The Expansive Leader

Transform your leadership.

Elevate your impact.

Introducing The Expansive Leader – a comprehensive 6-session virtual program designed to empower leaders like you to thrive in today's complex world.

Over 6 weeks, you'll gain the essential skills and mindset to lead with clarity, purpose, and genuine influence.

We'll help you become the most effective leader in any room. It's in you. This is where you make it happen.

Are you ready to transform your leadership, elevate your impact, and lead with vision and confidence?

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In today's uncertain world, leadership has never been more challenging.

Does this sound familiar?

You're a talented leader, but sometimes you feel caught in a loop of contraction, struggling to shift into a more empowered state.

You're constantly striving to motivate your team, but you wish you had a deeper understanding of their motivations and actions.

You're dealing with persistent uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and it's challenging to make quality decisions or see opportunity amidst the constraints.

You've taken leadership training before, but you found it hard to sustain the practices long-term once the program ended.

If any of this resonates, you're in the right place. We understand the unique challenges leaders face, and we've designed this program to directly address them, providing you with the tools to navigate these situations with courage, integrity, and grace.

What you'll gain:

Ignite Your Personal Power

Shift out of self-doubt and reactivity and into a state of expansion and agency.

Unleash your most creative, energetic, and productive self.

Unleash Collaborative Genius

Go beyond delegation and truly co-create with your team.

Learn the "coaching conversation" and "We can, if..." methodologies to inspire and motivate your employees and colleagues like never before.

Master Difficult Conversations

Learn to prioritize truth over comfort, face challenging situations with courage, and set powerful boundaries.

You'll gain the critical ability to express yourself with clarity, compassion and purpose.

Build Your Leadership Practice

Move beyond theory and into practice and action.

We'll give you the inner and outer resources to consistently practice what you've learned, ensuring long-term growth and sustained success throughout your career.

The Expansive Leader Philosophy

Most leaders are fine.

But in a world that continues to grow more complex, more challenging and less predictable, fine is just not good enough.

We need leaders who are grounded in strong core values and purpose, yet also maintain an openness to new people, ideas and experiences.

These leaders are game changers. They prioritize truth over comfort. They see the world for what it is, not what they want to be. They seek the best answers, not the easiest or most convenient. And, they reach extraordinary levels of success.

We call them Expansive Leaders.

Meet your instructor, Judy Sims

Coach. Trainer. Talent Accelerator.

Judy Sims is a pioneering leadership trainer and much sought-after leadership coach. She is founder of Judy Sims Consulting, The Center for Expansive Leadership, and the Expansive Woman Project.

Judy's work has benefitted clients across a wide range of industries such as finance, law, government, and technology, and organizations such as Google where she is an elite coach associated with the Google LEAD program supporting mid-career employees as they prepare for senior roles.

What our alumni and past clients say:

What makes us different:

Based in the real world.

As an executive coach, Judy Sims work 1:1 with leaders every day, giving her intimate, first-hand knowledge of the challenges they face. Because of this, Judy is able to go beyond theory in her training by providing real-world examples to illustrate training concepts.

Designed to last

You will learn a set of skills that will support you and your dreams for the rest of your life. You will shift out of a state of contraction and into your full expansive self. Nothing is more powerful.

Learn your way, in your time.

You can choose to learn in a self-paced, online only course or you can choose a live online cohort based course. It's up to you.

It's time to step into your full potential and become the Expansive Leader you were always meant to be.

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How we'll learn together:

Videos, exercises and in-class discussions

Each week, you'll unlock new content as you explore what's been holding you back and discover your expansive self. In class, we'll deepen your understanding as you and your cohort members ask questions and receive coaching from your instructor.

Peer-to-peer support and collaboration

This is where the magic really happens. In session, participants learn to support and coach each other. This builds the foundation for lasting relationships with fellow expansive women.

Weekly rhythm of learning and reflection

Live sessions

In between sessions, you can watch associated videos and complete recommended workbooks.

In the weeks of modules 2 and 5, you will have optional access to a live office hours session with Judy Sims where you can ask questions and receive personalized coaching.

6 week course

Weekly beginning TBD 2025

90 minutes per week time commitment

12 months access to content

Weekly live workshops

2 live coaching office hours sessions

Course outline:

NOTE: All sessions are recorded, so you can easily catch up if you miss one.

Module 1:

Unlock Expansive Leadership: Your Core Foundation

Ignite Your Inner Compass: Discover the groundbreaking Expansive Leadership philosophy that will redefine your entire approach to influence and impact.

Decode Human Motivation: Master the 6 human needs to profoundly understand yourself and everyone around you, unlocking unprecedented levels of connection and collaboration.

Bonus Insights: Confront "should values" and contraction to obliterate imposter syndrome and perfectionism, finally stepping into your authentic power. Uncover the hidden "authority gap" and learn how to bridge it for ultimate credibility.

Module 2:

Self-Awareness: Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be

Cultivate Magnetic Executive Presence: It’s not just about what you do, but who you become! Discover your authentic executive presence that commands attention and inspires loyalty.

Ground Yourself in Unshakeable Values: Solidify your core values, creating an unshakeable foundation for every decision and action you take.

Bonus Insights: Master understanding your personal states of being, giving you the power to consciously shift into peak performance anytime, anywhere.

Module 3:

Build Unbreakable Relationships: Influence, Inspire, and Elevate

Decode Others' Motivations: Gain a profound understanding of what drives the reactions, judgments, and behaviors of your employees, colleagues, and clients, transforming your relationships from reactive to strategic.

Escape the Contractive Trap: Identify when you're in a contractive state and learn to powerfully shift out of internal "Reactor, Judge, Hero" roles into expansion and agency!

Master Adaptive Communication: Attain unparalleled credibility, trustworthiness, and influence by adapting your communication style to meet any need and hear every perspective.

Bonus Insights: Discover the willingness to shift and solve quality problems for lasting success.

Module 4:

The Power of Co-creation: Unleash Collective Genius

Invite Others into Agency: Learn the secrets to inspiring your team, colleagues, and clients to move beyond problems and co-create breakthrough solutions!

Master the Coaching Conversation: Develop a transformative coaching skillset that empowers others and unlocks their full potential.

Unlock "We Can, If..." Power: Harness the life-changing power of this simple phrase to open up possibilities and achieve seemingly impossible goals.

Bonus Insights: Unravel the art and science of influence, making you an unstoppable force for positive change.

Module 5:

Courage and Authenticity: Lead with Unshakeable Integrity

Embrace 100% Responsibility: Learn to courageously own your impact and lead with unparalleled integrity.

Master Feedback Like a Pro: Give and receive feedback with grace and power, turning challenging conversations into growth opportunities.

Set Powerful Boundaries: Discover how to establish healthy boundaries that protect your energy and enhance your effectiveness.

Bonus Insights: Learn exactly how to "show up" for work with unwavering presence. Prioritize what truly matters with the Eisenhower Box!

Module 6:

Sustain Your Expansive Edge: Design a Lasting Leadership Practice

Cultivate a Consistent Leadership Practice: This isn't just a course; it's the beginning of a lifelong journey. Learn to build a powerful daily practice that keeps you in an expansive state of growth and contribution throughout your entire career.

Maintain Your Expansive State: Discover how to consistently enter and maintain the expansive state crucial for peak performance and lasting impact.

Bonus Insights: Unlock the secrets to authentic power, ensuring your leadership is both effective and deeply fulfilling.

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