Leadership Straight Up

“This program helped me build fntastic relationships, greater focus and get connected with my essense. I now know what I want to do and why and how to use my strengths to connect with others and help them to be better too.”
– Ashleigh Murray

“I gained confidence and I learned that what I have to say does matter. I learned leadership is learning to do what’s best for you while also providing that safe space with the people that you are leading”

– Jessika Martinez

“I loved diving into the different coaching pieces and styles and learning to tweak your style to each team member. I like having these different tools in my tool box.”
– Kelly Day

“Leadership Straight Up taught me to think deeper when it comes to having tough conversations.”

– Kristian Branson

“With Leadership Straight Up, I gained more confidence, before the course I was going off of intuition and going what I thought was right. Leadership Straight Up was a great sounding board to be able to talk about different issues in leadership. Now I really feel confident in what I’m doing.”

– Mary Kennedy

“In this program I gained confidence in myself and my management skills, made connections with other managers and learned how to have tough conversations.”

– Mikayla Miller

“Leadership Straight Up gave me a chance to listen to other people in our sessions and see opportunities for improvement in my own leadership.”

– Susan McManus

“This program gave me a new sense of confidence with the skills I’ve learned. I’ve enjoyed seeing other people’s ideas showed me multiple ways of looking at things.”
– Tara-Marie Fuller

“This program helped me more comfortable being more vulnerable with others, and I learned to structure my one-on-ones better. I also enjoyed hearing from other departments so we can give each other guidance and help each other out.”
– Tiffany LaRocco

“I came into this program with a good idea of what leadership is, but through this course I really added to that. I learned a lot about making meaningful connections, compassion, and empathy.”
– Abrann Salvador

“I learned how to communicate better with my team and gained the confidence I needed to be able to be a great communicator.”

– Alexa Stykel

“This class taught me how to tap into my skills more and overcome imposter syndrome.”

– Amanda Sullivan

“Over time, this course encouraged us to be comfortable with being uncomfortable in the online class. After a lot of practice I can say that I am no longer uncomfortable in this setting anymore.” 
– Cindy Cook

“Leadership Straight Up helped me gain helpful tools for myself, my team and I got tocollaborate with my colleagues which is great.”

– Destiny Ewing

In Leadership Straight Up I learned a lot about what I could do to improve my leadership skills, I was also able to improve my 1-on-1’s and my ability to have tougher conversations. Theres a lot you can learn in this program!
– Fidel Estrella

“This program gave me confidence. As this program breaks down how to be a great leader, it built my confidence and it’s brought me to a great place.” 
– Mary Friedmann

“I learned a different approach to leadership than the prior leadership classes I’ve taken. What I enjoyed most was the class on emotions that taught me how to help create a more engaged team member by approaching emotional conversations in a new way.”

– Vanessa Downey

“What’s helped me the most is learning more about the different departments and being able to overcome the day-to-day hiccups due to the relationships we have been able to build.”
– Sage Luce

“In this program, I’ve learned that being open, more vulnerable, and more empathetic creates more connection and receptiveness from the people around you. I’m glad I learned that I can be a unique leader because that’s not something we’re traditionally taught”
– Stephanie Chu

“Leadership Straight Up taught me about myself and get clear on the things I care about. I would recommend this class to people who want to step into a leadership role.”

– Amanda Chamberlain

“This helped me reshape what I think a leader is, how I see myself being a leader, how to hold others and myself accountable, and how to ask great questions. Whether you desire to be a leader or not, you can still get a lot out of this class.”
– Cassie Hale

“I would highly recommend this to someone who hasn’t been a leader and to someone who has been a leader.”

– Jeanna Baker

“Leadership Straight Up taught me to be a better leader by coaching my team, my direct reports and anyone at HOST. I’ve learned to do this through caring and providing communication and holding myself and my direct reports accountable.”

– Katherine Klicpera

“This program gave me insight and
feedback from people across departments. I highly suggest taking this class if you are an active leader or want to become one.” 

– Kim Yap

“With Leadership Straight Up I was able to empower my team and was able to apply what I was learning right away.”

– Lindsie Ellis

“I learned how to have really tough conversations!”

– Stephanie Lumintaintang

“I learned that there is not one formula to be a great leader. With the tools in this class, I was able to find out what type of leader I was.” 

– Moriah Ferrer