Develop Leaders Who Strengthen Your Organization and Create Transformative Impact
Leadership goes beyond managing teams - it’s about fostering self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and creating an environment where people thrive. The Pace Institute offers tailored support to help your organization develop leaders who grow, adapt, and excel. Whether you’re looking to support your leaders in strengthening their leadership presence and style, equip them to navigate transitions during organizational change, or foster a more cohesive organizational culture, our customized group workshops and coaching programs provide the tools and guidance your leaders need to drive success.
Custom Programs
Leadership support is tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of your organization. Each solution provides leaders with the support they need to engage in peer connection, self-reflection, leadership development, and strategic direction -ultimately strengthening personal, professional, and organizational development.
Leaders can participate in:
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Workshops: These structured, topic-specific sessions focus on building key leadership skills like emotional intelligence, communication, conflict resolution, and team motivation. Workshops provide practical strategies that can be applied immediately and are ideal for leaders who want to dive into specific areas of development within a short, focused time frame.
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Group Coaching: For leaders who want to grow alongside their peers, group coaching provides an interactive, collaborative environment where participants share experiences, address real-time challenges, and build community. Group coaching is ideal for leadership teams looking to foster long-term growth and accountability. Organizations can implement a group coaching program where leaders meet over a set period of time to work on leadership skills, reflect on progress, and strengthen team cohesion.
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Leadership Retreats: Tailored retreats designed to foster stronger collaboration, enhance strategic vision, and build a more resilient, aligned organization. Leaders leave equipped with the skills and insights needed to drive cohesive, effective change throughout the organization.
Each option is crafted to foster stronger, more effective leaders - whether you’re looking for immediate impact through targeted workshops or deeper, ongoing development through retreats and coaching.
Specialized Areas of Leadership Support
The Pace Institute understands that leadership comes with its own set of challenges. Leaders can engage in specialized programs that support leaders in overcoming key obstacles and refine their leadership approach, including:
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Impostor Syndrome: Many leaders face feelings of self-doubt, despite their achievements. Programs can be customized to help leaders build confidence, overcome impostor syndrome, and embrace their strengths to lead effectively.
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Abrasive Leadership Styles: Some leaders may find that their approach comes across as overly harsh, negatively impacting team dynamics. Leaders can gain support in developing more empathetic communication skills, refine their leadership style, and create stronger, more positive team relationships.
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Trauma-Informed Leadership: Understanding trauma’s impact on employees is essential for today’s leaders. Leaders can can support in creating trauma-informed workplaces, fostering a culture of safety, empathy, and trust.
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Transition Management: Leadership transitions or organizational changes can create uncertainty. Leaders can can knowledge and the tools to navigate these changes effectively, while also supporting their teams in adjusting to new circumstances - ensuring a smoother, more resilient transition.
Assessment Tools Offered to support Leadership Development
The Hogan Assessment is a globally recognized tool for leadership development, providing deep insights into personality, leadership potential, and workplace behavior. With over 30 years of experience and backed by hundreds of validation studies, Hogan is trusted by organizations of all sizes—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies—to improve leadership effectiveness, individual development, and team dynamics.
The assessment suite focuses on two key components of personality: identity and reputation. Identity represents how we see ourselves, while reputation reflects how others perceive us. Understanding both is essential for leadership development, as who we are shapes how we lead.
Key benefits of the Hogan Assessment include:
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Strategic Self-Awareness: Leaders gain insights into their work style traits, core values, and potential derailment risks, helping them manage their behavior to increase workplace success.
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Leadership Style: By understanding their personality, leaders can refine their leadership style to better align with their team’s culture, driving employee engagement and improved performance.
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Team Effectiveness: Hogan also provides insights into how leaders fit within a team or organizational culture, ensuring that leadership development supports team dynamics and overall organizational success.
Widely used for leadership development at all levels—from middle management to the executive suite—the Hogan Assessment helps leaders grow through strategic self-awareness and better manage their impact on teams and the organization as a whole.
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The DiSC® Assessment is a powerful tool designed to help leaders understand their behavioral tendencies and communication styles, enabling them to lead more effectively. By identifying leadership traits, DiSC provides leaders with practical insights into how they interact with others, make decisions, and manage challenges.
It focuses on four primary leadership styles - Dominance (D), Influence (i), Steadiness (S), and Conscientiousness (C) - helping leaders adapt their approach to enhance team dynamics and drive success.
Key benefits of the DiSC® Assessment for leaders include:
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Self-Awareness: Leaders gain a deeper understanding of their natural style and how it impacts their leadership approach, communication, and relationships with team members.
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Improved Communication: DiSC helps leaders adapt their communication style to better connect with and motivate diverse teams, ensuring that messages are clear and well-received.
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Tailored Leadership Development: DiSC highlights specific areas for growth, allowing leaders to develop key leadership behaviors such as creating vision, building alignment, and championing execution—three core principles of leadership success.
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Team Collaboration: By understanding the different DiSC styles within a team, leaders can foster a more harmonious and productive work environment, leveraging individual strengths for better collaboration and performance.
The DiSC model is particularly effective for leaders at all levels, offering insights into how personality shapes leadership behaviors and how adjustments in communication and management can result in stronger teams and improved outcomes.
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The Real Colors® Personality Assessment is an easy-to-use tool often integrated into workshops and team retreats. It categorizes personalities into four distinct types such as planning (Gold), empathy (Blue), innovation (Green), or adaptability (Orange). The assessment tool increases self-awareness and can also be used in a team setting to enhance understanding of one's team dynamics.
Key benefits for leadership development include:
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Self-Awareness
Leaders identify their strengths and potential growth areas, leading to more authentic and effective leadership. -
Improved Communication
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Balanced Decision-Making
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Effective Team Empowerment
Leaders learn to support each color’s unique needs, motivating their team and creating a collaborative environment.
Real Colors® equips leaders with tools to connect meaningfully with their team, enhance cohesion, and lead with adaptability and empathy.
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The Social + Emotional Intelligence Profile® (SEIP) is a comprehensive, scientifically validated tool that helps leaders understand and improve their emotional and social intelligence—skills essential for building stronger teams, enhancing workplace relationships, and leading effectively. The SEIP measures 26 critical competencies that contribute to emotional and social intelligence, including self-awareness, empathy, conflict resolution, and relationship management.
Designed for leaders at all levels, the SEIP is available in both an individual and 360 assessment format, offering valuable feedback on how others perceive a leader’s emotional intelligence. The 360 assessment gathers insights from colleagues, supervisors, direct reports, and other key stakeholders, providing a holistic view of a leader’s social and emotional intelligence.
Key benefits for leaders include:
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Self-Awareness: SEIP helps leaders identify emotional triggers and understand how their behavior impacts others, allowing them to manage their emotions more effectively in the workplace.
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Improved Relationships: Leaders can enhance their ability to communicate with empathy, navigate conflict, and foster stronger, more collaborative relationships with their teams.
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Targeted Development: SEIP provides actionable insights into areas of strength and development, offering personalized suggestions for growth in emotional intelligence that directly impact leadership effectiveness.
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Leadership Growth: With a focus on the four-quadrant model—self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management—leaders gain a clearer understanding of how to lead with emotional intelligence, creating a positive and productive team culture.
The SEIP's detailed reports provide not only an in-depth analysis of emotional and social intelligence competencies but also practical development tips and action steps that leaders can implement immediately. These assessments help leaders cultivate the skills they need to lead with empathy, emotional intelligence, and insight—key attributes of successful leadership in today’s workplace.
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The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI®) is a powerful tool for leaders aiming to deepen their understanding of how conflict-handling styles—competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, and accommodating—shape interpersonal dynamics. By highlighting their preferred style and its impact, the TKI® enables leaders to reflect on and adapt their conflict approach to better guide team interactions, making it invaluable for leadership development. Through a brief online assessment, individuals respond to 30 statement pairs, producing a 10-page report that uncovers their preferred style and provides personalized analysis.
Key features of the TKI® report include:
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A clear explanation of behaviors associated with each of the five conflict-handling modes
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A personalized analysis with a 2-page deep dive into the individual’s primary style
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Practical guidance on when each style may be most effective and suggestions for leveraging less preferred styles
For leaders seeking a broader team perspective, the TKI® Team Report builds on individual insights to map out the team’s collective conflict styles, showing how each person’s preferences align with or diverge from the team dynamic. This allows leaders to foster cohesive, productive team interactions by adapting strategies to each member’s unique approach.
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