Lead with Confidence.
Succeed with Purpose.
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THE REAL PROBLEM
Your managers know their jobs.
They don’t yet know how to lead.
Most managers are promoted because they’re great at their function. But functional excellence is not leadership. As an executive, you’ve likely recognized at least a few of these patterns in your own organization:
“My directors are heads-down on delivery. They’re reactive — waiting for me to tell them where we’re going instead of shaping the direction themselves.”
“My managers protect their team’s turf instead of building bridges. The collaboration I need simply isn’t happening.”
“When I ask them to think strategically, I get a list of tasks. They can’t yet see the organization from 30,000 feet.”
“They develop their direct reports technically, but nobody is growing future leaders. The pipeline is dry.”
“Decisions escalate to me that should never reach my desk. They lack the confidence — and the framework — to own the outcome.”
Success Minded Leader closes the gap between execution-focused management and the broader, more strategic leadership your organization needs to grow.
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
The cost of managers who can’t lead beyond their lane
When your management layer lacks leadership breadth, the burden flows upward — to you. Strategic bottlenecks form. Talented people leave. Execution stalls. And growth slows while you spend your time doing work that should live one level below.
The organizations that scale well don’t wait for their managers to figure it out through trial and error. They invest deliberately in developing the leadership layer — before it becomes a ceiling.
82%
of managers say they received no formal leadership training before their first management role
70%
higher retention in teams led by managers who demonstrate broad leadership behaviors
OUR APPROACH
Built from the executive’s point of view — not the manager’s
Most leadership programs teach managers how to manage better. Success Minded Leader teaches managers how to lead — the way their executives actually need them to. Every module is designed around the behaviors, mindsets, and skills that senior leaders say they’re missing in their teams.
We don’t teach theory disconnected from reality. We start with the tensions that exist right now in your organization and work backward to the capabilities your managers need to resolve them.
Real Leaders. Real Results.
Every participant in the Success-Minded Leader program completes a Success Initiative — a real project, applied inside their organization, designed to produce a measurable outcome for their team. It is not a capstone exercise. It is leadership in practice.
At the conclusion of the program, participants present their results in a live session — and we invite their direct manager or program sponsor to attend.
“Because of the Success Factors Training,
we moved the needle on the scores we received
from patient surveys — from 33% to 74%.”
— Director, Evergreen Health
That result did not come from a classroom. It came from a leadership team that took what they learned and put it to work immediately, inside their organization, on a problem that mattered.
That is what the Success Initiative is designed to produce.
Kevin Barrett Certified Leadership Coach | Culture Strategist | Author
Kevin Barrett built Success-Minded Leader because he’d seen the same failure pattern too many times. As a Learning and Development executive with global experience, he saw firsthand what happens when managers are promoted without the foundation to lead and built Success-Minded Leader to solve that problem. His upcoming book, The Success-Minded Leader: How Self-Leadership Creates Exceptional Teams, is the framework behind every program.
Backed by science.
Created for the real world.
Leaders are not magically created or anointed when they are born. Leaders are a product of hard work, intentional growth, and continuing development throughout their lifetime. They channel their efforts through the cultivation of 9 Success Mindsets, embracing self-reflection as an essential habit in their leadership approach. Success-Minded Leaders immerse themselves in being deeply engaged, self-directed, innovative, and accountable, consistently attaining remarkable results.
Our programs are backed by thousands of hours of research and interviews with some of the world’s most successful leaders. The Success-Minded Leader programs are built on a foundation of qualitative research into how people realize success, personally and professionally.
The programs were developed by a team of professionals with over 100 combined years of experience, knowledge, and expertise in corporate and workforce development, including team members with advanced degrees in leadership studies, psychology and communication.
We work with leaders at every level of business—from CEOs and mid-senior managers to small business owners looking to build and grow their business.
Courses and tools
Join a network of forward-thinking professionals and receive mentorship from experts who’ve mastered the art of leadership. Investing in yourself today means advancing your career tomorrow.
FREE WHITE PAPER
What Ineffective Leaders Are Costing You (and How to Reverse It)
Most organizations don’t fail because of their strategy. They fail because of their leaders—or more specifically, the hidden, compounding costs of bad leadership.
The good news? These costs are not permanent. That’s why I created this white paper, “The Hidden Cost of Bad Leadership” to help leaders recognize issues within their organizations and reverse the compounding costs.
Ready to See the Difference?
Schedule a 30-minute Leadership Strategy Call. We will assess your team’s current leadership gaps, identify where the program fits, and give you a framework you can use regardless of whether you move forward with us.
What to Expect on Your Leadership Strategy Call:
- A conversation about where your leadership team is falling short and why
- An honest assessment of whether and where the program fits your organization
- A framework for evaluating any leadership development investment, whether you work with us or not
