Custom Programs for Organizations
Built for your women leaders. Designed around your organization.
Custom leadership programs for employee resource groups, women’s associations, professional networks, and employers. Shaped around your members, your culture, and the outcomes you need to show.
Women-owned ◆ Designed with you ◆ Canada & U.S.
BUILT FOR Employee Resource Groups ◆ Women’s Associations & Networks ◆ Professional Chapters ◆ Employers & HR Teams ◆ Boards & Executive Teams
Sound Familiar?
Your women leaders need more. Generic programs don’t deliver it.
Programming that doesn’t land.
One-size-fits-all content that ignores what women leaders actually face, and is forgotten by Monday.
Engagement that fades.
A full room at the kickoff. Empty seats by the third session.
Talent leaving quietly.
High-potential women stall, step back, or leave before anyone sees it coming.
Pressure to prove impact.
Sponsors and executives want outcomes, not attendance numbers.
Volunteer leaders stretched thin.
ERG and chapter leads carry programming on top of their day jobs.
Systems that weren’t built for women.
Promotion paths, meeting norms, and policies that quietly hold women back.
What It Costs
Spent budget, disengaged members, and the loss of the women your organization was counting on to lead what comes next.
The Fear Underneath
Investing in another program that looks good on paper and changes nothing. Losing credibility with the members and sponsors who trusted you.
How We Help
Programs designed with you, grounded in evidence, and built for the realities women leaders face every day.
What We Build
Programs shaped around your members, not a template.
Combine any of these into a program that fits your organization, your calendar, and your goals.
Curated Cohorts
Custom Leadership Cohorts
Multi-session programs for groups of 5 to 50, built around your members’ level, sector, and the challenges they’re naming.
Signature Programs
Tailored for Women Leaders
Caring Without Carrying™ for Women and Building Certainty™ for Women, adapted to your members and your organization’s context.
Transition Support
Her Next Ascent™
Confidential support for members facing an involuntary termination, a return from leave, or a career pivot.
Workshops & Sessions
Learning Sessions
Standalone workshops and education sessions for ERG events, chapter meetings, and conferences.
One-on-One
Leadership Coaching
Confidential coaching for women leaders, as part of a program or alongside it, so learning turns into action.
Executive Health
Confidential Care
Access to our nurse practitioner-led clinic for the stress, sleep, and energy concerns women leaders tend to postpone. Never shared with your organization.
WE CUSTOMIZE Topics & frameworks ◆ Format & length ◆ In person, virtual, or hybrid ◆ Group size ◆ Sector-specific examples ◆ Measurement & reporting
How We Build It
Designed with you. Delivered by us.
01
Discover
We listen to your members, leaders, and sponsors to understand what women in your organization are carrying.
02
Design
We co-design the content, format, and outcomes with your team, so the program fits your culture.
03
Deliver
Our team facilitates every session, so your ERG and chapter leaders can take part instead of carrying it.
04
Measure
We track what changed and give you a summary you can bring to sponsors and leadership.
Expected Outcomes
What changes for your women leaders, and your organization.
For your women leaders
◆ Clarity and confidence in who they are as leaders
◆ Language and tools for the high-stakes moments
◆ A trusted peer network that lasts beyond the program
◆ Sustainable energy, so they can lead without burning out
For your organization
◆ Stronger retention and advancement of women leaders
◆ Member engagement that holds past the first session
◆ A pipeline of women ready for the next role
◆ Results you can report to sponsors and leadership
Women-Owned. Founder-Led.
Built by a woman who has been in the room.
The Anchor & Ascend Institute is 100% women-owned and founder-led. We don’t teach women to fit systems that weren’t built for them. We help them lead the change, and we help your organization build the conditions for it.
◆ Lived experience leading large-scale change in healthcare and government
◆ Evidence-based frameworks drawn from neuroscience, psychological safety, and change management
◆ Whole-person support, from leadership development to confidential care
◆ A women-owned partner for organizations with supplier diversity goals
Questions Organizations Ask
Frequently asked questions
Who are custom programs for?
Employee resource groups, women’s associations, professional networks and chapters, and employers who want to develop, retain, and advance their women leaders, across Canada and the United States.
How much can you customize?
Nearly everything: topics, frameworks, format, length, group size, and delivery. We use examples from your sector so the content feels like it was built for your members, because it was.
Do you deliver in person or virtually?
Both. Programs can be delivered in person, virtually, or as a hybrid, across Canada and the United States.
How do you measure results?
We agree on the outcomes that matter to you during discovery, track them through the program, and provide a summary you can share with sponsors and leadership.
How do we get started?
Request a 30-minute conversation with Brit about your members, your goals, and what you want to change.
Let’s build something your women leaders will remember.
Start with one conversation about your members and your goals.
