Rediscover the joy and satisfaction in your work and find fulfillment again
in Leading with Authenticity

Designed for leaders of all levels, Leading with Authenticity is a full-day workshop that helps participants reconnect with themselves, experience more meaning in their work, and elevate their personal and professional satisfaction.

This course is not currently on our public calendar, however it is available for you to schedule with just you and your team. Click below to get information about hosting this course privately for your organization.

Rediscover the joy and satisfaction in your work and find fulfillment again
in Leading with Authenticity

Designed for leaders of all levels, Leading with Authenticity is a full-day workshop that helps participants reconnect with themselves, experience more meaning in their work, and elevate their personal and professional satisfaction.

This course is not currently on our public calendar, however it is available for you to schedule with just you and your team. Click below to get information about hosting this course privately for your organization.

Low engagement is far too common—and costly

0%
of employees feel emotionally drained from their work.

Source: SHRM

0%
of employees say stress or burnout demotivates them to do their best work.

Source: APA

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Employees with low job satisfaction are three times more likely to report symptoms of depression.

Source: ScienceDirect

“I feel energized. [I] realized with these tools I can be a better person, husband, and leader.”

Workshop participant

“I feel energized. [I] realized with these tools I can be a better person, husband, and leader.”

Workshop participant

Benefits of Leading with Authenticity

Restore your balance

Overwhelm is a symptom of having lost sight of what’s important. In this workshop, you’ll rediscover the meaning in your work and restore your connection to what matters most.

Lead with intention

You’ll explore and articulate your personal values, and learn how to harness them to lead, behave, and make decisions that are in alignment with what you care about. In doing so, you’ll find a leadership style that feels true to you.

Feel fulfilled again

You’ll step back from the day-to-day, connect to your “why”—your personal mission and vision—and leverage them to inject more joy and satisfaction into your work.

At-a-glance service overview

Who it's for | Aileron

Who it’s for

Leaders of all levels, regardless of title or position

Service Location | Aileron

Location

A location of your choosing

Who's in the room | Aileron

Who’s in the room

Just members of your team

Service Format | Aileron

Format

One-day facilitator-led workshop

“I learned how to better focus on things of importance. I feel enlightened, able to think about things through a new lens.”

Workshop participant

“I learned how to better focus on things of importance. I feel enlightened, able to think about things through a new lens.”

Workshop participant

What’s Covered 

1

Personal values

You’ll uncover the core principles that guide your behavior, decisions, and actions, and learn how to leverage them to make better decisions and work more cohesively with others.

2

Personal vision

You’ll assess your life through a Wheel of Satisfaction exercise and use your results to craft a personal vision: a concise statement that defines where you’re going in life and how you experience a sense of purpose.

3

Personal mission

You’ll leverage your vision statement to craft an action-oriented mission statement that describes how you move toward your vision on a day-to-day basis and what’s most important to you.

4

Aligning your vision, mission, and values

You’ll bring it all together as you learn how to integrate your vision, mission, and values into your life and commit to personal goals and tasks you can carry out to support them.

1

Personal values

You’ll uncover the core principles that guide your behavior, decisions, and actions, and learn how to leverage them to make better decisions and work more cohesively with others.

2

Personal vision

You’ll assess your life through a Wheel of Satisfaction exercise and use your results to craft a personal vision: a concise statement that defines where you’re going in life and how you experience a sense of purpose.

3

Personal mission

You’ll leverage your vision statement to craft an action-oriented mission statement that describes how you move toward your vision on a day-to-day basis and what’s most important to you.

4

Aligning your vision, mission, and values

You’ll bring it all together as you learn how to integrate your vision, mission, and values into your life and commit to personal goals and tasks you can carry out to support them.

Facilitators

  • Erika Alessandrini
    Business Coach, Facilitator and Leadership Coach
    Erika Alessandrini
    Business Coach, Facilitator and Leadership Coach

    Erika joined the Aileron team in 2019 to surround herself with like-minded leaders who share a passion for helping people, businesses, and organizations uncover their potential. Prior to Aileron, Erika spent 23 years in the automotive aftermarket and participated in four post-acquisition integrations at the executive level. Through those experiences, Erika learned why most leaders fall short, give up, or burn out. She went on to start her own coaching business in 2015.

    Erika is a fearless communicator who harnesses her values of love and protection to speak the truth with passion and compassion. Through this balanced approach, she evokes the wisdom of a trusted friend and the care of an older sister. She will give you a hand when you need it, and a push when you really need it. While Erika is driven by task and logic, her intuition and empathy shine through when supporting others.

    Outside of work, you can find Erika in her home with her husband and kids. She’ll find any excuse to entertain or gather a group of family and friends for a shared meal; carrying on her mother’s tradition, there is always a seat at her family’s table.

    What’s something you’re constantly striving to get better at?

    “A conscious improvement I am looking to make is being a better human — in all ways. Embracing the inherent vulnerability and imperfection of being human promotes humility. I believe achieving some degree of self-mastery is crucial in all facets of life, business, and relationships.”

    What are the values that drive you?

    “I strive to intersect my responsibilities and passions in my pursuit of results. I prioritize personal and social responsibility, autonomy, and connection. I weave creativity and love into all that I do.”

    Why Aileron?

    “My life purpose is to unleash potential in all things: people, opportunities, and organizations. What sets Aileron apart is how it allows me to live my own purpose at scale through the people at Aileron and the community at large. At Aileron, I work with people who are achieving things they never thought possible every single day. It is the highest honor to be trusted to have a front row seat in people's lives and businesses, and to witness their transformation.”

  • Wes Gipe
    Business Coach, Facilitator and Leadership Coach
    Wes Gipe
    Business Coach, Facilitator and Leadership Coach

    Wes Gipe works with business owners and their teams as a trusted facilitator, business coach and leadership coach. Known for his enthusiasm and high-energy approach, Wes’s willingness to boldly approach tough issues and go the extra mile have gained him loyal clients who look to him for help with strategic planning, leadership and culture development, and conflict resolution.

    Wes started his journey as an Aileron client in 2008. After applying Aileron’s Professional Management principles to build a self-managing company, he now spends much of his time helping other organizations—big and small—build a strategy that endures. Through this work, he has logged over 9,000 coaching hours with more than 500 individuals throughout North America and Europe. His work has been featured in Forbes as well as other national media outlets. Wes resides in Miami County, OH with his wife and three rambunctious boys.

  • Krista Powell
    Director of Product Development, Facilitator and Leadership Coach
    Krista Powell
    Director of Product Development, Facilitator and Leadership Coach

    As Director of Product Development, Krista Powell helps bring Aileron’s strategy to life by designing and developing Aileron’s products and services, ensuring they empower business leaders to grow in professional management. She also works directly with Aileron community members as a Leadership Coach, leveraging her deep understanding of organizational change and her background in professional management implementation across a variety of cultures and roles.

    Krista is naturally transparent; when she doesn’t know the answer, she isn’t afraid to say so – and she’s invigorated by finding it. She seeks to understand others’ points of view, and leans into curiosity over judgement. And she sees the opportunity in everything; Krista is easily excited about new ideas, and can envision the potential of an idea even in its infancy.

    Krista is a third-generation entrepreneur; her father and grandparents were both small business owners, and today Krista runs a branding and design agency, Christopher and Mae, with her husband Jon. When not working on the business, she’s knee-deep in a DIY project or spending time with her three children, adventuring to nearby museums, parks, and attractions.

    What’s something you’re constantly striving to get better at?

    “Everything. I love learning and I see an opportunity for improvement in every aspect of my life. I’m also really passionate, so it’s easy for me to put my whole self into everything I do.”

    What are the values that drive you?

    “I have a high sense of both independence and interdependence; I love collaborating with a team, and at the same time I love autonomy. I am creative, so I enjoy designing and developing the experiences that we offer at Aileron. And I also have a high sense of responsibility – I’m driven to make an impact in what we do.”

    Why Aileron?

    “I have seen the impact that a well-run company can have on individuals’ lives, their families, and their communities – and I’ve also experienced companies that were not well-run, and the impact it had. I really believe professional management is making people’s lives and communities better.”

  • Wendy Roop
    Facilitator and Leadership Coach
    Wendy Roop
    Facilitator and Leadership Coach

    As an Aileron Facilitator, Wendy establishes and nurtures connections with Aileron community members to help them make their visions a reality. Professionally, she’s always made people her priority, developing expertise in the area of human resources management and organizational and leadership development; it set the stage seamlessly for her to launch her business in 2021 as a leadership coach.

    Wendy is unafraid to embrace vulnerability and authenticity – she sees both traits as tools that can help unlock the potential in others. Driven by her faith, she cares very much about supporting her clients to understand their value and purpose, and challenging them to grow as professionals – and, more importantly, as humans.

    Outside of work, Wendy loves spending time with her friends and family. She loves to be outdoors surrounded by nature, and enjoys traveling to explore new and interesting places.

    What are you constantly striving to get better at?

    “Making a bigger difference in the world by allowing myself to slow down, quiet my inner critic, and believe that I have everything I need inside of me to be the best version of myself. Holding space for clients helps me to connect with my gifts and talents that I'm meant to share with the world.”

    What are the values that drive you?

    “I have a deep passion for connecting and collaborating with others through vulnerability. I have found this helps others see the value they bring to the world, to persevere, even when it's hard, and to be the best version of themselves.”

    Why Aileron?

    “I've been a client and friend of Aileron for many years, and now I’m thankful to be a part of the Aileron contributor team. It's a place where the line between work and play is blurred, where I work with friends who are difference-makers in helping people grow, where I meet incredible people, and where I am continually challenged to develop and be the best version of myself.”

  • Tony Schroeder
    Business Coach, Facilitator and Leadership Coach
    Tony Schroeder
    Business Coach, Facilitator and Leadership Coach

    As a Business Coach, Facilitator, and Leadership Coach, Tony executes Aileron’s mission of improving the quality of life in America by teaching business leaders the advantages of incorporating clarity and simplicity into their businesses and lives. An entrepreneur himself, Tony gets is fulfilled by empowering people to practice professional management as a personal and business growth tool.

    Tony loves simplicity and believes the most effective things happen when people have clarity and understanding. He’s an avid and enthusiastic planner; Tony believes having a plan prepares people for focused execution and allows people to make adjustments along the way. (He also maintains that planning a vacation is almost as enjoyable as going on one.) And he’s a storyteller and humor advocate; Tony believes people learn best when they’re having a good time, sharing personal experiences, and creating connections over shared stories.

    When he’s not helping business leaders reach their goals, you can find Tony woodworking, spending time with his kids and grandkids, or biking around the world; he and his wife have biked for 30 days from Zürich, Switzerland to Budapest, Hungary.

    What’s something you’re constantly striving to get better at?

    “Spirituality – understanding why I exist, what my purpose is, and how I can live it. Answering the question: what am I here for?”

    What are the values that drive you?

    “Spirituality, personal growth, and relationships. Spirituality is about living my purpose in life. Personal growth is about continually growing and learning, and taking advantage of opportunities. Relationships is about nurturing relationships with my wife, my family, and other people.”

    Why Aileron?

    “It provides me an opportunity to live my values and purpose. I get personal growth here, I get to develop a lot of relationships, and I get to give back. That’s what I like about Aileron.”

  • Anne Thompson
    Business Coach, Facilitator and Leadership Coach
    Anne Thompson
    Business Coach, Facilitator and Leadership Coach

    As a Business Coach and Facilitator at Aileron, Anne Thompson uses her expertise in organizational, leadership, and culture development to help businesses achieve their vision and purpose. Anne’s diverse experience in working with small privately held businesses, large public corporations, educational institutions, and nonprofits – and growing a business herself – enables her to quickly understand the context and culture of organizations, ask important questions to uncover key levers for change, and assist business leaders in identifying and implementing strategies, structures, and behaviors to create positive, sustainable change in all kinds of organizations.

    Anne is endlessly curious; she uses the power of question to help people make sense of situations and uncover insights. She’s passionate about partnership, and driven to empower her clients to turn their hopes and dreams into realities. She has deep expertise in emotional and social intelligence, and sees the integration of the head and the heart as critical to developing the self, and in turn developing others. 

    In her free time, you can find Anne, her husband, and their son jet setting around the world to experience different cultures and cuisines, or enjoying a beer and OSU football game while stateside.

    What’s something you’re constantly striving to get better at?

    “I’m always striving to operate from a mindset of being ‘good enough.’ It’s counter-culture to feel that what I do doesn’t equate to the value I have as a person. To get there, I’m continually connecting to the intention of my heart and my desire to serve. That helps to minimize the ‘I’m not good enough’ narrative.” 

    What are the values that drive you?

    “I’m driven by mastery and serving clients through evidence-based, practiced strategies. I thrive on collaboration and work to build reciprocal, respectful relationships. And I practice empathy. I embrace people where they’re at while also challenging them to stretch just a bit further outside of their comfort zone to help them see greater possibilities.”

    Why Aileron?

    “At Aileron, we consistently put into practice with each other what we offer to our clients. Aileron is its own learning lab for all the concepts we’re asking our business leaders to embrace. I love that about this organization.”

“This was a life-changing day for me.”

Workshop participant

“This was a life-changing day for me.”

Workshop participant