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Leadership Experiences

Leadership Begins with the Mind

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Leadership Begins With the Mind

In this unprecedented moment, it’s time for leaders to unlearn management as they’ve always known it and relearn how to be human. Potential Project helps executives to adopt a whole new playbook for leadership.

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Unlock the Leader Within

The demands on leaders have never been greater. In a world of constant change and growing complexity, traditional approaches are falling short. Leading today – and into the future – requires a new approach: one that begins with the mind.

When leaders understand how their minds work – and learn to train them for greater agility, compassion, courage, and openness – they unlock stronger performance, deeper collaboration and lasting impact across their teams and organizations.

Potential Project’s Leadership Experiences don’t tell leaders how to lead or teach traditional managerial strategies. Instead, we help unlock leadership from within – by cultivating the mindsets that fuel connection, inspiration, and success.

As the global bank works hard to strengthen its competitive position, the company is taking tough actions to reduce complexity and increase synergies. At the same time, a major culture transformation is underway to deepen levels of ownership, productive debate, and client focus. Citi is partnering with Potential Project to provide leaders with a framework and practical skills for driving these hard but necessary changes in a human way. Citi’s Human-Centered Leadership program builds the behaviors and habits that create a culture of excellence and teach leaders different ways of supporting their people.

When we talk about leadership, the perception is that it's off to the side, separate from the results. We have to manage people and lead them, but we don't always marry those two things together. The data shows that if you can balance doing hard things in a human way, retention goes up, and performance improves. I realized that this was the direction we needed to take. Compassion is not merely about being nice. It's not about being soft as a leader.

Laurie Rebholz
Managing Director of Global Leadership Solutions at Citi

Upcoming Retreats

Leadership Programs

Potential Project’s Leadership Programs don’t tell leaders how to lead or teach traditional managerial strategies. We help you to unlock new leadership from within by building a mind that is open, wise, compassionate, and courageous.

Human Leadership

Explore a new model of leadership grounded in fundamental human skills of mindfulness, selflessness and compassion – shaped by insights from research with over 35,000 senior leaders across the globe.

Compassionate Leadership

Learn how to skillfully balance the need to do hard things with genuine care for people’s wellbeing. Compassionate leadership strengthens collaboration, builds trust and brings stability in moments of challenge.

Leading Through Uncertainty

Build the mental agility needed to lead through complexity, make difficult decisions and pivot quickly – even when the future is unclear and constantly shifting.

AI in Human Leadership

Discover the path to becoming an AI-augmented human leader, who can navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape, strengthening the human qualities that set great leaders apart in a digital world.

Leadership Journeys

Potential Project’s Leadership Programs don’t tell leaders how to lead or teach traditional managerial strategies. We help you to unlock new leadership from within by building a mind that is open, wise, compassionate, and courageous.

The Inner Playbook for Human Leadership

Explore a new model of leadership grounded in fundamental human skills of mindfulness, selflessness and compassion – shaped by insights from research with over 35,000 senior leaders across the globe.

The Inner Playbook for Compassionate Leadership

Learn how to skillfully balance the need to do hard things with genuine care for people’s wellbeing. Compassionate leadership strengthens collaboration, builds trust and brings stability in moments of challenge.

The Inner Playbook for Leadership in a Crisis

Build the mental agility needed to lead through complexity, make difficult decisions and pivot quickly – even when the future is unclear and constantly shifting.

Discover the path to becoming an AI-augmented human leader, who can navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape, strengthening the human qualities that set great leaders apart in a digital world.

Our Offerings

In collaboration with our clients, we design and deliver a change program that achieves real and sustainable impact.

Program offerings can include: 

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Jumpstart

Interactive webinar which engages leaders in the experience of leading differently.

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Explore

90-minute experiential workshop which challenges assumptions and encourages leaders to let go of ineffective ways of leading.

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Unlock

Deeper learning opportunities across four facilitated sessions. The format balances small group discussions, individual reflection, guided mind training and practical techniques for immediate application.  

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Sustain

Individual coaching to sustain the inner leadership journey.

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Jumpstart


Interactive webinar which engages leaders in the experience of leading differently.  
Explore


90-minute experiential workshop which challenges assumptions and encourages leaders to let go of ineffective ways of leading.
Unlock

Deeper learning opportunities across four facilitated sessions. The format balances small group discussions, individual reflection, guided mind training and practical techniques for immediate application.
Sustain

Individual coaching to sustain the inner leadership journey.

Client Case Studies

Cisco
Cisco consistently ranks among the World’s Best Workplaces — a testament to its long-standing people-centered priorities. In 2017, Potential Project and Cisco launched Cisco Mind Set, an innovative program helping employees build resilience, manage daily demands, and be their best at work and home. Over seven years, this partnership has grown to reach thousands of employees across 62 countries. Potential Project remains a trusted partner in strengthening leader, team, and employee innovation, wellbeing, and performance.
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Citi
As Citi works to strengthen its competitive position, the company is taking bold steps to reduce complexity and boost synergies — while driving a major culture transformation to deepen ownership, productive debate, and client focus. In partnership with Potential Project, Citi’s Human-Centered Leadership program builds the habits and behaviors that foster a culture of excellence and equip leaders to support their people in new ways. Launched in 2024, the program will reach nearly every senior leader and mid-level manager worldwide.
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Our Experts

Partner and Head of Global Accounts
Marissa Afton
United States
Partner
Paula Kelley
United States
Senior Partner
Rob Stembridge
Sweden
Managing Partner
Jacqueline Carter
United States

Representative Clients

The most forward-thinking companies and leaders no longer pretend old work models are still relevant in a world brimming with uncertainty and complexity. They are tearing up the outdated playbooks and reimagining work to create a more sustainable future for employees and shareholders.

We are proud to work with some of the leading organizations across the globe.

Client Remarks

This program gave sustainable tools and insights to face the innovative times that are coming. I really enjoy meeting my peers and debate in a constructive way.”
Leading with emotions in balance and not taking changes personally is significant. Sharing this with my team and others has already been rewarding.”​
This has helped me manage time and productivity. Consciously being inclusive while being mindful in decision-making helped team bonding and belonging.”​

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We are available in 21 countries around the world. Send us a few words here, and our specialists will get back in touch. Together we will find the right solution for you and your team.

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