Develop greater
choice in how
you lead.
Leadership support for thoughtful, capable leaders who want to understand what shapes how they respond under pressure and develop greater clarity, flexibility, and intention.
Begin with Leading Beyond Survival, an 8-week small-group leadership support experience designed to help you recognize the patterns influencing how you lead and expand your capacity to respond differently when it matters.
When pressure rises, familiar patterns take over.
The same pressure can show up differently in how we lead. Here are a few ways those patterns can show up.
The Responsible One
Someone drops the ball. You pick it up. A deadline is at risk. You step in. Something needs to get done. People know they can count on you. It’s one of the reasons you’ve been successful. It’s also how you can end up carrying far more than you should.
The Harmonizer
You can see both sides. You know how to bring people together. You care about relationships and don’t create conflict unnecessarily. But sometimes keeping the peace means the difficult conversation gets delayed. And what goes unsaid doesn’t necessarily go away.
The Builder
An idea becomes a plan. A problem, something to solve. You create momentum when others are still thinking. But sometimes you move faster than the people, processes or systems around you can absorb. The strength that creates momentum can also create pressure.
YOU KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO LEAD
The harder part is accessing it when the pressure is on.
You know you need to delegate, but when something important is at risk, you step back in.
You know the conversation has to happen, but you keep waiting for the “right” moment.
You want your team to take more ownership, but you’re still carrying the load, solving problems, and making decisions.
These responses may have helped you become the capable, dependable leader you are today.
But under pressure, the same strengths can become automatic patterns that limit how you lead.
The goal isn’t to become a different leader.
It's to understand what happens under pressure.
WHY THIS ISN'T TYPICAL LEADERSHIP SUPPORT
Knowing what to do doesn't always mean you can do it when the pressure is on.
Traditional leadership support often focuses on the present: the challenge you're facing, the goal you're working toward, and the behaviours or strategies that may help you move forward.
That work can be valuable. But knowing you should delegate, set a boundary, have the difficult conversation, or respond differently doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able to access that behaviour when the pressure is on.
My work looks beneath the behaviour to understand what may be shaping it.
Together, we explore:
✓ What gets activated under pressure
✓ The assumptions or patterns influencing your response
✓ What you tend to avoid, take on, or control
✓ How your responses affect the people around you
✓ What your environment may be reinforcing
✓ Where you can create greater choice
This isn't about finding something wrong with the way you lead, it's about understanding more of what is influencing your leadership, so you're not limited to the responses that come most automatically.
LEAD WITH MORE CHOICE WHEN THE PRESSURE IS ON
Leading Beyond Survival
An 8-week small-group leadership support program for capable leaders who know how they want to lead, but find familiar patterns taking over when the pressure is on.
This isn’t about becoming a different kind of leader.
It’s about understanding what happens when leadership gets hard, expanding the capacity you have available in those moments, and developing more choice in how you respond.
THE LEADING BEYOND SURVIVAL™ FRAMEWORK
Understand what shapes how you lead under pressure and expand your capacity to respond with greater choice.
This experience moves through five interconnected areas:
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The Leading Beyond Survival™ Framework is a proprietary leadership support methodology developed by Urban Consciousness Inc.
UNDERSTAND WHAT’S UNDERNEATH
Explore what may be shaping those responses and why awareness alone doesn’t always change them.
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RECOGNIZE THE PATTERN
Notice the familiar leadership responses that emerge when pressure rises.
BUILD CAPACITY UNDER PRESSURE
Create more space between what gets activated and how you respond.
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SEE THE WIDER IMPACT
Understand how your patterns influence relationships, team dynamics and the organizational environment.
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PRACTICE GREATER CHOICE
Apply what you’re learning to real leadership situations and expand the responses available to you when it matters.
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WHAT CHANGES?
Is this program right for you?
Leading Beyond Survival is designed for managers, directors, executives, founders, nonprofit leaders, and other leaders.
THIS MAY BE FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO:
✓ Delegating without immediately taking the responsibility back.
✓ Having the difficult conversation earlier instead of carrying it for weeks.
✓ Setting clearer boundaries without feeling that you're letting people down.
✓ Making decisions without getting stuck in overthinking or needing certainty first.
✓ Recognizing when pressure is shaping your response before it takes over.
✓ Creating more space for other people to take ownership, contribute, and lead.
✓ Recognize when pressure is shaping your response before it takes over.
✓ Have difficult conversations earlier instead of carrying them for weeks.
✓ Delegate without immediately taking the responsibility back.
✓ Set clearer boundaries without feeling that you’re letting people down.
✓ Make decisions without getting stuck in overthinking or needing certainty first.
✓ Create more space for other people to take ownership, contribute, and lead.
✓ Respond to what the situation needs instead of relying on what’s worked before.
✓ Cares deeply about people and wants to lead well.
✓ Is navigating greater responsibility, complexity, conflict, change, or growth.
✓ Is willing to reflect on your own contribution to the dynamics around you.
✓ Wants to understand what’s driving your responses, not just learn another leadership technique.
✓ Is open to learning alongside other leaders.
THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT FIT IF:
You’re primarily looking for quick leadership hacks, a step-by-step formula for managing other people, or someone to tell you exactly what to do. If you aren’t willing to be curious about your own leadership, reflect, and be open to trying something different, Leading Beyond Survival isn’t the right fit.
The goal isn’t to eliminate pressure.
It’s to expand your capacity to lead within it.
AND YOU’RE SOMEONE WHO:
What to Expect
A small-group experience designed to give you space to learn, reflect, practice, and apply what you’re learning to your actual leadership.
8 WEEKS
Time to recognize your patterns, build greater capacity, and practice responding differently in real leadership situations.
4-6 LEADERS
With a maximum of 6 leaders, there’s space for meaningful discussion and individual participation.
WEEKLY 90-MINUTE CALLS
Live virtual sessions combining teaching, discussion, reflection, and practical application.
BETWEEN SESSIONS
Guided reflections to notice your patterns in leadership situations and apply what you're learning as you go.
Upcoming Cohorts
WORKBOOK & RESOURCES
Guided materials to support reflection and help you carry the work beyond the sessions.
1 PRIVATE SESSION
One 60-minute individual session to explore your specific leadership context more deeply.
FALL 2026 COHORT
Waitlist opens: Sept 18
Application window: Oct 2-16
Start Date: October 21
Investment: $2,449
Pay in full or choose a two-payment plan.
Employer reimbursement may be available. Download the reimbursement request form.
1:1 LEADERSHIP SUPPORT
Take what you've learned into the realities of your leadership.
Leading Beyond Survival creates a shared foundation for understanding your leadership patterns and developing greater choice.
For leaders who want to continue the work, 1:1 coaching provides space to apply those insights to your specific role, relationships, decisions, challenges, and organizational context.
This might include navigating:
✓ A new or expanded leadership role
✓ Difficult conversations or relationships
✓ Delegation, accountability, and boundaries
✓ Complex decisions or competing responsibilities
✓ Organizational change or uncertainty
✓ Patterns that continue to surface in your day-to-day leadership
1:1 coaching is available to leaders who have completed Leading Beyond Survival.
LEADERSHIP REFLECTION
Start by understanding what's happening beneath the surface.
A 90-minute Leadership Reflection Session offers a focused opportunity to explore a leadership challenge or pattern you're currently navigating.
Together, we'll look at what tends to happen when pressure rises, what may be influencing your response, how it's affecting your leadership, and where greater awareness or flexibility could make the biggest difference.
You'll leave with a clearer understanding of what may be shaping the challenge and where to focus your development next.
Investment: $270
RHODA LALOG, FOUNDER, URBAN CONSCIOUSNESS
Leadership support that looks beyond the behaviour.
I bring together more than 20 years of leadership and organizational experience with my background in psychotherapy to understand not only how leaders respond under pressure, but also what may be shaping those responses.
My work helps leaders develop greater awareness, capacity and choice in the moments that matter.
Learn More About Rhoda →
Frequently Asked Questions
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Leading Beyond Survival is a leadership development experience. It combines facilitated learning, reflection, practical application and individual support.
While we explore patterns, conditioning and nervous-system responses that can influence how you lead, the purpose is leadership development — not therapy.
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No. The program is designed for people with meaningful leadership responsibility, influence, scope or visibility — including managers, directors, executives, founders and nonprofit leaders.
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Because the group experience and continuity of the eight weeks are important parts of the program, participants are encouraged to attend all sessions.
If you need to miss a session, you’ll still have access to the relevant materials and resources so you can stay connected to the work.
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Leading Beyond Survival is a leadership development experience. It combines facilitated learning, reflection, practical application and individual support.
While we explore patterns, conditioning and nervous-system responses that can influence how you lead, the purpose is leadership development — not therapy.
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No. The program is designed for people with meaningful leadership responsibility, influence, scope or visibility — including managers, directors, executives, founders and nonprofit leaders.
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Because the group experience and continuity of the eight weeks are important parts of the program, participants are encouraged to attend all sessions.
If you need to miss a session, you’ll still have access to the relevant materials and resources so you can stay connected to the work.
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The work between sessions is designed to integrate into your actual leadership rather than create a heavy additional workload.
You’ll be encouraged to spend some time reflecting and practicing what you’re learning as real situations arise throughout your workweek.
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Leading Beyond Survival can be employer-sponsored as a professional leadership development experience.
If your organization requires information to support professional development approval, documentation can be provided.
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Because cohorts are limited to 4–6 leaders, space is intentionally limited. If the upcoming cohort is full, you’ll have the option to be considered for the next available cohort.
LOOKING TO SUPPORT LEADERS WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION?
The individual leader is only one part of the picture.
If the challenge also involves how work is structured — including roles, accountability, processes, governance, people practices or the operating environment — explore Organizational Consulting.
LEADING BEYOND SURVIVAL
You don't need to become a different leader. You need more choice in how you lead.
Join the waitlist for an upcoming Leading Beyond Survival cohort and be the first to know when applications open.