Become the leader others want to follow
Only 18% of managers demonstrate a high level of talent for managing others- meaning a shocking 82% of managers aren’t very good at leading people. (2016 Gallup poll)
In addition, 65% of workers would rather have a new manager than a pay raise.
Part of this dilemma resides in a disturbing trend. People get promoted into leadership positions because they are good at their job – even if they have no ability to lead others. Their lack of leadership mindset, skillset, and strategy may be costing your business thousands in turnover, lost reputation, and lost potential.
The good news is that these leaders can develop critical leadership qualities, but it takes being willing to examine their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, increasing their self-awareness. While increasing productivity is important (great managers boost employee productivity by an average of 11% per employee), changing the culture of an organization so that everyone feels heard and valued makes your organization someplace others seek out as a place they want to work and thrive.
This is why Jim Wehner, along with Chris and Armandee Drew, are bringing a yearlong immersion called XCORE for Atlanta leaders.
What is XCORE?
XCORE is 12 months of life-changing leadership development that fits into your busy schedule.
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6 half day (4 hour) off-site trainings at Focused Community Strategies, 1297 McDonough Blvd SE, Atlanta, GA 30315
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Weekly engagements (Video, personal reflection, or team exercises (5-15 minutes)
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Every other month 1:1 Coaching
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Monthly 1.5 hr Core Group coaching sessions
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Access to online resources including:
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5 Voices assessment with detailed Pro report
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Team Performance Assessment
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Altitude Training with video content
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The Peace Index Course
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The GiANT Toolkit
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And a wide variety of powerful videos to unlock your personality and leadership
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The 6 Forums
Forum #1: Empowering Others as a Lifestyle - September 14
Learn practical strategies on how to fight for the highest good of those you lead.
Forum #2: Discovering Your Leadership Voice - November 9
Your leadership style is unique to you. Understanding your tendencies helps recognize blind spots and increase your impact.
Forum #3: Mastering Effective Communication - Jan. 11
Everyone speaks, but not everyone is heard. Master strategies to connect with others.
Forum #4: Maximizing Influence - March 14
Building trust inspires those you lead. Identify key elements to becoming a leader others want to follow.
Forum #5: Becoming Present and Productive - May 9
How you and your team spend their time affects more than just work. Reflect on how healthy how you spend time is - at work and beyond.
Forum #6: Personal Alignment - July 11
Gain clarity around how aligned you are with your organization's vision, values, and structure.
Meet The Team
Armandee Drew
Armandee Drew creates safe, regenerative spaces for change agents to peel back the layers and get to the heart of human flourishing. She is an inner healing maven, world traveler, executive coach, and global leadership consultant. Armandee is on a mission to transform toxic relationships and systems, eliminate isolation, and participate with co-designers to heal the world. She works with leaders and teams in every sector who want to go and grow deeper to experience transformation in their personal and work lives.
Armandee relentlessly listens with a persistent tenderness, mining for the roots of your false story. She fights for your inner freedom and highest good. Armandee comes from a background in academia, leadership, and counseling where she lived and worked on four continents and made her transition to inter-cultural facilitation and executive coaching in Dubai, UAE.
Armandee has a master’s degree in Global
leadership, certified in NLP, Inter-Cultural Intelligence, DiSC, 5 Voices Toolkit, Advanced Inner Healing, and has worked with NASA, Leidos, the CDC, Paris Sorbonne, Chick Fil A, and multiple non-profits and schools.
When she isn't running retreats, coaching, and facilitating groups, she is climbing Stone Mountain (near Atlanta), writing poetry, and getting really present with herself, family, and friends.
Chris Drew
Chris is an experienced facilitator who loves to see leaders increase their impact and influence.
He has discovered time and again that the secret to being a leader worth following is humility, the ability to reflect on what it's like on the other side of you. Having lived in Germany, Indonesia, and the UAE, he understands cultural elements that influence team dynamics, bringing greater understanding to everyone involved.
He is a Master NLP practitioner and a GiANT Worldwide Guide. He is also an ICF Coach and trained in Inter-Cultural Intelligence.
He has helped transform teams in organizations like Chick-fil-A, Leidos, FCS, and NASA. Administrators and teachers gained powerful insights into themselves and their students through trainings Chris provided in Jakarta, Indonesia, Atlanta, Georgia, and Abu Dhabi, UAE.
In addition to facilitation, Chris creates curriculum and online resources to help organizations improve culture through common ideas and terminology.
In his free time, he enjoys woodworking, photography, and travel.
Jim Wehner
Jim Wehner serves as the President of FCS|Focused Community Strategies, where he oversees all of the organization’s activities with a particular emphasis on mission, vision, strategic initiatives, and board relations. He stepped into his current role in 2014 after serving six years as Executive Director of Charis Community Housing, which was the mixed-income housing arm of FCS at that time. Jim brought a wealth of both ministry and business skills to FCS, having previously served nine years as lead pastor of Common Ground Fellowship, and ten years in retail sales and management with Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI).
After five years of working directly with the GiANT tools as they transformed FCS, Jim decided to complete his training and become a certified GiANT guide. Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Business from Washington State University and a Master of Arts in Ministry from Reformed Theological Seminary. Jim shares his expertise in leadership development, team building, mixed-income housing, and holistic neighborhood development by serving as a board member or consultant with multiple organizations. He is a member of the 2022 class of Leadership Atlanta, the South Atlanta Civic League, and the Christian Community Development Association. Jim loves running, reading, camping, hiking, and any kind of Mexican food. He and his wife, Jolyn, have four grown children and have been residents of Historic South Atlanta since 2015.
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