Volume II
Leadership Development Academy
Workshops
22
Tracks
Four
Edition
2026
No. 01 · Introduction

The workshops your team actually needs.

Not another catalog. A working library of sessions built from thirty-five years inside companies where culture either accelerated the business or quietly ate it. Find the workshop that matches the problem you came here to solve.

22
Workshops across four distinct tracks
1hr to 3d
From quick skill builds to multi-day retreats
2
Delivery modes: virtual or onsite
No. 02 · The Tracks

Four tracks, each built for a specific moment in a leader's real workday.

Every workshop in the library lives in one of four tracks. Each track solves a different problem. Browse the whole library, or start where your team is stuck.

01
The Track
Foundations
The skills every leader is expected to have but few were actually taught. Communication, time, emotional intelligence, purpose.
6 Workshops
02
The Track
Leadership & Management
For people who just got promoted, or should have been promoted years ago. The shift from doing the work to leading the people doing it.
6 Workshops
03
The Track
Teams & Psychological Safety
Trust, candor, healthy conflict, and the practice of naming what the room is avoiding. Built for teams that need to level up, not just get along.
5 Workshops
04
The Track
AI & Flow-State Culture Framework™
Two tracks in one. AI fluency for leaders who can't afford to fake it. Plus Shelley's signature framework: Detect, Restore, Tend.
5 Workshops
No. 03 · The Library

The full library. All 22 workshops.

Every workshop Shelley and the team lead. Filter by track, search by what you're trying to solve, or browse the whole library.

Track
Level
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No. 04 · The Instructors

The people who teach the work.

Every workshop is designed and delivered by one of four practitioners. Not trainers who read from slides. Operators who've done the work inside real companies, now teaching what they've learned.

Shelley

Shelley D. Smith

Founder & CEO · Best-selling Author, Consultant

35+ years earning a reputation as the Creator of the Culture Inquiry for companies along the East Coast and beyond. Author of How to Avoid Culture Big Fat Failures (BFF). C-suite leaders tap Shelley for her sharp insight and her willingness to ask the questions other advisors won't. Her work is built on strength of knowledge, personal approach, and a genuine care for the people inside the companies she works with.

Teri

Teri Kinsella

Partner · PI Talent Optimization Consultant, Trainer, Executive Coach

35-year career spanning Fortune 500 global initiatives and her own entrepreneurship. Certified Predictive Index consultant since 2009, helping clients align talent strategy with business strategy and develop the high-potential leaders who shape what's next. Partnering with Shelley at Premier Rapport since 2020, with a client list that includes HR Certification Institute, Liberty Maritime, Listrak, Provident Bank, and Steel Partners.

Davis

Davis Smith

SVP of Operations · Premier Rapport

Partners with company leaders to hire the right people for the right roles, manage and motivate teams effectively, and build high-performing groups aligned with mission, vision, values, and culture. Davis owns day-to-day client delivery at Premier Rapport. His expertise was shaped by leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies, service in the United States Navy, and exposure to both startups and franchise businesses from an entrepreneurial upbringing.

Becca

Rebecca "Becca" VanDerveer

Senior Client Success Consultant · Certified Master Trainer

Brings a practical, grounded approach to the hardest work in leadership: helping teams build trust that actually holds up under pressure. Certified Psychological Safety Playbook facilitator. Her sessions turn abstract concepts like safety, team dynamics, and candor into behaviors teams can practice on Monday morning. She doesn't hand teams theories. She helps them see patterns, shift habits, and leave with tools they'll actually use.

No. 05 · Next Step

Your team doesn't need another training. It needs the right one.

Every engagement starts the same way. A thirty-minute conversation about what's actually going on. No pitch deck, no upsell, no generic recommendations. Just clarity on which workshop or set of workshops moves the needle for your situation.

Book a conversation