Single Skill Session

One skill.
Working it changes everything around it.

For any leader. Any team. Any of the 30 skills in the Stopover Terrain.

What it is

One skill. Worked seriously.

The Leadership Check-In and Team Read diagnose where you are. The Single Skill Session is what you do about it. Pick one of the 30 skills from the Stopover Terrain. Bring one real situation where it’s being tested in your work right now. We work it together — diagnostic, not prescriptive. You leave with one concrete change to test before your next week is done.

1-on-1 · 60 minutes · Video or in-person (Victoria, BC)

One skill. Your whole team in the room.

The Leadership Check-In and Team Read diagnose where you are. The Single Skill Session is what you do about it. Your team works one skill from the Stopover Terrain together for 60 minutes — in a structured session designed for a lunch-and-learn or regular team meeting. Every voice in the room. Diagnostic, not prescriptive. The team leaves with one concrete shared practice to test before the next week is done.

Team session · 60 minutes · 4 to 20 people · Video or in-person
How it works

Four moves.

01
Pick the skill
Choose one from the 30 in the Stopover Terrain. Not sure which? A short pre-session call helps find the right one from your context before we start.
02
Bring a real situation
Something live in your work right now where this skill is being tested. A real decision, a real tension, a pattern you already recognize.
03
Work it together
You bring what you already know about this skill. The work tests it against something real and sharpens it. Most leaders come out with a version of the skill that is both clearer and more demanding than the one they walked in with.
04
Leave with one change
One concrete, observable shift in how you work this skill. Something you can practise before the end of next week.

Four moves.

01
Find the right skill
We work with you to identify where the real opportunity is. We name the skill precisely: where it shows up in your team’s work and where it falls short.
02
Learn the skill
In the room: a clear frame on what this skill actually is, what it gets confused with, and what it looks like when it’s working in a team like yours.
03
Work it
An experiential exercise that puts the skill into practice with your team, grounded in your current work. You practise it, not just discuss it.
04
Leave with a move
Understanding turns to action. Every session closes with something concrete to take back into your work. You don’t leave the room without a direction.
The 30 skills

Any of these. You choose.

Strategic Clarity 4 skills ▾
Describes a compelling and specific future state that helps others orient decisions and effort toward what matters most.
Execution and Accountability 5 skills ▾
Builds realistic, sequenced plans that translate goals into assigned actions with clear timelines and resources allocated before work begins.
Leadership Presence 6 skills ▾
Actively seeks and responds to honest feedback about how their behaviour affects others, and adjusts based on what they learn.
Team Health and Culture 5 skills ▾
Demonstrates reliability and discretion consistently enough that others feel safe depending on them, with their work, their confidence, and their reputation.
People Development 4 skills ▾
Develops others’ capability by asking questions that build their own diagnostic thinking, rather than providing answers, solving their problems, or demonstrating expertise.
Adaptive Leadership 6 skills ▾
Breaks down complex obstacles into workable components, identifies the root cause rather than the presenting symptom, and moves toward a solution that addresses what is actually wrong.
What it costs

Individual session

$295
Nonprofit and charitable-sector leaders

60-minute session. Video or in-person (Victoria, BC). Includes a post-session note with the skill frame and named practice.

$395
All other leaders

Same session. Same commitment. Same outcome.

Team session

$295 / person
Nonprofit and charitable-sector teams

60-minute session. Video or in-person. Includes a written summary: the skill worked, the team’s read on it, and the commitments made in the room.

$395 / person
All other teams

Same session. Same commitment. Same outcome.

— Begin —

One skill. One hour. One change.

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One skill. One session. One shared change.

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