Develop confidence, build trust, and lead with courage in every interaction.
Dare to Lead™ is a path to brave leadership and courageous work culture.
Over 150,000 worldwide leaders from various fields have elevated their leadership skills through this evidence-based training.
This interactive leadership workshop will teach you the skills of courage and provide operationalized tools that can change how you lead and live.
What is the Dare to Lead™ Training?
Dare to Lead™ is an evidence-based leadership training designed to develop brave leaders and courageous cultures. Rooted in the research of Brené Brown, this training equips individuals and teams with practical skills to lead with courage, strengthen trust, and drive meaningful results.
At the heart of Dare to Lead™ is a powerful insight from the research: courage is not a personality trait—it is a set of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable. These skills can be learned and practiced by anyone who is willing to show up and engage.
Through highly interactive, experiential group learning, participants explore and practice all four courage skill sets, gaining tools they can immediately apply in their leadership, relationships, and workplace culture.
Daring Leadership & the Four Courage Skill Sets
Daring leadership is more than a mindset—it’s a set of four courage-building skills that are teachable, measurable, and observable. These skills help leaders and teams move from armor and avoidance to brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with wholehearted courage in real-world situations.
Module 1: Rumbling with Vulnerability
Learn how to lean into uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure with clarity and courage. This skill helps you embrace tough conversations, face difficult feedback, and navigate ambiguity with empathy and presence.
Module 2: Living Into Our Values
Clarify what matters most to you and translate those values into consistent, observable behavior. This module moves you from simply knowing your values to practicing them in the everyday decisions and choices that define your leadership.
Module 3: BRAVING Trust
Trust isn’t an abstract idea—it’s a set of practices you can learn and strengthen. Through the BRAVING framework, you’ll discover how to build deeper, more authentic connections with your teams, colleagues, and stakeholders by showing up with integrity, reliability, and generosity.
Module 4: Learning to Rise
Resilience isn’t about bouncing back—it’s about learning how to get back up with courage and purpose after setbacks, failures, and disappointments. This module teaches you how to recognize and work through difficult emotions and stories so you can lead with greater adaptability and resolve.
“Courage is a collection of four skill sets that are 100% teachable, measurable, and observable.” — Brené Brown
Who should attend a Dare to Lead Training?
Dare to Lead™ is for anyone interested in developing their courageous leadership skills.
– New and experienced managers
– Team leaders in business, nonprofit, healthcare, education, and government
– Professionals ready to grow trust and confidence
– Anyone who influences culture or teams
How is Dare to Lead delivered?
There are several ways to bring this work into your organization from keynotes and targeted breakout sessions, to the full Dare to Lead™ program.
We combine expert facilitation with an interactive approach full of activities, exercises, videos, thoughtful reflection, and growth.
How many sessions are required?
Both virtual and live trainings are available in various frequencies. We find great efficiency in multiple, shorter sessions to allow for the participants to practice what they are learning and come back to the training to refine practices.
Delivered by Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator Chantel Schieffer.
Chantel was trained by Dr. Brené Brown to facilitate the Dare to Lead™ program and is one of only a few hundred global trainers. As of 2026, more than 5,000 participants have been trained by Chantel.
As the founder of True North Leadership, Chantel is known for creating learning environments that are grounded, practical, and deeply human – where people feel both challenged and supported. Her facilitation style blends research-based frameworks, real-world leadership experience, and reflective practice to help leaders build trust, lead with courage, and navigate complexity with clarity.
