Flagship Program
The Leadership Shift From Managing Work to Leading Through Others.
Director Track is a private cohort experience for the level where many leadership systems break down: directors, senior managers, and leaders of leaders whose responsibilities have grown faster than the leadership practices required to carry them.
Who It Is For
Leaders of Leaders, and Those About to Be.
- New directors
- Existing directors
- Senior managers
- Managers leading managers
- Functional leaders moving into strategic scope
Outcomes
What Participants Learn to Do Differently.
Lead Strategically
Frame decisions around organizational outcomes, systems, priorities, and trade-offs rather than remaining focused primarily on tasks.
Lead Through Others
Delegate ownership, coach managers, strengthen accountability, and build capability instead of absorbing the work of the team.
Influence Across the Organization
Communicate with presence, move work forward across functions, and lead effectively with peers, executives, and external partners.
Build Team Capacity
Make timely decisions, strengthen leadership practices, and reduce unnecessary dependence on individual leaders or senior executives.
The goal is not simply greater participant confidence. It is stronger leadership behavior at the level where execution, culture, and organizational strategy meet.
Organizational Value
What Your Organization Receives.
Director Track helps organizations strengthen the layer of leadership between senior executives and frontline managers.
- Sponsor discovery and cohort alignment
- Clear success indicators for the engagement
- Six 2.5-hour facilitated sessions
- Two individual coaching sessions per participant
- Applied leadership tools and participant workbook
- Peer practice between sessions
- Participant commitments and progress indicators
- Sponsor debrief with themes, barriers, and recommended next steps
Program Format
Director Track includes six 2.5-hour facilitated sessions and is typically delivered across 12 to 16 weeks. Two individual coaching sessions are scheduled for each participant during the cohort. Final cadence and delivery format are confirmed with the organizational sponsor.
- —Private organizational cohort
- —Starting investment designed for up to 10 leaders
- —Virtual, in-person, or hybrid delivery
- —Larger cohorts available based on cohort and coaching scope
Investment
Director Track engagements are designed around the organization's leadership development priorities, cohort size, and desired outcomes.
Whether preparing newly appointed directors or strengthening an existing leadership team, Kennedy & Co works with each organization to determine the appropriate program structure, level of customization, and investment.
The Process
How Director Track Works.
- Step 01
Diagnose
Align with the organizational sponsor on the cohort, director-level challenges, operating context, and observable indicators of progress.
- Step 02
Develop
Deliver six facilitated sessions, individual coaching, and peer practice grounded in The Room Method™.
- Step 03
Apply
Participants use the tools on current leadership responsibilities and real organizational challenges between sessions.
- Step 04
Evaluate
Review progress indicators, recurring barriers, and recommended next steps with the organizational sponsor.
Progress
How Progress Is Evaluated.
Each cohort begins with sponsor discovery and participant leadership reflection. Participants apply the learning to a current leadership responsibility, establish observable behavior commitments, and identify how their team should experience the change. The engagement concludes with a sponsor debrief highlighting cohort themes, progress indicators, organizational barriers, and recommended next steps.
20+
Years of Leadership Experience
250+
Leaders Personally Coached
1,500+
Senior Leadership Community Scaled Nationally
$6.5M+
Partnerships and Funding Secured
Questions
Director Track Details.
Do you work with nonprofit organizations?
Yes. Nonprofit organizations are a core audience. Every private cohort is scoped after discovery based on cohort design, coaching requirements, customization, delivery format, and travel.
Can Director Track be delivered exclusively for our organization?
Yes. Director Track is a private organizational cohort. The starting investment covers up to 10 leaders, and larger cohorts are available based on cohort design and coaching requirements.
Shanna Kennedy, M.Ed.
Build the Leadership Layer Your Organization Depends On.
Let's discuss your director population, the leadership gaps you are seeing, and what a private cohort could look like within your organization.
Shanna holds an executive coaching certification from UC Berkeley.