Dare to Lead™ Sioux Falls - 3-day Leadership Development

Based on the latest research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is a workshop designed to teach (and practice) the four courage-based skill sets that will help you drop the armor and become a more daring leader.

This course, lead by Lisa Brouwer, a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator includes group discussion, self-reflection, experiential learning, and short videos hosted by Brené on the four skill sets of courage:

• Rumbling with Vulnerability: Leaning into (and staying with) tough interactions that involve risk, uncertainty, and emotional exposure while staying true to who we are. Reframing what we've been taught about vulnerability that it is a weakness when in fact, it is our greatest measure of courage.

• Living into our Values: Walking our talk about what we hold as most important, making sure our thoughts, intentions, words, and actions align with our values. Identifying and operationalizing your leadership values so you become a predictable leader (in a good way).

• BRAVING Trust: Learning and practicing the key aspects of trust and putting them to work as the glue that holds our teams and organizations together. Includes an exercise that can be taken back to a team so start building (or rebuilding) trust.

• Learning to Rise: Developing the resiliency skills to get back up after a fall so we're willing to risk falling again. Re-writing the stories and endings that no longer serve us.

You will learn, practice, and hone these skills in an atmosphere with other leaders from various organizations across industries.

Your experiences (and theirs) will make this a unique learning environment where you'll leave with new language and rumble skills, operationalized values, and the confidence to apply Brené's tools and courage framework to how you live, lead, work, and even parent.

This workshop is for anyone who wants to fully step into his or her leadership potential by being more courageous, who may or may not be in an 'official' position of leadership.

Dare to Lead™ alumni include:

• Education (Dean of Students, Principal, Program Director, Asst Principal, Education Coordinator, Teacher, IT Director)
• Financial Services (Dir of Operations, Customer Service Manager, Branch Manager, Performance Coach, Personal Banker, Trust Officer)
• Corporate (CEO, Chief Innovation Officer, Dir of HR, Dir of Learning & Development, IT Project Manager, Safety Manager, Project Manager)
• Small Business (Meteorologist, Financial Planner, CPA Partner, Architect Principal, Business Owner)
• Health Care (VP of Performance Excellence, Genetic Laboratory Specialist, Dir of Research, Physician, VP of HR)
• Uniformed Personnel (Officers and Enlisted personnel from the Air Force and National Guard, Firefighters)
• Non-Profits (Dir of HR, Executive Director)

When: January 22, 29, and February 5, 2026

Where: The Country Club of Sioux Falls, SD

Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (light breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages included)

Cancellation or Refunds: No refunds will be given but in the event you cannot attend, you can transfer your paid registration to another participant by emailing the organizer at [email protected].

Registration closes January 20, 2026 (EARLY BIRD ends December 19th)

For optimal discussion and maximized learning, space is limited to the first 24 attendees.

• Dare to Lead™ Workbook
• Daring Leader Assessment
• Dare to Lead™ Participant Certificate (upon completion)
• Dare to Lead™ Trained badge on your LinkedIn profile (upon completion)
• Membership into Lisa's Dare to Lead Community (preview the community)

Since reading Daring Greatly in 2013, Lisa has been immersed in Brené's work; everything from reading her books, learning from Brené online, and participating in face-to-face groups.

This life-changing work has helped her build shame resilience, lean into vulnerability, and drop the belief that her self-worth is found in her productivity. Learning about empathy and self-compassion (and practicing what she learned) has changed how Lisa leads in her community, works with her clients, and even parents her teenagers.

Lisa was selected for Brené's Dare to Lead™ program and joined the first cohort of certified Dare to Lead™ facilitators in March 2019. It is her personal call to courage to bring this heart-centered leadership conversation to individuals and organizations across the country. Lisa knows and dreams of what's possible when we collectively live and lead with courage.

Brené is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and most recently completed a seven-year study on courageous leadership.

She is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and Dare to Lead, which also debuted at #1 on The Wall Street Journal and Publisher’s Weekly lists.

If you're not familiar with Brené's work, learn more here:

Brene's Netflix Special - Call to Courage (Released April 2019)

Brene's TED Talk - The Power of Vulnerability (June 2010)

Brené's Dare to Lead Podcast on Spotify

If you have questions about this workshop, please email [email protected] or call/text 605-366-3072. If you are interested in visiting with Lisa about bringing the Dare to Lead™ curriculum to your team or organization, please email her at [email protected].

This workshop does not certify you to teach the Dare to Lead™ curriculum. To become a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, please visit Brené Brown's website at .

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