on:

    • Leading across time: past, present, and future

    • Communicating a compelling strategic case

    • Building alignment across functions and priorities

    • Scaling leadership through systems and culture

    • Strengthening executive presence and influence

    • Coaching and developing other leaders

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It’s Time for a New Leadership Approach

What worked before doesn’t necessarily work now.

What worked before doesn’t necessarily work now.

Leading in turbulent times takes a different approach to seizing opportunities, driving results & motivating others. As the world has changed, so too should our toolkit for leadership!

Releasing the Full Power of Leadership

To stand strong in adversity, have the grit to get up and lead another day, have the emotional capacity to motivate others, and have hope for the future, leaders today need to have a solid level of capacity in 4 core leadership qualities.

Focusing on the 6 Most Critical Skills

The 4 critical qualities of Confidence, Compassion, Conviction & Clarity are strengthened through 6 key leadership skills.

Meet Our Core Faculty

Discover the powerhouse behind Leadership Training Canada: A seasoned strategist with a decade of business transformation expertise, an executive coach. and an HR lead who has led the function several times, shaping impactful leaders across 25 diverse industries.

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  • Jessalyn Hanna is our in-residence Executive Coach and co-founder of Allen Leigh Consulting (ALC). For the past 10 years, Jessalyn has coached hundreds of senior and emerging leaders across 16 industries including healthcare, retail, non-profit, academic, manufacturing, technology, and government.

    Jessalyn’s focus in coaching is to provide leaders with the thinking space to reflect on and process current business challenges, supply practical tools to support and leverage their personal style, and bring a fresh perspective to help critically shape their thinking and experiment with new shifts in style to achieve greater impact.

    Jessalyn also leads our Assessment Centre and is certified in 20+ global assessments and provides a unique practical perspective in using assessments to accelerate individual/business growth and bring critical insights into the hiring process.

    Jessalyn has her BA from the University of Guelph and is a Certified Human Resources Professional and Kolbe™ Consultant and has accumulated the required professional hours and is finalizing certification with both CTI and the International Coaching Federation.

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  • Laura Alexim is a senior People and Culture leader who has led strategy and a full suite of HR functions for fast-paced and dynamic businesses. She integrates a business orientation and employee-centred perspective as she serves as a trusted advisor to colleagues at all levels in an organization.

    Prior to joining Allen Leigh, Laura led businesses through the design, implementation, and effective management of HR functions. She has experience in full-cycle recruitment, onboarding, goal setting and performance management, employee experience, policy development and compliance, compensation analysis, benefits management, personnel issue management, leadership training, employee coaching, workplace health and safety, organizational structure mapping, and culture development.

    Laura is skilled at tackling complex people initiatives with innovative and practical approaches. While head of HR for several companies, she led transformational projects including organizational restructuring/redesign, career development frameworks, talent optimization programs, renewed company values, EVP development, performance management programs, compensation analysis and model development, Equity Diversity + Inclusion programs, and people management training.

    Laura has a Bachelor in Business Administration from Trent University with a specialization in Human Resources Management. While at Trent, she completed a term with an international business school in Sweden and was an award-winning varsity rugby player. Laura has her CHRL designation with the HRPA and completed Certificate courses in Labour Relations, HRBP, and Mental Health and Psychological Safety in the Workplace. She gained global business experience working in Brazil for five years.

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  • Rob Luke is a highly sought-after advisor to CEOs and Founders who are leading through periods of rapid business growth or navigating through significant change. Over the past 10 years, Rob has worked with 75+ businesses across 16 industries and has supported CEOs, Founders and Boards through business restructuring, stabilizing core culture while scaling fast, CEO/President selection, finding and integrating key leadership talent into existing teams, and advising on change plans and communications.

    Prior to co-founding Allen Leigh, Rob held various leadership roles within the public and healthcare sectors and was responsible for implementing large multi-stakeholder change and quality improvement initiatives. In that environment, Rob managed the performance of over 1,500 healthcare professionals. Rob has delivered over 3,000 leadership assessments, has worked with more than 500 senior leaders, and has managed 30+ organizational change, development, and leadership projects in industries such as hospitality, retail, technology, healthcare law, accounting, construction, manufacturing, and non-profits.

    Rob has his Master of Organizational Leadership and is certified in more than 30 individual and organizational assessments.

Applied insights from training & coaching

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5000+ leaders across 25+ industries

Leaders don’t need more theory. Leaders need practical tools they can use in their daily work. The CORE Leadership Programs offer a clear, consistent system with shared language and rhythms that make leadership human, grounded, and scalable.

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