LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT & GROUP FACILITATION
Leadership, reimagined in full color
Great leaders are made through challenging experiences, honest reflection, and thought-provoking conversations with people who see the world differently. Our workshops and group programs bring leaders together to learn from each other's experiences, practice new skills, and build communities of support that sustain growth long after sessions end.
Whether you are looking for a stand-alone workshop, a programmatic journey for deep transformation, or development tailored to specific groups—such as senior leaders, emerging leaders, women, or working parents—we co-create solutions that strengthen individual leadership while building your pipeline and capabilities organization-wide.
What Sets Us Apart
We use an "inside-out" approach.
We start with inner change, helping leaders develop the self-awareness, emotional regulation, relational skills, and mindset that sustainable change requires.
We blend research with experiential learning.
Our programs are grounded in research, which we bring alive through interactive exercises, self-reflection, and peer conversations so participants can integrate new approaches into what they’ve already learned throughout their careers.
We use joy to deepen conversations.
Laughter is a powerful gateway that opens people up to new ideas, experimentation, and flexibility. We use levity to create spaces where leaders engage in real conversations that are easy to avoid but need to happen.
We dial up the creativity and build capacity for complexity.
We bring together different schools of thought—business strategy, mindfulness, and psychology—to make connections that aren't obvious and bring fresh perspectives to longstanding challenges. The goal is to expand imagination and build capacity for ambiguity and complexity, especially when there are no clear answers.
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Leadership Training & Group Coaching
Group Coaching engages high performers in cohort-based learning to strengthen their mindset and accelerate growth.
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Women
Retaining talented women requires tailored learning opportunities as well as cultures committed to their advancement.
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Parents & Caregivers
Parents juggle a full plate at work and at home. Workplaces that support caregivers' unique needs position them for success.
Leadership Training & Group Coaching
Strengthening leadership behavior is the single most important lever organizations have for improving performance. Simply put: employees leave bad bosses. Without effective managers, companies are at greater risk of attrition, low engagement, and a weaker leadership pipeline.
Yet effective leadership doesn't develop on its own. People at every career stage, from high potentials to senior leaders, benefit from formal development opportunities tailored to where they are, the role they're in, and the complexity they're navigating. Companies that invest in this development cultivate the leaders they need: people who manage well, lead through change, develop their teams, and deliver results in a rapidly evolving world.
The Leader’s Edge is a customizable leadership development program designed for high potentials, emerging leaders, middle managers, and senior leaders. Through a combination of workshops and group coaching, participants build the self-awareness, key competencies, and judgment to lead effectively at every stage of their career. The result: more capable leaders, more engaged teams, stronger execution, and a more robust leadership pipeline.
The Leader’s Edge program will help leaders in your organization to:
Manage themselves with greater self-awareness: Understanding their strengths, areas for growth, and impact on others
Communicate with candor and empathy: Balancing directness with active listening to maintain strong relationships
Make better decisions under pressure: Maintaining composure, weighing competing priorities, and acting with sound judgment when answers are unclear
Lead through change and uncertainty: Adapting to shifting conditions and helping their teams navigate disruption and complexity with greater confidence
Develop and engage their teams: Coaching others, delegating effectively, and creating the conditions where people do their best work
Strengthen their executive presence and ability to influence: Showing up with credibility, gravitas, and authenticity in high-stakes situations
Navigate conflict and difficult conversations: Addressing sensitive topics and tension constructively rather than avoiding or escalating
Adopt a sustainable approach to leadership: Managing their energy, attention, and boundaries so they can perform at a high level over time
How it works
We begin with a 45-minute discovery call to understand your organization’s needs and share an overview of the program. Engagements combine workshops and group coaching, and range from 6 months to one year.
Step 1:
Discovery & Design
Initial conversation with HR or leadership sponsor to understand organizational needs and align on participant selection
Determine which combination of workshops and group coaching best fits your goals
Design custom workshop content or group coaching parameters based on your culture and participants' challenges
Step 2:
Delivery & Engagement
Facilitate workshops and group coaching sessions
Create psychologically safe spaces for reflection, honest conversation, and growth
Provide practical tools, frameworks, and peer support that leaders can apply immediately
Step 3:
Integration & Follow-up
Participants apply learnings to current challenges and share insights with peers
Optional follow-up sessions to maintain momentum and address emerging challenges
Summary debrief with organizational sponsors highlighting themes, wins, and recommendations for ongoing support
Build a Customized Program
Based on your group’s needs, you can choose from our catalog of workshops spanning topics across Leadership & Influence, Self Awareness & Reputation, Team & Org Effectiveness, Managing Others Effectively, Change Management, Communication & Conflict, Mindset & Resilience, Productivity & Energy Management, Burnout & Recovery, Joy & Creativity, and DEIB.
“Sasha has a rare combination of warmth, intellectual and emotional discernment, and strategic clarity. In our peer group, she creates a space where accomplished leaders can be candid with confidence, and where her process consistently moves the conversation from complexity and uncertainty to clarity, prioritization, and decisive next steps.
Sasha’s facilitation is exceptionally effective with senior leaders. She holds the room with calm authority, asks incisive questions, and elevates the quality of dialogue, replacing ego and drama with rigor, respect, and shared accountability. Without fail, I leave each session with greater confidence, stronger judgment, and a grounded, actionable sense of what to do next, better equipped to lead with steadiness and purpose.”
— A.T., Founder & Lawyer
Women’s Leadership Program
Having more women in leadership roles predicts higher job satisfaction and workplace commitment for people of all genders. Yet women leave their organizations at higher rates than men when organizational barriers to success remain unaddressed. Effective programming must impact both women leaders themselves and the senior leaders of all genders who shape culture and policy.
Programming for women leaders allows companies to address the challenges that women face head-on—from navigating bias to the broken rung to the sponsorship gap—by helping them build key skills and learn alongside peers who are facing similar challenges. These development opportunities for women, when coupled with training for their managers, result in higher engagement, stronger retention, and a diverse, robust leadership pipeline.
Women Leaders Rising is a 12-week group coaching program that equips women leaders with the clarity, skills, and support to advance their careers while navigating work and life sustainably.
This program is complemented by training for senior leaders that expands their understanding of the challenges women face and provides practical strategies for supporting high-potential women on their teams. When combined, these programs produce measurable change:lower turnover, more engaged and confident women leaders, and a culture that supports advancement and career progression.
Benefits for Organizations
Retain high-potential women leaders: Reducing turnover among talented women by addressing the barriers that cause them to leave
Strengthen your leadership pipeline: Preparing women for senior roles by building the confidence and skills they need to step up
Increase engagement and performance: Improving focus, productivity, and commitment to organizational goals
Build a more inclusive culture: Demonstrating investment in women's development signals commitment to equity and creates ripple effects across the organization
The Women Leaders Rising program will help women in your organization to:
Overcome imposter syndrome and self-doubt: Building confidence to own their accomplishments and take on stretch opportunities
Set clear boundaries: Learning when to say yes and when to say no so they protect their time and energy
Build executive presence and credibility: Showing up with authenticity and gravitas in high-stakes situations
Create sustainable work-life integration: Designing a life that honors both professional ambitions and personal priorities
Clarify career priorities and create a roadmap: Defining what success looks like and mapping the path forward
Strengthen personal brand: Understanding how they're perceived and communicating their value effectively
Navigate workplace dynamics with greater agency: Recognizing barriers and developing strategies to advance despite them
Connect with a community of women leaders: Building relationships with peers facing similar challenges who provide support and accountability
How it works
We begin with a 45-minute discovery call to understand your organization’s needs and share an overview of the program. Engagements typically last 4 months from start to finish.
Step 1:
Discovery & Program Fit
Initial conversation with HR or leadership sponsor to understand organizational goals and align on participant selection
Share program overview, timeline, and expectations with potential participants
Confirm cohort size (typically 8-15 women) and program logistics
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Kickoff & Goal Setting
Welcome session where participants set goals across three areas: career, relationships, and personal wellbeing
Introduction to the cohort and creation of group agreements for psychological safety
Access to training modules on boundaries, productivity, mindset, imposter syndrome, work-life integration, career progression, and personal brand
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Group Coaching & Accountability
12 weeks of bi-weekly group coaching sessions (90 minutes each) to practice skills, address challenges, and engage in peer-to-peer learning
Assignments between sessions focused on introspection and practicing skills
Final session to reflect on growth, celebrate wins, and commit to continued development
Build a Customized Program
Based on your group’s needs, you can choose from our most popular workshops for women, which cover Self Awareness & Reputation, Communication & Conflict, Mindset & Resilience, Productivity & Energy Management, Burnout & Recovery, Joy & Creativity, and DEIB.
“Epicycle’s program was truly transformative for me. Sasha brings expertise in business and psychology, as well as a warm style which made the group feel open and enjoyable even as we were working through challenging issues. The program allowed me to become better at prioritizing, lean into a more authentic leadership style, and see the connections between my values, actions, and habits. At the end of the program, I found myself feeling more empowered, greater self-acceptance, and more clear on how to create a plan for my personal and professional life and maintain it through new habits and approaches.”
— I.R., Architectural Design & Research
Supporting Working Parents & Caregivers
Balancing caregiving responsibilities with professional ambitions is one of the most demanding realities of modern work life. Working parents and caregivers face competing demands and high stress levels. Without the support systems needed to thrive in both roles, they can end up spread too thin and on the road to burnout—and organizations lose talented leaders when these challenges go unaddressed.
Flexible work policies, competitive parental leave policies, and targeted group and individual support for parents reduce turnover, increase engagement, and improve organizational culture for all employees—not just those with caregiving responsibilities. Investing in working parents yields bottom-line results. Ultimately, what's good for parents is what's good for business.
Working Parent Pathways: Designing Career + Family Integration is a customizable program that equips parents and caregivers with the mindset shifts and practical strategies needed to integrate work and life sustainably. Through group coaching, workshops, and individual coaching, participants learn to manage competing responsibilities, communicate openly with managers, and create approaches that help them feel successful both at work and at home.
This program is complemented by training for senior leaders that expands their understanding of the pressures parents and caregivers experience and provides practical strategies for creating supportive policies and team cultures. When combined, these programs result in lower turnover, less stressed and higher-performing employees, and a culture that retains talented caregivers.
Benefits for Organizations
Retain high-performing talent: Reducing turnover among working parents, which typically costs at least twice an employee's annual salary in HR expenses and lost productivity, plus a steep decline in institutional memory
Strengthen your leadership pipeline: Keeping talented parents engaged and advancing rather than stepping back or leaving due to lack of support
Improve gender diversity in leadership: Creating conditions where both mothers and fathers can succeed, reducing the career penalty that disproportionately affects women
Build a family-friendly culture: Demonstrating commitment to working parents signals that your organization values employees' whole lives, improving morale and engagement for all
Looking for one-on-one coaching for working parents? Explore individual coaching options.
The Working Parent Pathways program will help caregivers in your organization to:
Create sustainable work-life integration: Designing a life that honors both professional ambitions and family priorities
Advance their career with intention: Making strategic choices that move them forward professionally while honoring family commitments
Increase productivity through better boundaries: Learning to protect time and energy by saying no strategically and managing competing demands
Manage stress and prevent burnout: Building resilience practices that help parents stay calm and present under pressure
Improve working relationships: Communicating needs effectively with managers, colleagues, and teams while navigating parenting responsibilities
Navigate parental leave transitions: Preparing to step away and return to work with confidence and clarity
Reduce guilt and embrace integration: Letting go of the myth of "perfect balance" and accepting that thriving looks different in different seasons
Build support networks: Connecting with other working parents who understand the challenges and can provide accountability and encouragement
How it works
We begin with a 45-minute discovery call to understand your needs and share an overview of the program. Engagements are co-created with your organization—combining workshops, group coaching, and individual coaching as needed—and typically range from two to six months.
Step 1:
Discovery & Design
Initial conversation with HR or leadership sponsor to understand organizational needs and identify target participants
Determine whether group coaching, workshops, one-on-one coaching, or a combination best fits your goals
Design custom workshop content or coaching parameters based on your culture and participants' challenges
Step 2:
Delivery & Engagement
Facilitate workshops or launch individual coaching engagements (typically 3-6 months)
Create psychologically safe spaces for honest conversation about the realities of parenting while leading
Provide practical tools, frameworks, and peer support that parents can apply immediately
Step 3:
Integration & Follow-up
Participants apply learnings to real-life situations and share insights with the group or coach
Optional follow-up sessions to maintain momentum and address emerging challenges
Summary debrief with organizational sponsors highlighting themes, wins, and recommendations for ongoing support
Our most popular workshops for parents & caregivers
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This workshop helps you plan for your parental leave and your return to work in a way that supports you, your team, and your manager through a smooth transition. You’ll learn which topics you and your manager should discuss in advance, create a coverage plan, and develop a set of strategies for your return to work that sets you up for a successful re-entry. You will leave with a framework that clearly outlines best practices for stepping away and stepping back in, so that you feel grounded both at work and at home during this joyful and sensitive time.
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This session helps you understand what the mental load is and develop the skills to build a more equitable approach to domestic labor and the cognitive work that surrounds it. When this work is shared fairly, both partners have greater capacity to concentrate on other aspects of their lives, including an increased focus on their work. You'll explore common dynamics around the mental load, examine the research on why it’s shared unevenly even in progressive partnerships, and learn specific strategies both partners can use to redistribute the work. You will leave with a framework and language for talking about cognitive labor with your partner and concrete tools for rebalancing when life shifts and new challenges emerge.
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This session helps parents of children with ADHD build routines at home that support their child’s development and increase their family’s ability to function smoothly. You'll learn strategies to manage several components of ADHD from the parenting perspective, including why executive functioning tutoring is essential, how to manage the relationship with your child’s school, and how to both soothe and promote coping around emotional dysregulation. You’ll also learn techniques for regulating your own nervous system, so you can remain a strong support for your child. You will leave with a clearer understanding of approaches to try with your child and your family, concrete next steps, and a path for reducing chaos at home so you feel calmer and more present in other parts of your life, including at work.
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This workshop equips managers to partner with and support their employees through the significant transitions of preparing for and returning from parental leave. You’ll learn how to lead the full arc of leave, including preparing for the time away, supporting a strong return through re-onboarding, and providing the ongoing flexibility that retains caregivers over the long run. You'll also examine common dynamics that can undermine re-onboarding when left unaddressed. You will leave with a clearer understanding of your role in shaping leave culture and applied strategies for retaining the parents and caregivers on your team.
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This workshop helps managers understand the meaningful role they play in retaining the parents and caregivers on their teams, often through manageable adjustments that have an outsized impact. You'll examine the research on why caregivers leave, explore the subtle dynamics that quietly push them out, and learn the specific strategies that distinguish family-friendly cultures as places where caregivers can stay and thrive professionally and personally. You will leave with a clearer view of where your team's culture is strong and where it can be improved, and gain applied strategies for retaining the parents and caregivers on your team.
“After finishing Epicycle’s program, I feel so energized to continue tackling the goals and habits that I established during our sessions. As a busy mom, full-time employee, and part-time caretaker to my elderly mom, I really wanted to do something for MY own growth and mental health, and I knew this program could help.
This group was an extremely effective use of my time. Sasha’s insights, guidance, and support were invaluable to me and helped me better prioritize and manage all of the various things I juggle. I really enjoyed the useful ideas, practical advice, and new strategies shared by Sasha and the other participants in the group. The tips and new approaches were helpful in part because we were able to tailor what we learned to our own current challenges.
I recommend Epicycle’s group highly. It has helped me to improve, and has positively impacted several key work, personal, and family goals that I had been putting off for too long. To top it off, Sasha is so friendly and so much fun to work with—I felt like I was getting expert guidance from a very insightful and trusted old friend. I can’t recommend her highly enough!”
— T.B., UX Design Principal