David Bericat was a skeptic, pure and simple. He’d heard the buzzwords and seen the self-help books, but he didn’t think a leadership program was going to help him do his job better, much less be a transformative experience.

As a new hire, Keith Strombotne was surprised to find he’d been enrolled in a program that would take him out of the office one day a month for five months. And he had to wonder: was he also willing to invest the time and headspace it required?

Ellyn Kranc is five years into her professional career as a digital marketer.  But she was in a new situation as a manager. Her direct report was fresh out of college, and they both had to find their own way.

Jordan Cain is an Inside Sales Manager. And when she first decided to enroll in the Foundation for Effective Leadership course from NextGen Center, she had some very specific challenges.

Managing people is more than moving your name above others in an org chart. Lisa discovered that firsthand as she stepped in to her first team management role.

As an Investment Advisor for Investors Mosaic in Durham, North Carolina, founder Evan McCormick is the entire team. 

Sarah Glova is the President and Founder of Reify Media, a five-year-old digital media company in the Triangle area of North Carolina.