Wicked Leaders Program

A 6-Month Competency Immersive Virtual Workshop

 Kick off your next adventure

As a leader, are you tired of not making a meaningful impact? Do you have a great team and great leadership ability, but struggle to engage with a cause or put your skills to the service of solving a wicked (complex and gnarly) problem? Are you struggling to determine how to help your team become more engaged and productive towards supporting a bigger cause, and don´t know where to start? 
If so, this program is for you!

“A Wicked Problem is multi-dimensional. It has various stakeholders, symptoms, causes, environments, and therefore, it is difficult to know where to start. But one thing is certain, any wicked problem requires a TEAM to solve it.”

Would you take the road less traveled?

This is NOT another typical leadership course!

In this six-month program, you will bring your wicked problem to the table to learn how to approach and solve the challenges you face as a leader who wants to make a meaningful impact. The wicked problem can relate to your team, your strategy, your organization as a whole, your community, and/or yourself. A wicked problem is simply a challenge that, when solved, will significantly impact others' lives, not just your own.

The program aims to unleash your best leadership self by systematically traversing the problem itself with our Wicked Agility Methodology. The philosophy behind the curriculum proposes taking you on a journey to support a greater cause and bring about personal and professional growth by addressing a gnarly and complex issue.

Outcomes of the Program

By the end of this transformative program, you will gain the skills and insights to:
  • Make a meaningful impact as a leader 
  • Understand and engage with your cause, minimizing shame, blame, guilt, or justification to do activities aligned with your cause
  • Free yourself of the frustration of endlessly wrestling with your wicked problems
  • Lead a team as your best self, becoming the thought leader you always wanted to
  • Learn how to architect great spaces where humans can connect, feel safe with one another, have fun, and do the best work of their lives
  • Understand and feel what self-integrity is and that you step into self-authoring a life you want
  • Learn how to call out the elephant in the room for the good of the team
  • Learn how to love conflict - the real gold of human connection lives there! Transcend into a better version of you every time the cause gets tough

You can expect to leave the program with results like this:

“I have witnessed - with awe - Joanne’s ability to architect an amazing workspace that encourages humans to perform exceptionally, in a safe and supportive environment. Joanne is one of today’s Agile thought leaders and makes this world a better place with her unique ability to nurture people, teams and communities to achieve impact. I am a huge proponent of Joanne and her work.” 

— Ron Laudadio, CEO Epic Agile Americas

"Joanne has a very passionate and engaging personality as well as a "wicked" laugh. Her ability to connect with people, to listen and give them space to share their perspectives and grow has made her a leader that people want to follow.   

Joanne is the founder of the Agile TO mentorship group, a community that I have been part of since 2018. I am constantly inspired by the quality of the people she attracts to this community as well as the expertise she is able to draw on from the Agile community in Canada, the US and around the world. I have also attended Joanne's Accelerated Coaching and Leadership program which was a 10 month intensive and well designed program where I observed her participants learn and develop, emerging as new leaders. I highly recommend working with Joanne - she will inspire you to become your better self". 

— Alison Hakime, Agile Coach and Mentor

“I have had the distinct pleasure of working with Joanne on more than one occasion, in more than one context. Most recently, Joanne was an agile coach at GS1 Canada who helped create the conditions for success for an agile transformation. As you might imagine, this was a multi-pronged initiative that hit several areas of the business. Joanne guided GS1 Canada's new agile teams through some complex intra and extra team conflict. More specifically, she built the conflict resolution skills in the team so we would learn the value of conflict within the perspective of innovation and progress. This skill was especially important for GS1 Canada as our culture tended to view conflict as negative and something to be avoided. We are continuing on the journey that Joanne illuminated for us and have grown in a positive direction as a result.

On a more personal level, I'd like to call out the individual coaching I've received from Joanne as I progressed in my personal and leadership journeys. By introducing me to the concept of my "saboteurs," Joanne was able to help me unpack old habits that were holding me back and that were eroding my personal and professional confidence. She also introduced me to other coaches in her network who have become important guides to me and with whom I have co-created some excellent work.  Joanne is generous with her numerous skills. She is also driven and outcome-oriented.  There is no time wasted or navel-gazing with Joanne.  I look forward to collaborating more in the future and I am excited to see what she comes up with next. “ 

— Todd Karges, Senior Director and Agile Coach

Joanne’s cause: helping you to be fascinated with your cause!

 

Joanne is an expert agile coach, leadership coach, executive, keynote speaker, and mentor to the Agile Community. Her expertise in agile practices, team building, leadership coaching, conflict management, and leading others has allowed her to create teams that make a real impact. Joanne provides organizations and communities with customized support for leadership and teams through leadership training, executive coaching, agility, and radical problem-solving approaches. She utilizes her winning Wicked Methodology (Why, Inspire, Commit, Knowledge, Empowerment, and Delivery) and Cause-Based Philosophy to help teams and leaders impact wicked problems. She is the founder and director of the Sustainability Incubator Project, an international professional volunteer program gathering people from all over the world to put their skills and curiosity to the service of bigger causes.

Not your regular leadership program

Our program is designed differently.

Rather than leading you through six months of an utterly pre-built set of modules, our interactive group sessions will be shaped to cater to the group’s unique needs.

This group will become your community, a community that – along with your leader – you will learn from and apply tailored approaches to work on your own Wicked Problem.

 Your learning experience

Your wicked issue needs your best self

Whether the challenge is inspiring teams, conflict resolution, or frustration, you and your team grow as you apply the approaches taught in this program to your specific challenge. 

Chart your way like a pro.

Our team can help you find the best approaches for your challenges. You will gain proven tools, resources, and approaches with decades of success behind them.

Get personalized support

You will receive personalized support through 1:1 strategy calls throughout the program to give attention to your individual needs.

Virtual Program Structure

1 Hour group sessions held twice per month
½ Day Workshop held every 2 months
2-Day Intensive Mid-session Workshop 
1:1 Strategy Sessions: 2 x 50 minute calls per month
Mixture of interactive and lecture-based programming
 

Wicked Leaders Program

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