Dare To LeadTM Courage-Building & Certificate Programs
Brave work. Tough conversations. Whole Hearts
The World Needs Braver Leaders. Start with You.
Unlock your courage, deepen your leadership, and transform your organization from the inside out with Dare to Lead™, an organizational courage-building program rooted in the research of New York Times best selling author, Dr. Brené Brown. Join Cheryl Cofield, Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, and leaders from across the nation for an immersive courage building experience.
What is Dare to Lead™?
Dare to Lead™ is not your average leadership training. It’s a globally acclaimed courage-building curriculum based on two decades of research by New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Brené Brown. It’s experiential. It’s evidence-based. And it’s built to spark the kind of cultural change that lasts.
Dare to Lead™ programs are designed create brave leaders and build courageous cultures based on the 4 skillsets of courage.
Rumbling with Vulnerability
Living into Values
B.R.A.V.I.N.G. Trust
Learning to Rise (Resilience)
The Dare to Lead™ program explores the tenants of courageous leadership—where vulnerability is not weakness, but the birthplace of innovation, accountability, deep connection, and lasting culture transformation.
Delivered virtually or in person, this experience is for individuals, teams, and organizations ready to lead with heart, hold space for tough conversations, and lead differently by centering courage – the real currency of workplace well-being.
Meet Your Facilitator
Cheryl Cofield | Cultural Strategist | Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator
Cheryl, a 25-year veteran attorney, HR, LOD, and master facilitator and storyteller, brings lived experience, deep wisdom, street smarts, and transformative facilitation to this journey. With a voice that invites reflection, and a calm essence that fosters belonging, Cheryl creates safe containers for individuals and organizations to evolve beyond performative leadership toward the real work of courage-building, trust, authenticity, and self-mastery.
What You’ll Learn
This is more than leadership theory—it’s practical, personal, and powerful. With Cheryl’s guidance, you’ll work through:
Heart of Daring Leadership
- Radical self-awareness and emotional literacy
- Answer your “call to courage” and examine ways leaders “armor up” in the face of fear
- Skills and tools to replace armor with “grounded confidence”
Rumbling with Vulnerability
- Dispel myths around vulnerability
- Recognize and regulate shame triggers and patterned responses to shame
- Learn how scarcity, perfectionism, and comparison derail workplace connection
Living into Values
- Identify top 2 core values and concrete behaviors that support values and integrity alignment
- Recognize“power over” as destabilizing and limiting, and “power with” as creating expansive possibilities
B.R.A.V.I.N.G. Trust
- Skills to operationalize the 7 behavioral elements of trust
- Strategies for building trust incrementally over time
- Strategies for setting boundaries and navigating tough feedback conversations
Learning to Rise
- Bounce back after setbacks , failures or disappointment utilizing the Rising Strong™ framework
- Examine stories we make up to decrease reliance on narratives that shape workplace thinking and behaviors.
- Strategies for setting boundaries and navigating tough feedback conversations
Circle Back
- Group coaching session 1 month post-program (8-hr + 24-hr program graduates only)
- Access to quarterly DTL Group Coaching Circles (24-hour program graduates only)
Who This is For
This program is designed for…
- HR, People, Learning, and Culture leaders committed to lasting culture change
- Leaders who refuse to abandon their values and who remain committed to healthy workplaces.
- In-house counsel looking for safe, effective “non-DEI” leadership programs.
- Coaches, consultants, speakers, and emerging leaders ready to step into courage.
“The courage to be vulnerable is not about winning or losing; it’s about the courage to show up when you can’t predict or control the outcome.” – Brené Brown
Delivery Options
Format Options
- 3.5 Hour Primer/Overview
- 8-Hour “Brave Practitioner” Courage-Building Summit
- 3-Day Virtual Dare to Lead™ Certificate Intensive
- 8-Week Certificate Series (self-paced + zoom coaching)
- Customized Private Programs for Organizations
Program includes
- Digital Dare to Lead™ Workbook
- Exclusive Brené Brown videos
- Master-level facilitation by Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator
- Dare to Lead Trained Certificate (24-hour program graduates only)
- Digital LinkedIn badge (24-hour program graduates only)
- “Circle Back” group coaching (8-hr and 24-hr program graduates only)
- Networking opportunities with like-minded, equally yoked, professionals from across the nation
Why This Matters Now
We’re living in complex times. Teams are tired. Trust is frayed. And the old models of leadership won’t get us where we need to go. This program gives you the tools, skills and strategies as well as the language and clarity to lead with purpose—even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.
What People Are Saying?
Ready to Lead With Greater Courage, Clarity and Connection?
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