8 WEEK GROUP COACHING PROGRAM
You got promoted because you were good at the work. Nobody taught you how to build a team that tells you the truth. The Leadership Blind Spot changes that.
There are so many leaders out there who don’t even know what they can’t see.
Registration Opens
August 17
8
weeks live on Zoom
8-16
1
leaders per cohort
private call with Donna
Cohort Begins
September 24
The molehill becomes a mountain. And you never saw it coming.
Here is what leaders in your position actually say when nobody is recording:
"I have a problem with someone on my team and I don't know how to handle it."
"I want to give feedback but I don't want to hurt the relationship. So I just... don't."
"We don't worry about the small things. And then those small things become big things. Now I just want the person gone."
"My biggest frustration is myself. I should have just said it. I should have found a way."
THE REAL PROBLEM
WHY THIS HAPPENS
Most leadership training focuses on how to have the difficult conversation. What it never teaches is how to make feedback so natural, so steady, so everyday, that the difficult conversation almost never has to happen.
So feedback stays rare. And when it's rare it feels like an event. And when it feels like an event, everyone braces for it — including you.
The leaders who build the best teams aren't the ones who are best at hard conversations. They're the ones who never let things get that hard.
You weren’t trained for this. You were trained for the work.
"If our leaders aren't the ones driving the culture, we're headed in the wrong direction."
Feedback is just like a pencil. It slowly gets dull and then you have to sharpen it back up again. The leaders who stay sharp are the ones who practice it before they need it.
The good news: this is a skill. Not a personality type. Not a gift some people have. A skill. And skills can be learned; if you actually practice them.
A NOTE FROM DONNA
I know what it looks like when leadership actually works.
I spent years working for a president who would have pulled a multi-million program just to protect one of his people. When a customer screamed at me in a meeting, he found out and called that customer directly. He said if he ever heard of anyone treating one of his employees that way again, the program was gone.
I cried. Not because it was dramatic. Because I had never felt so completely seen and protected by a leader in my life. And I realized in that moment how rare that was.
My mother was a therapist — kind, curious, honest, funny. When you were with her you could feel her warmth. She wanted a better human race. When she passed in 2014, I went back to work and my VP asked what was next for me. I told her maybe I'd look at becoming a therapist like my mom.
She told me about coaching. I signed up for the entire program and certification program that week. I had no idea what it was going to be about. I just knew I wanted to help people become better humans.
Ten years later, I'm still doing exactly that.
I've spent those ten years talking with leaders at every level in different kinds of organization, and the thread is always the same.
It's not that they don't care. The ones who struggle most are often the ones who care the most. They hold back because they don't want to damage the relationship, discourage someone who worked hard, or come across as harsh.
What they haven't learned is that the care that keeps them quiet is the exact same care that, turned toward honesty a little sooner, would build more trust than silence ever did.
That's what this program is about.
I may not be a polished presenter. Sometimes I might swear. Maybe I'll cry with you when something real happens in the room. I say what I see even when it's uncomfortable. If you're looking for a program that feels corporate, scripted, or carefully managed so nothing real ever comes up — this probably isn't it.
If you're looking for one that actually changes something keep reading.
THE FRAMEWORK
The CLEAR™ framework — five practices that make feedback feel human.
Eight weeks. Five practices. One shift in how you lead. Every week builds on the one before it — by the end you won't be learning a new skill. You'll be leading differently.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Eight weeks. What each one looks like.
Be honest with yourself.
This is for you if...
- You were recently promoted and privately feel like you're figuring it out as you go
- You have things you know you should say to your team and you keep not saying them
- You want your team to trust you — not just comply with you
- You care about the people you lead and that's exactly why this is hard
- You're tired of training that doesn't stick because you never got to practice
- You want to lead the way someone once led you — or the way nobody ever did
This is not for you if...
- You think feedback is something you do to people, not with them
- You already have all the answers and just need people to follow
- You're looking for scripts to read from rather than skills to own
- You want corporate, scripted and carefully managed so nothing real ever comes up
- You're not willing to look at your own role in what's not working
IS THIS FOR YOU?
YOUR INVESTMENT
Everything that's included.
Cohort begins September 2026 | 8 to 16 leaders per cohort | Questions? donna@elevatedimpacts.com
Donna Barragan, CPCC
Founder, Elevated Impacts
Leadership Coach
ABOUT DONNA
I help leaders become the kind of leader people want to follow, and actually do follow.
I'm a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) working with leaders at every level — new managers, directors, VPs, nonprofit executives, entrepreneurs. The thread across all of them is always the same. Not lack of skill. Not lack of effort. A blind spot.
I say what I see. I may not use a lot of filters. I swear sometimes. I cry with people when something real happens. And I've learned that the leaders who make the most progress are the ones who stop performing and start owning.
Ownership over accountability. Real conversation over polished delivery. That's what we build in this program.
— Donna
QUESTIONS
Answered honestly.
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Because most leadership training teaches you about feedback. This program makes you practice it — in a live group, with real scenarios, with real people watching and responding. The skill only develops through repetition. That's what eight weeks gives you that a one-day workshop never can.oes here
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Yes. The program is designed for new and emerging leaders but the content applies at every level. Some of the most experienced leaders I work with have the deepest blind spots, precisely because nobody has ever told them the truth about how they're showing up.
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Some will. Many won't, especially for a first cohort program. This is priced so that a leader who believes in their own growth can invest out of pocket without it being a hardship. If you want to make the case to your organization, I'm happy to provide documentation that supports that conversation.
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All sessions are recorded and available for 90 days. That said, the live experience is where the real growth happens. The group dynamic, the in-the-moment coaching, the practice. I'd encourage you to treat this like a commitment rather than a course.
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You leave with your 90-day plan and the skills to keep going on your own. For leaders who want to go deeper into what their team is actually experiencing, into their own patterns, there are options for 1:1 coaching and organizational work. But there's no pressure. The program is designed to be complete on its own.
Your team already knows what you don’t.
The question is whether you're ready to find out — and do something about it.
First cohort September 2026 | 8 to 16 leaders | Questions: donna@elevatedimpacts.com
The Leadership Blind Spot™ is part of Elevated Impacts
theleadershipblindspot.com | donna@elevatedimpacts.com