Where Leadership Development Meets the Real World
Practical tools, real practice, and peer support for navigating real challenges
You + The Co. = Magic
You’re a leader (or stepping into leadership) - maybe nonprofit, corporate, or entrepreneurship - and you care deeply about your impact on people and performance.
What you're observing
Frequency, intensity of change is high
Low well-being and performance
Unhealthy conflict eroding trust
Stuck and struggling teams
Need for adaptive growth, capacity
What we're offering
Leadership rooted in power
Actionable frameworks and tools
Safe spaces to practice and grow
Live, real conversations with peers
Skills to navigate power dynamics
Learn at your pace experiences
Why this work matters
Because good intentions deserve meaningful impact
Because leadership built on fear and extraction is outdated and harmful
Because an empty taco shell doesn't nourish anyone - fill it with what you need first (we had to)
What you'll get as a member of The Co.
Confidence
Lead with confidence when it matters most
Build practical leadership skills you can use immediately — in tough conversations, high-stakes decisions, and moments of uncertainty.
Support
Feel supported, not isolated
Connect in a trusted discussion space with experts and peers who understand your reality. Get support, perspective, and help with the leadership challenges you’re facing right now.
Skill
Navigate power, conflict, and tension skillfully
Develop the capacity to work with power dynamics, conflict, and difference without avoiding them, or creating unintended harm.
Practice
Practice in a space designed for real growth
Engage in structured practice, reflection, and feedback in an environment that’s honest, supportive, and focused on learning - not performing.
Connection
Grow alongside thoughtful, impact-driven peers
Learn with leaders who challenge and support you. Build relationships that deepen your thinking and expand how you show up.
Impact
Develop sustainable leadership
Cultivate practices that support clarity, resilience, and long-term impact - without burnout or self-betrayal. Turn insight into sustainable impact.
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What's inside
You’ll get access to incredible events, tools, and learning modules, but that’s just the start. The real value is in the connections, the momentum of applying new awareness and skill, and the genuine change we make as a community.
Community Sessions
Enjoy two (2) facilitated 'learning and connecting' events every month.
"OFNR Hour" sessions happen every 2nd Thursday, and offer an hour of deep-diving into common leadership (and life) communication challenges with actionable strategies and tools.
"Power Mapping Hour" sessions happen every 4th Thursday, and offer 60 minutes of group coaching, putting learning into practice, and peer connection.
Curated Playbooks
Dive a bit (or a lot) deeper into the Right Use of Power, Conscious Communication, Healthy Conflict and a host of other important leadership topics.
A growing library of frameworks, models, tools, and other goodies - carefully curated for their applicability and effectiveness.
From self-paced learning modules to easy-to-use templates and practical playbooks, we're curating the best tools available with you as we go.
Bite-sized Learning
Self-driven, coffee-break designed learning modules for the most common and impactful leadership challenges.
Everything from "how to create impactful meetings" to "how to set and hold healthy boundaries".
Our bite-sized learning modules are designed to give you strategies and tools you can start using right away - all within 10-15 minutes of learning time.
Upcoming events
Here’s a preview of upcoming events over the next few months - each accompanied by new tools, bite-sized learning modules, and traction sessions designed to help you activate what you're learning.
January 14th 12:00-1:00PM MST | How to Design and Deliver High-Impact Meetings (1/3)Most meetings fail before they even begin - because they’re poorly designed. In this 3-session course, participants will learn how to design meetings with clear purpose, the right participants, and outcomes that actually justify the time invested. Session #1 focuses on the upstream work of meeting effectiveness: deciding whether a meeting is needed, what kind of meeting it is, and what must be different by the end of the meeting. Participants will leave with practical templates to design meetings that drive decisions, alignment, or progress, rather than vague discussion. |
January 21st 12:00-1:00PM MST | How to Design and Deliver High-Impact Meetings (2/3)Even well-designed meetings can fall flat without skillful facilitation. This session focuses on the in-the-moment practices that keep meetings focused, participatory, and productive - without requiring the facilitator to be performative or overbearing. Participants will practice concrete facilitation moves to open meetings well, manage time and participation, work with tension, and intervene when meetings drift or stall. The emphasis is on practical judgment: knowing when to step in, when to let the group work, and how to guide without controlling. |
January 22nd 12:00-1:00PM MST | Power-Mapping HourPower Mapping Hour is a monthly, hands-on practice space for working with real conflicts, tensions, or stuck relationships. Participants use a simple power mapping tool to surface influence, constraints, and leverage points - creating greater clarity about what’s actually happening and where movement is possible. The session is participatory and practical, with time to apply the tool to your own context and learn from others’ examples. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of a current challenge and a concrete next step for engaging it more skillfully. |
January 28th 12:00-1:00PM MST | How to Design and Deliver High-Impact Meetings (3/3)Many meetings feel productive in the moment—only to evaporate afterward. This session focuses on what happens after the meeting, and how to ensure decisions stick, actions move forward, and learning accumulates over time. Participants will learn how to close meetings with clarity, document decisions without over-documentation, and create lightweight follow-through systems that support accountability without bureaucracy. The session also introduces simple ways to learn from meetings and continuously improve how the team works together. |
Feedback so far
Working in the non-profit and public service sectors, with a goal to create and nurture lasting social impact is extremely rewarding and fills a passion for so many.
It can also be lonely and uncertain work, often leaving leaders and teams with more questions than tools and answers.
The Ally Co.’s leadership development work has provided real-time thinking and tools to help my teams foster more collaborative, impactful, and healthy cultural practices.
Eryn Dewald
Talent Development & Learning Senior Advisor, Alberta Health Services
The Ally Co. facilitates open and reflective learning experiences, with practical exercises rather than a glossy deck.
They build a safe container, name hard truths without theatrics, and keep commitments.
For example, they helped our leadership team to establish clearer vocabulary to name the patterns we were living in, rebalance power through redefining roles, and to identify measurable progress and accountability.
Ian Frith
Founder & Principal, ForgeWorks Advisory Inc.
The session was incredibly well received and impactful for our Inclusion Leadership Council. The experience broadened our understanding of power dynamics, especially in traditional corporate settings.
The tools were practical and enlightening, and we’re already thinking about how to embed them into onboarding and leadership development.
Personally, it really helped me reflect on my own influence as a leader.
Ashley Popko
Inclusion & Belonging Manager, TC Energy
The Ally Co. did an exceptional job of creating a safe space for our executive leadership team.
They shared relevant tools, context, platforms for sticky conversations that allowed for things to be spoken about as they are.
Mike Derricott
CAO, Cochrane
The Co. Care Team
From trusted advisors to thriving professionals and experienced business owners, we're committed to bringing our members a rich mix of experiences, perspectives, and zones of genius - with new contributors joining us each month.
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Got questions?
We got you, and if you don't see what you're looking for, please make sure to reach out! We'd love to chat with you.
We define leadership as the conscious use of one's power to affect meaningful connection and positive change. Titles do not make people leaders.
All the content and materials shared within The Co. are (and will be) designed to help rising leaders deepen their awareness and skill when it comes to navigating team dynamics and relationships - regardless of their formal position(s) within an organization.
We know there quite a few leadership development options out there, especially when it comes to engaging in online spaces.
The Co. offers rising leaders simple, practical, and quick-to-implement tools and skills as they navigate the ups and downs (and everything between) of their leadership journey.
Our combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences encourages members to find the right harmony for them. The Co. is meant to support your existing values, needs, and aspirations.
First, you'll receive a email to confirm your payment and membership status (and we'll do a little happy dance on our end). Then, you'll receive an 'onboarding' email that includes access to our community site and other materials and resources.
Our first live monthly event is scheduled for May 29th!
We are offering a 30-day, payment-back option. If for any reason, you decide The Co. isn’t the right fit for your leadership development needs, just let us know, and we’ll process a full refund - minus any credit card processing fees (3-4%).
Absolutely! If you’re considering signing up for The Co. and would like to chat through things a bit more, you can always schedule one of the team. They'd love to hear from you! Simply hit the button in the top right and find a time that works for you.
Yes! We believe we're offering affordable and accessible pricing for The Co. (including monthly and annual pricing), and we also acknowledge this might not be the case for everyone.
So, if cost is a barrier for you, please reach out so we can explore some options.
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