Executive self-leadership
A Global Leadership Performance program
The Next Era of Leadership
Leadership today is being tested in ways few leaders were trained for.
Complex systems, rapid technological change, sustained pressure, and expanding organisational expectations require leaders to operate with clarity and bold action under uncertainty.
Most leadership development focuses on strategy and behaviour. Far fewer programs strengthen the internal conditions that determine how leaders actually perform when the stakes are high.
Leadership performance is not driven by strategy alone. It emerges from the internal system through which leaders perceive, decide, and act.
The Hearth Executive Self-Leadership Program addresses this gap.
The program strengthens the human conditions leadership performance depends on — trust, energy, and capacity — developing leadership coherence across the internal dimensions that shape how leaders think, decide, perform, and influence the systems around them.
This development unfolds across four integrated arcs, each building on the previous to strengthen how leaders stabilise themselves under pressure, expand perception, generate sustained performance, and evolve long-term impact.
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Holding the Fire
Leadership is not simply about delivering results.
In complex environments, leaders must create the conditions where clarity and bold action can emerge.
They must be able to hold the fire — maintaining steadiness under pressure so others can gather, create, contribute and move forward together.
The Hearth Leadership System develops the internal coherence that allows leaders to hold that fire for themselves, their teams and the systems they lead.
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The Hearth Leadeship System develops leadership through four integrated arcs.
Each arc builds on the previous one — strengthening internal capability before expanding strategic range, sustaining performance, and shaping long-term impact.
Stabilise
Build leadership clarity and stability under pressure.Expand
Extend strategic perception and creative range.Generate
Sustain high-performance energy and collective flow.Evolve
Shape long-term organisational direction and impact.Together these arcs form the system of enduring leadership performance.
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Leaders who complete the Hearth programme develop:
Deep self-leadership capability
Clear thinking and steady presence under pressure.Expanded strategic perception
Creative intelligence in complex environments.Sustainable performance rhythms
High performance without burnout.Long-term leadership impact
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Leaders, founders, executives, executive coaches, educators, and professionals navigating complexity, responsibility, and high-stakes decisions.
This program is for people who want to strengthen how they actually perform as leaders, not just learn new leadership theories.
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Designed for real leadership environments
Focused on how leaders think, decide, and show up under pressure.Flexible and accessible
Sessions offered twice weekly across time zones, with full recordings available.Lifetime access
All recordings, materials, and future program iterations remain available.Open-source leadership tools
All frameworks and practices can be adapted, shared, and applied in your own work and organisation.
Program Details
Program Commences: 4 May 2026
Global Live Integration Calls: Thursdays - PDT & ET, Fridays - BST, AWST, UTC+8, AEST and NZST
Weekly live sessions focused on application — turning insight into real-world leadership execution within a curated global cohort.
Thursday
4:00pm PDT (US West Coast)
07:00pm ET (US East Coast)
Friday
9:00am BST (UK)
07:00am or 4:00pm AWST & UTC+8 (Perth, Bali, Singapore)
9:00am or 6:00pm AEST (Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane)
11:00am or 8:00pm NZST (Auckland)
Choose Your Time Zone
To make this globally accessible our live integration calls are offered at two different times. You’re welcome to attend whichever time suits you — and while you can switch week to week we recommend you try and stick to the same time each week if you can.
The Outcome
By the end of the program, you won’t just understand the Hearth Leadership System — you’ll be able to apply and embody it.
You’ll leave with the clarity, energy, and capacity required to hold the fire of leadership in complex and ever-changing environments.
the hearth self-leadership system
Developed in collaboration with over 120 global leaders and a cross-disciplinary creative team, the Four Arcs integrate performance science with lived leadership experience into a practical, applied developmental journey.
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LEADERSHIP STABILITY & CLARITY UNDER PRESSURE
Leadership Focus: Internal stability
Before leadership performance expands, the system must stabilise.
This phase strengthens three core leadership foundations that determine how leaders think, decide, and show up under pressure.
Self-Awareness & Regulation
Stabilising the internal system so leaders remain calm, clear, and cognitively present under sustained pressure.Personal Identity & Narratives
Clarifying the personal stories shaping leadership behaviour so decisions become less defensive and more deliberate.Leadership Philosophy
Defining what you stand for as a leader so judgment becomes faster, cleaner, and more consistent.
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CREATIVE & STRATEGIC RANGE
Leadership Focus: Perception & Cognition
Once leadership stability is established, a leader’s cognitive and strategic range can expand.
This phase develops the perceptual and creative capabilities leaders need to move beyond immediate problem-solving and shape what comes next.
Awe and wonder expand perception. Expanded perception reveals new strategic possibilities.
Imagination & Generative Thinking
Leaders cultivate disciplined imagination, using curiosity, wonder, and creative exploration to generate new possibilities grounded in commercial reality.Foresight & Systems Intelligence
Leaders learn to recognise patterns across time horizons and complex systems, anticipating shifts rather than reacting to them.Integrated Decision & Action Intelligence
Leaders strengthen full-spectrum judgment, integrating data, human dynamics, and long-term consequences.
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FOCUS, ENERGY & COLLECTIVE FLOW
Leadership Focus: Performance Energy & Capacity
Once strategic range expands, leaders must convert insight into sustained execution.
This phase develops the capabilities leaders need to sustain high performance under pressure — individually and collectively.
Performance without renewal eventually collapses. Sustainable leadership requires deliberate cycles of effort, immersion, and recovery.
Friction as Productive Energy
Leaders learn to work with friction rather than resist it, transforming pressure and challenge into focused energy rather than depletion.Deep Focus & Immersion
Leaders develop the ability to enter deep concentration deliberately, creating the conditions required for complex problem-solving, strategic work, and creative breakthroughs.Team Flow & Regenerative Energy
Leaders learn to regulate emotional climate and model sustainable energy rhythms, creating the conditions for teams to enter collective flow — where effort becomes coordinated, resilient, and productive under pressure.
RESULT:
Performance shifts from short bursts to sustained momentum.
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STRATEGIC IMPACT & FUTURE LEADERSHIP
Leadership Focus: Long-term impact
Once leaders can sustain performance and generate momentum, attention turns to direction.
This phase strengthens the capabilities leaders need to think and act across longer time horizons — shaping organisations, cultures, and systems that endure.
Leadership is not only about output. It is about trajectory.
Strategic Responsibility & Long-Term Leadership
Leaders shift from short-term optimisation toward long-term responsibility — making decisions that strengthen the health, resilience, and capability of teams, organisations, and the systems they influence.
Futures Thinking & Strategic Horizon
Leaders expand their time horizon, moving beyond quarterly cycles to anticipate change, recognise emerging patterns, and position their organisations for sustained value and resilience.
Meaning, Contribution & Leadership Legacy
Leaders align professional ambition with personal meaning, clarifying the contribution they want their leadership to make over time and the impact they want their work to leave behind..
RESULT:
Achievement expands into contribution.
Success becomes energising rather than depleting.
Ambition and vitality begin to reinforce one another.
The Learning Experience
Live Training
Multi-disciplinary cohort
1:1 Coaching Sessions
Weekly Live Gatherings
Practical Practice Application
Live Self-Leadership Summit
Self-Leadership Summit
Bali · September 2026
The Hearth Self-Leadership Program culminates in Bali.
Three days of focused exploration, meaningful connection, and embodied integration — applying the work in real dialogue and strengthening relationships that continue well beyond the program.
Program participants receive priority invitation and a private cohort integration session onsite.
Focused. Applied. Enduring.
Your Facilitators
Clare and Michelle are the co-founders of Hearth Leadership and collaborators in exploring how leadership evolves under pressure.
They bring curiosity, rigour, and just enough humour to make even the toughest conversations unexpectedly energising.
Dr. Clare Sarah Goodridge
Clare brings deep expertise in leadership, performance, and human flourishing. Over the past decade, she has coached hundreds of senior leaders, executives, founders, and leadership teams across multinational organisations — supporting sound decision-making under pressure and sustained performance through change.
Michelle brings a futures-oriented, regenerative lens to leadership and systems change — grounded in philosophy, creativity, and a deep belief in human agency. She has worked across government, corporate, and entrepreneurial environments in the UK, New Zealand, Singapore, and beyond.michelle halsall
the investment
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
The program is structured to align with globally recognised CPD standards (30 hours) and may be eligible for professional development credit depending on your sector or organisation.
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12-Week Hearth Self-Leadership Cohort
A live, global executive cohort designed to strengthen clarity under pressure, emotional steadiness, adaptive thinking, and sustainable performance capacity.
USD $2,500
Includes:
12-week guided cohort experience
Weekly Global Integration Sessions
Ongoing access to materials and recordings
Priority access to the Bali Summit
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Sponsor Leaders
Send selected leaders through the public cohort while aligning the learning internally.
USD $2,500
Includes executive alignment call and post-program integration summary.
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Self-Leadership Summit · Bali · September 2026
Complete the journey in person.
USD $500 (Program Participant Rate)
Limited capacity. Priority access for enrolled leaders.
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Being surrounded by capable peers who were willing to do real work was unexpectedly powerful. The cohort created a level of trust and candour I rarely experience in executive environments.
“Leadership feels less lonely.”
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We talk about trust constantly in leadership circles. This was the first time I understood how regulation and psychological safety actually create collective flow.
“Team flow became real, not theoretical.”
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Building a coherent sense of self was unexpectedly powerful. Clarifying my own philosophy of leadership reduced internal friction. When you know what you stand for, bold decisions become simpler.
I move quicker now, without second-guessing myself.
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Before this, I chased peak performance and paid the price. Learning science of performance— helped me manage mood, energy, and execution far more intelligently. I now plan around energy rather than fighting it.
My output improved, and so did my wellbeing.
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I didn’t realise how close to burnout I was until I felt what sustainable energy actually feels like. The program helped me build capacity not just as an executive, but as a whole human being.
“I stopped leading from depletion.”
— CEO, Professional Services -
Real conversations. No posturing. No surface-level networking. The cohort was composed of serious operators willing to engage honestly. I left each session clearer and more grounded in my own leadership stance.
“The integration sessions alone were worth it.”
— Founder, Professional Services Firm
Frequently Asked Questions
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All participants receive ongoing access to the core learning materials and session recordings.
Graduates are invited to join future cohorts at a preferred alumni rate, subject to availability. Many leaders return to deepen integration as their context evolves.
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Each week blends evidence-based frameworks with embodied practice and real-world leadership application.
Pre-work is concise and focused.
Live sessions are interactive and integration-led — designed for dialogue, reflection, and applied insight rather than passive listening. -
Most leadership development focuses on strategy, communication, or mindset alone.
Hearth strengthens the internal architecture beneath leadership — nervous system regulation, clarity under pressure, relational steadiness, and adaptive capacity.
It is not motivational. It is developmental.
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We recommend allocating approximately 2–3 hours per week, including:
Pre-recorded learning
Applied practice
Live Global Integration Session
The structure is designed to create depth without overwhelming executive schedules.
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All sessions are recorded.
Questions can be submitted in advance, and integration remains accessible even if you are in a different time zone.
The program is designed for leaders across the globe.
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Yes. The cohort model is central to the experience.
You will engage with a curated global group of leaders committed to serious development, honest dialogue, and applied growth. Many describe the peer group as one of the most valuable elements of the program.
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Yes. Many leaders receive full or partial reimbursement as part of executive development budgets.
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Yes. The program is specifically designed for leaders operating in sustained complexity and high responsibility.
It strengthens regulation, clarity, and decision-making capacity — particularly under load.
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The curriculum integrates research from performance science, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, systems thinking, and human development — combined with applied leadership experience across enterprise environments.
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Refund Policy
Hearth is designed as a holistic, cohort-based journey. Because the experience is immersive and relational, we do not offer refunds once the program has begun.
That said, life happens. If you encounter unexpected circumstances that require your full attention, please reach out to us at hello@hearthleadership.com. We will meet you with care and work with you to find a supportive path forward.
