Send leaders to the open Confidare cohort
For when you have one or more leaders ready to grow and want them learning alongside peers from other organizations.
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A 9-month structured cohort with up to 30 leaders from across the nonprofit sector
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All six leadership domains: Communication, Team Development, Performance Management, Change Management, Resilience, and Leadership & Vision
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Entry assessment, capstone reassessment, and a personalized post-cohort development plan for each leader
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Cross-sector peer community that broadens their perspective and builds outside relationships
Investment: $1,997 per leader, 25% off for Lutheran Services in America member organizations and their staff. Invoicing available for organizations; Affirm and Klarna available at checkout for individual payment flexibility. Optional 1:1 coaching add-on for leaders who want dedicated, personalized time to grow in their leadership role. The member discount doesn’t apply to coaching.
Run a private Confidare cohort for your leadership bench
For when you have a larger group of mid-level leaders and want them growing together — building shared language, shared frameworks, and stronger cross-functional collaboration inside your organization.
What’s the same: the same six-domain curriculum, the same assessment-driven structure, the same proof of growth at the end.
What’s different:
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The cohort is entirely your leaders — confidential, contextualized, and tailored to the realities they actually navigate together
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Curriculum can be adjusted to reflect your strategic priorities (a current change initiative, a new strategic plan, a specific cross-functional challenge)
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Scheduling built around your team’s calendar
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Optional executive debrief at the end so your senior team can support and reinforce what was learned
Investment: Scoped to your group size and customization — contact for pricing. Invoicing available.
Custom workshops, retreats, or coaching for your team
For when a 9-month commitment isn’t the right fit, but you have a specific leadership challenge to address.
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Half-day and full-day workshops on focused leadership topics
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Team facilitation and leadership retreats
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One-on-one executive and leadership coaching
Investment: Scoped to your engagement — contact for pricing. Invoicing available.
Better follow-through across teams.
Less reactive firefighting. Less ‘why did this fall through the cracks again?’
Performance conversations that actually happen.
Early, clear, and without your senior leadership having to step in to clean them up.
Stronger cross-functional collaboration.
Less of your time spent translating between teams or refereeing conflicts that should have been handled at the level below.
Less bottleneck leadership.
Decisions get made closer to the work. Your senior team stops being the default answer to every hard call.
Higher retention of high-potential staff.
People stay where they’re growing. People leave where they’re stuck.
A real leadership bench.
When senior roles open up, you have internal candidates ready — instead of needing to recruit from outside.
There’s an earlier stage, too.
Your people don’t step into leadership all at once. Someone becomes a supervisor for the first time. Years later, they’re a director translating strategy through other people. Those are two different jobs — and they need two different kinds of development. Confidare now builds for both.
Equip your newer supervisors — Confidare Foundations
For when you’re promoting strong individual contributors into supervision and want to give them the fundamentals of leading people before the gaps cost you. Foundations isn’t generic supervision 101. It’s the Confidare fundamentals, built for real people-leadership from day one.
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A three-month live cohort: Communicate Clearly, Develop Your People, Hold Accountability with Care
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One module a month, plus two live sessions with Sheila each month with small-group practice
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A kick-off session so every participant starts oriented and connected
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A leadership self-assessment at the start and a re-check at the end
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Session recordings in the portal if someone has to miss one
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Low administrative lift: we handle enrollment, the reminder emails, and the live sessions
Investment: $997 per seat, 25% off for Lutheran Services in America member organizations and their staff. Invoicing available. Cohorts begin February 1, May 1, and August 1, 2027.
Not sure which fits which of your people? That’s exactly what the Partner Call is for.
Confidare Foundations
For
New managers & frontline supervisors
The need
The fundamentals of leading people
Format
Live cohort, 3 months
Domains
3 core skills
Live time
2 live sessions/month (~4 hrs)
Proof
Assessment + re-check
Investment
$997/seat
Confidare Cohort
For
Mid-level managers & directors
The need
Depth across the whole middle-seat job
Format
Cohort-paced, 9 months
Domains
All 6 leadership domains
Live time
~3.5 hrs/month, 3 session types
Proof
Capstone reassessment + dev plan
Investment
$1,997/leader
Lutheran Services in America member organizations and their staff receive 25% off both programs. Contact us for the discount code.
Why work with me
I’m Sheila Weber. I’ve spent nearly 30 years in nonprofit and community-driven work — more than a decade of that in executive leadership, including two VP roles where I led statewide programs, managed multimillion-dollar budgets, and oversaw hundreds of staff.
I built Confidare from the gap I lived: the mid-level seat where most leadership development isn’t designed for the actual work. I hold an MSW, an MBA, and am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, with coaching certifications in diversity, positive psychology, and emergent learning.
As a coach, facilitator, and consultant, I’ve partnered with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, StriveTogether, Lutheran Services in America, Future Farmers of America, and hundreds of individual leaders.
GROWING organizations WE’VE HELPED
Sheila’s deep understanding of leadership dynamics and the nonprofit sector, coupled with her strategic vision and empathetic coaching style, has empowered our leadership team to tackle complex challenges with confidence. Her workshops are engaging, practical, and tailored to our unique needs. The coaching and skill-building we’ve received have not only enhanced our leadership capabilities but also strengthened collaboration across our team.
Cheryl Wendt
VP & Chief Development Officer, Lutheran Child & Family Services of Illinois
Working with Sheila Weber has been a transformative experience for our members. Her expertise in systems change has been instrumental in shaping our strategy and driving our success. Sheila’s unwavering commitment to equity sets her apart, as she continually supports professionals on their journey toward equitable outcomes for all. She embodies the essence of a true change agent, offering thought leadership and fostering collaboration that inspires innovation.
Renada Johnson
Senior Director of Children, Youth, and Family Initiatives, Lutheran Services in America
Sheila Weber is an exceptional partner who excels in simplifying complexities that other organizations often make daunting. She has consistently demonstrated her expertise by meeting clients where they are, understanding their unique needs, and collaboratively developing actionable plans that deliver tangible results.
Corey D. Flournoy
Principal, Creative Outreach Consulting
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