Leadership Accelerator: Practical Tools for Leading Teams
Cody Wright
Apple University | 20+ yrs Leadership
Clare Gobel
Rethink Skills Founder | Startup HR Exec
Practical tools for leading teams, applied in real time
You were promoted because you're good at the work. Now you’re expected to lead others, clarify expectations, build trust, manage performance, and deliver results, often without clear guidance or time to figure it out.
Most leadership programs explain what good leadership looks like. They don’t show you how to lead in the conditions you’re actually working in.
Leadership Accelerator helps you move from doing the work yourself to leading the work through others. You’ll use practical, people-first tools and apply them directly to your actual team each week.
This program is for people managers who:
👉 Feel stuck as the primary doer
👉 Want clearer expectations and better follow-through
👉 Care about both people and performance
👉 Want tools they can actually use
How it works:
☑️ 12 weeks. Two live sessions per week (kickoff + reflection)
☑️ Real work, not simulations. Apply the tools to your actual team
☑️ Cohort support. Learn with peers with similar leadership challenges
☑️ Behavior change over theory. Practice, reflect, adjust, and repeat
By the end of the Accelerator, you’ll have a repeatable set of leadership tools, and the confidence that comes from using them in practice.
What you’ll learn
Redefine your role as a leader and learn practical, people-first tools to create clarity, accountability, and empowered teams.
Shift from doing the work yourself to leading through clarity, focus, and shared ownership
Learn how leaders create impact by enabling others, not by over-functioning
Gain confidence in where to spend your time and energy as a people leader
Define roles, expectations, and priorities so your team knows what success looks like
Learn how to communicate clearly while maintaining trust and autonomy
Reduce confusion, rework, and frustration through better definition of the work
Learn how to support accountability without fear, pressure, or constant oversight
Practice people-first approaches that balance empathy with performance
Create conditions where your team takes ownership and follows through
Practice applying concepts directly to your real team and challenges each week
Learn through reflection, peer discussion, and real-world experimentation
Leave each session with a clear action you can implement right away
Who this course is for
Managers stuck in the work
You lead a team but still do too much yourself. You want clarity, focus, and a healthier team dynamic.
Newer managers
You’ve stepped into a leadership role and want to do it well, but most guidance feels vague, outdated, or overly corporate.
Leaders preparing for growth
You lead a team and want practical tools to build trust, accountability, and momentum as your scope grows.
Prerequisites
People Manager
Best for current people managers. Weekly projects involve working directly with your team.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Cody Wright & Clare Gobel in a real-time, interactive format.
Practical weekly assignments
Apply each concept directly to your team with focused, real-world exercises between sessions.
Leadership tools & frameworks
Clear, usable frameworks for defining work, setting expectations, and leading through others.
Cohort support
Learn alongside a small cohort of peers facing similar leadership challenges.
Real-time feedback & reflection
Get feedback, reflect on what worked, and refine your approach as you go.
Behavior change, not just knowledge
Designed to create lasting changes in how you lead, not just new ideas to think about.
Maven Guarantee
Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.
Course syllabus
24 live sessions • 26 lessons
Week 1
📝 Prework: Redefine Your Role As A Leader
Apr
7
🚀 ACCELERATOR – Weekly Kickoff: Redefine Your Role as a Leader
📝 Week 1 Assignment
🔎 Going Deeper
Apr
10
🚀 ACCELERATOR – Share & Reflect
Week 2
📝 Prework: Actionable Management: Part 1
Apr
14
🚀 ACCELERATOR – Weekly Kickoff: Actionable Management Part 1
📝 Week 2 Assignment
🔎 Going Deeper
Apr
17
🚀 ACCELERATOR – Share & Reflect
Free resource
Why Your Leadership Efforts Aren't Paying Off: How to Fix It
Clarify the work so others can deliver on it.
Define what truly matters, what’s non-negotiable, and where you can let go so you stop being the bottleneck.
Align expectations without micromanaging
Learn how to make “what done looks like” explicit, reducing friction and rework while preserving trust.
Provide the right support at the right time
Use a simple framework to decide how to support your team when things feel stuck.
Turn insight into immediate action
You’ll leave with a leadership action you can take to improve the situation you identified at the start of the session.
Schedule
Live sessions
2 hrs / week
Each week begins with a one-hour session to set context and prepare for the focus ahead, and closes with a one-hour session to reflect, calibrate, and discuss how things played out in practice.
Tue, Apr 7
4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Fri, Apr 10
4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Apr 14
4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Projects
1-3 hrs / week
Projects emphasize real-world application through reflection, planning, and intentional conversations with your team. Time will vary by role, and much of this work integrates into your existing responsibilities.
Async content
1 hr / week
Async content is intentionally lightweight and optional, designed to support reflection, coordination, and continued momentum between live sessions. Participants may also choose to meet in small sub-cohorts for accountability, collaboration, and feedback.
Frequently asked questions
$1,750
USD
5 days left to enroll