Master the art of honest communication, active listening, and feedback loops to drive organizational success.
This course explores the foundational role of truth and self-awareness in effective leadership and personal development. It examines how leaders can cultivate a neutral, introspective mindset to identify blind spots, manage personal and organizational accountability, and build trust through consistent feedback cycles. Participants will learn practical techniques for active listening, adapting communication styles to diverse audiences, and defining success through both material and immaterial lenses. The curriculum emphasizes the necessity of aligning personal integrity with professional actions to foster sustainable growth and organizational clarity.
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Motivational & Leadership Speaker
Adam Mendler is a nationally recognized authority on leadership, renowned for his unique ability to deliver perspective-shifting insights shaped by interviewing more than 500 of America’s most successful leaders. The creator and host of the top-rated business and leadership podcast Thirty Minute Mentors, Adam regularly elicits insights from America's top CEOs, founders, athletes, celebrities, and political and military leaders. A keynote speaker to businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations, Adam has written extensively on business and leadership, having authored more than 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc., and HuffPost. A Los Angeles native and lifelong Angels fan, Adam teaches graduate-level courses on leadership at UCLA, serves on the board of UCLA’s Master of Applied Statistics & Data Science program, is an emeritus member of USC’s Board of Governors, and is an advisor to numerous companies and leaders.
Enterprise Software CEO, Board Director, Independent Capital Sponsor
Darryl Kelly is an executive and investor with long experience helping established companies through difficult inflection points, most recently in private equity-backed enterprise software. As President and CEO of Aspect Software and Chief Strategy Officer of Alvaria, he oversaw a consolidated $300+ million P&L, more than 1,800 employees and roughly $1 billion of funded debt. He led a liability-management transaction and out-of-court restructuring that converted over $700 million of debt to equity, secured $50 million of new capital, cut annual interest expense by more than $80 million and preserved about 1,000 jobs without a bankruptcy filing. Earlier roles include Accenture, 24-7 Intouch, Connect First (sold to RingCentral) and LivePerson, and he founded his own technology company. Today he works in strategic advisory, board service and independent capital sponsorship through Idealists Only Capital Partners, focused on enterprise software and B2B SaaS.
