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Leadership & Management · The Leadership Series

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In partnership with Breakthrough Coaching

Breakthrough Coaching is the executive coaching practice founded by Dan Sakaki, a certified executive coach and seasoned facilitator with over 25 years of experience developing leadership capacity across the non-profit and business sectors. It guides individuals, leaders and groups toward meaningful, measurable growth.

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Modernized Leadership Development

  • Delivered live online or in person
  • Customized to your industry and environment
  • Led by a specialist facilitator in this subject
  • Follow-up one-on-one coaching included
  • Typical duration: Half day

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

Peter Drucker

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

John F. Kennedy

Modernized Leadership Development Overview

A focused 3.5-hour session on leading with clarity, humanity and sound judgement in the age of AI. Participants work through six practical modules, including a dedicated module on AI judgement, and leave with one specific, written behavioural commitment.

Most leadership development was built for a world of stable hierarchies and predictable markets. Today's leaders navigate digital disruption, dispersed teams, AI-assisted decisions and constant public scrutiny, often all at once. This workshop closes that gap with frameworks leaders can apply immediately.

What we cover

  • Module 1: The Leadership Gap Why traditional leadership development is misaligned with today's digital, AI-assisted reality. (20 min)
  • Module 2: Leading Through Digital Transformation The two failure modes, Abdication and Control, and the leader's real role in change. (30 min)
  • Module 3: AI Judgement & Critical Thinking The A-C-T framework (Ask, Consider, Take Ownership) for conflicting or incomplete AI output. (30 min)
  • Module 4: The Human Touch in an Automated World Five irreplaceable human capabilities and the engagement drivers behind them. (30 min)
  • Module 5: Future-Ready & Inclusive Leadership Three future-ready traits and the most neglected inclusion practice. (30 min)
  • Module 6: My Leadership Commitment A five-part behavioural commitment: a named situation, a concrete action, a date, shared publicly with the group. (22 min)

Every session is customized to your industry and environment. The final agenda is confirmed with your facilitator before delivery.

For organizations navigating digital transformation, AI adoption or restructuring, and want leaders who lead clearly and humanely through it.

  • Leaders who want a practical framework for exercising judgement over AI-generated recommendations
  • Organizations building future-ready, inclusive leadership as a strategic priority
  • Teams that want training that produces a specific behaviour change, not just awareness
  • Participant workbooks and all workshop materials
  • Live breakout discussion at the end of every module
  • In-room feedback collection
  • One to two experienced facilitators for the full session
  • Follow-up one-on-one coaching after the session
  • Live online: instructor-led, fully interactive, no travel
  • In-person: at your offices or a venue of your choice
  • Designed for cohorts of 6 or more
  • In-person sessions need movable seating

Pricing depends on delivery mode, group size and how much customization you want. Tell us the shape and we will quote it.