leadership development programs, workshops, and coaching

Unlock your leadership potential. Our leadership development services enhance strategic and operational skills at all levels.

1,000’S OF LEADERS AND COUNTING

We have worked with companies around the world for over 20 years

  • Longitudinal and experiential leadership workshop

  • Licensed leadership workshop model for large enterprise

  • Leadership for growing and transitioning companies

  • Individual and group coaching for executive leaders

Leadership WORKSHOPs

Our 13-month leadership development workshop is for organizations who are serious about creating high performance in their organizations. It’s conducted using a rigorous but flexible curriculum, and the vast majority of learning occurs through the practical application of new ideas and approaches to current challenges and opportunities.

The Path Forward Leadership Workshop is a powerful engine for employee engagement, communication, motivation, productivity, and team development. 

leadership COACHING

Jim Hessler works effectively with leaders at all stages of their careers by offering a fusion of mentoring and coaching. His mentoring value comes from decades of practical business experience that he offers in ways that help you gain perspective and craft new ideas and approaches. His coaching value comes from decades of experience as a facilitator, teacher, and student of human behavior. In his work, he strives always for measurable commitments to action, accountability, and change. Coaching is the best possible combination of practical business support and personal exploration.

The Path Forward model stresses
real-world applications

They don’t ‘speak at’ the group; they mold the materials around the group experience. We’ve seen a positive shift in leadership maturity and performance across the organization.

COMPANIES DEVELOPING THEIR LEADERS WITH PATH FORWARD

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podcast: REAL CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT LEADERSHIP

Our leadership podcast invites you into unrehearsed conversations with people like you seeking to understand what it means to be a leader.

In these conversations, Jim Hessler taps into his four decades of leadership experience to share perspectives and challenge guests with provocative questions.

The guests are real people who come to the dialog with humility,
curiosity, and relatable challenges and perspectives.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.  

Interested in being a guest? Contact us

WHERE DOES LEADERSHIP START?
WITH A CHOICE.

Do you see yourself as a leader?
Are you willing to pay the price, make the sacrifices, and
take risks that are associated with leadership?

Jim Hessler walks you through how we help you make this choice.

Our leadership book

LAND ON YOUR FEET, NOT ON YOUR FACE

Authored by Jim Hessler, this book is an honest and practical guide that helps new and experienced leaders land on their feet while taking on the challenge of leadership.

Leadership is tough, but it can be learned if a strong platform of attitudes, habits, and understanding is built.

The Leadership Platform presented in this book is a practical, real-world construction. This book is an excellent way to start - or re-energize - your journey to leadership.