CONFIDARE LEADERSHIP

Built for your seat.
Built for the long haul.

A 9-month cohort for the leaders translating strategy into action through other people — with a clear baseline, a structured path through six leadership domains, and a peer community that makes growth stick.

Upcoming start dates for 2027

February 1, 2027

May 1, 2027

August 1, 2027

Price: $1,997

Choose your start date

Enrollment closes on the 24th of the month before each start date listed above.

Assessment baseline

Six domains plus integration

Capstone development plan

Confidare Leadership Overview

For nonprofit leaders responsible for turning plans into progress

Confidare is a 9-month, assessment-driven cohort that sharpens how you communicate, develop your team, manage performance, lead change, sustain your own resilience, and shape vision — with tools you can use the next week.

A structured path you don’t have to design yourself.

No more wondering what to work on next. Each month focuses on one domain, in a deliberate sequence, with resources matched to where you actually are in that skill.

Tools you can use Monday morning.

Each month delivers leveled resources, scripts, and frameworks you can apply with your team and cross-functional partners — not theory you’ll read once and forget.

A peer community that gets your seat.

A capped cohort of 30 leaders working the same material at the same time. You can ask the real questions, in a private community, with people carrying the same kind of weight.

Proof of growth — and a roadmap forward.

A capstone reassessment at Month 9 shows you exactly how far you’ve come. Your personalized post-cohort development plan tells you what to focus on next.

Why Confidare?

Pronounced con-fee-DAR-ay, confidare comes from the Latin cōnfīdere — to have confidence in, to rely on, to trust. It’s built from con- (together) and fīdere (to trust), and it’s the root of words like confidence and confidant.

I picked Confidare as the name of this leadership cohort because that’s what I want every leader who does this work to walk away with — not just insights, but real trust in themselves. And the con- in confidare? It means together.

This work is stronger when leaders are building that trust together — challenging, supporting, and sharpening one another.

WHO IT’S FOR

Who Confidare Leadership is for

For mid-level nonprofit managers and directors, typically one to three levels below the C-suite, who turn strategy into action through other people.

Managers

You lead a team and turn organizational priorities into work people can act on.

Directors

You’re accountable for results through other people, often with more responsibility than authority.

Leaders across teams

You move priorities across teams through influence, even when you don’t manage everyone involved.

Managers

You lead a team and turn organizational priorities into work people can act on.

Directors

You’re accountable for results through other people, often with more responsibility than authority.

Leaders across teams

You move priorities across teams through influence, even when you don’t manage everyone involved.

If any of these sound familiar, you’re in the right place:

You’re in meetings all day, but decisions are still fuzzy.
Priorities keep shifting, and you’re the one expected to keep the work moving.
You carry responsibility for results without authority over everyone involved.
The leadership training you’ve found feels either too basic or too executive for your role.

You’re the connective tissue of your organization: not the CEO, not frontline, but the one turning priorities into real work through other people. Confidare gives you tools, practice, and peers who get your seat.

Choose your start date

Enrollment is open. Cohorts begin February 1, May 1, and August 1, 2027.

New to supervising people?

Confidare Foundations is built for leaders in their first years of managing people. If you’re looking for supervision fundamentals, that may be the better starting point.

Learn about Confidare foundations

WHAT WE’LL COVER

Six leadership domains.
Nine months of growth.

Communication

Clarity in expectations, feedback, hard conversations, and how you show up when the stakes are high.

Team Development

Building trust, coaching others, delegating with intention, and creating follow-through without micromanaging.

Performance Management

Addressing issues early, having confident performance conversations, and holding the line with both standards and dignity.

Change Management

Leading through uncertainty, making decisions with incomplete information, and reducing reactivity.

Resilience

Staying grounded, managing your energy, and leading without burning out — even when everything feels urgent.

Leadership & Vision

Connecting day-to-day work to strategy, influencing up and across, and shaping direction when you don’t have formal authority.

What you measure is what you grow

The assessment and the cohort curriculum are built around the same six domains — so what you measure is what you grow.

Ready to lead with more clarity and less second-guessing?

Choose your start date

$1,997 · payment options available at checkout

HOW IT WORKS

Four steps. One shared cohort.
Real proof at the end.

A nine-month, assessment-driven cohort with a shared learning path and practice in your real work.

Get your baseline.

You take a 36-question self-assessment across 6 leadership domains. Your results set the starting line — and shape the resources you’ll see throughout the cohort.

Move through the path together.

One domain per month for six months. Then three months of integration and capstone. The tools you see are matched to your level — so the cohort moves together, but the work meets you where you are.

Practice in real work, with people who get it.

Three live sessions each month — a workshop, a Q&A with Sheila, and a peer session. Plus a private community for the questions between calls.

Measure your growth. Leave with a plan.

At Month 9, you retake the assessment and see your growth in numbers. You leave with a personalized development plan you keep.

This isn’t a participation certificate.

It’s proof — and a roadmap.

This isn’t a participation certificate.

It’s proof — and a roadmap.

MEET YOUR COACH

Hi, I’m Sheila

I’ve spent nearly 30 years in nonprofit and community-driven work — leading statewide programs, managing multimillion-dollar budgets, supporting hundreds of staff, and holding VP roles at two organizations. I know what it feels like to carry more responsibility than authority and turn strategy into action through other people.

I built Confidare for the mid-level leaders doing that work, with practical tools, honest insight, and a cohort of peers who understand the seat you hold.

2,000+

Coaching & Facilitation Sessions

350+

Leaders Impacted Annually

I’ve spent years coaching and facilitating leadership development across the nonprofit sector. I’ve worked with hundreds of leaders, and what I kept hearing was the same thing:

“The training I get is either too basic or too executive. Nothing fits the job I actually do.”

I’ve spent years coaching and facilitating leadership development across the nonprofit sector. I’ve worked with hundreds of leaders, and what I kept hearing was the same thing:

“The training I get is either too basic or too executive. Nothing fits the job I actually do.”

You’re the connective tissue of your organization: not the CEO, not frontline, but the one turning priorities into real work through other people. You carry more responsibility than authority, and most leadership advice ignores that reality.

Grit may have gotten you this far. But sustainable leadership needs tools, practice, and people who get your seat.

Choose your start date

TRUSTED BY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE

“Working with Sheila as my coach was a turning point. As a new Executive Director of a nonprofit, I needed support stepping into my role and navigating key responsibilities like board meetings, hiring, and staff accountability. Sheila created a safe space where I felt seen, heard, and challenged in the best way. She helped me confront my own beliefs about leadership and move past imposter syndrome.”

Rutila Galvan-Rodriguez

Former Executive Director, Better Together Central Oregon;
Founder & Principal, Bravo Consulting

PRICING

Simple, honest pricing

Confidare Leadership Cohort

$1,997

Per LEADER

Full refund of all payments within 30 days of cohort start. I’d rather have you in the cohort because it’s the right fit — not because you’re locked in.

One payment for the full program.

Payment options available at checkout.

Next cohort begins February 1, 2027.
Each cohort is limited to 30 participants.

Member discount: Lutheran Services in America member organizations and their staff receive 25% off. Contact us for the discount code.

What’s included:

Entry Leadership Skills Self-Assessment with scored results across all 6 domains

Required capstone reassessment at Month 9 with growth comparison

Monthly 60-minute live Q&A with Sheila

Transition to the Confidare Alumni Community at graduation

Optional reassessments at Month 3 and Month 6 to track movement

Monthly 90-minute live workshop with Sheila

Active cohort community (private Facebook Group)

Domain-leveled resource library matched to your proficiency in each skill

9-month structured cohort curriculum

Personalized post-cohort development plan generated from your capstone scores (PDF + persistent platform view)

Monthly 60-minute peer collaborative session

Entry Leadership Skills Self-Assessment with scored results across all 6 domains

9-month structured cohort curriculum

Monthly 90-minute live workshop with Sheila

Monthly 60-minute live Q&A with Sheila

Monthly 60-minute peer collaborative session

Domain-leveled resource library matched to your proficiency in each skill

Optional reassessments at Month 3 and Month 6 to track movement

Required capstone reassessment at Month 9 with growth comparison

Personalized post-cohort development plan generated from your capstone scores (PDF + persistent platform view)

Active cohort community (private Facebook Group)

Transition to the Confidare Alumni Community at graduation

Entry Leadership Skills Self-Assessment with scored results across all 6 domains

Optional reassessments at Month 3 and Month 6 to track movement

9-month structured cohort curriculum

Required capstone reassessment at Month 9 with growth comparison

Monthly 90-minute live workshop with Sheila

Personalized post-cohort development plan generated from your capstone scores (PDF + persistent platform view)

Monthly 60-minute live Q&A with Sheila

Active cohort community (private Facebook Group)

Monthly 60-minute peer collaborative session

Transition to the Confidare Alumni Community at graduation

Domain-leveled resource library matched to your proficiency in each skill

Choose your start date

Every cohort runs the same nine months and covers the same six leadership domains. Pick the one that fits your year.

February 1, 2027

Enrollment closes January 24, 2027.

Enroll for February

May 1, 2027

Enrollment closes April 24, 2027.

Enroll for May

August 1, 2027

Enrollment closes July 24, 2027.

Enroll for August

$1,997 per leader. Lutheran Services in America member organizations and their staff receive 25% off. Contact us for the discount code.

Not sure which one fits?

Book a 20-minute Fit Call

Need to make the case to your organization?

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FAQ

Questions, answered

You’ve been carrying a lot. You’ve been leading through grit, good instincts, and sheer willpower.

But grit alone isn’t a leadership strategy. And you deserve more than survival mode. The Confidare Leadership Cohort gives you a clear assessment, a practical path, and a peer community that understands your seat — so you can lead with the clarity and confidence you’ve been reaching for.

Choose your start date

CONFIDARE LEADERSHIP

CONFIDARE LEADERSHIP

CONFIDARE LEADERSHIP

Built for your seat. Built for the long haul.

For nonprofit leaders responsible for turning plans into progress

For nonprofit leaders responsible for turning plans into progress

For nonprofit leaders responsible for turning plans into progress

A structured path you don’t have to design yourself.

A structured path you don’t have to design yourself.