Middle Manager
Mastery (M³)
Senior Leaders:
Focus on Strategy. Empower Teams. Achieve Success.
Delegate with Confidence
We help senior leaders overcome key leadership obstacles:
Our mission? Empower leaders to drive strategic growth and achieve measurable business impact.
The Costly Ripple of Poor Leadership
The Problem:
Executives spend over 40% of their time managing middle manager bottlenecks.
Middle managers influence approx. 22% of revenue variation, yet their demanding role often results in stress, burnout, and performance issues.
These challenges ripple across the organization, driving turnover, instability, and disengagement – jeopardizing succession and long-term success.
Without the right tools, managers struggle to lead effectively, leaving senior leaders stuck micromanaging instead of driving growth and innovation.
Unlocking Middle Manager Potential
Our Solution:
By transforming middle managers from reactive firefighters into proactive, results-driven leaders, we enable executives to prioritize the high-impact initiatives that matter most.
Three Critical Performance Gaps:
- Decision bottlenecks to decisive action.
- Instead of delays and hesitation, impactful leaders make timely, confident decisions that seize opportunities, resolve issues, and drive project momentum.
- Competing priorities align with strategic focus.
- Juggling multiple demands transforms into clarity and purpose as managers connect daily tasks to overarching strategic goals, ensuring meaningful progress.
- Communication breakdowns into seamless collaboration.
- Unclear instructions and misunderstandings give way to open dialogue, clear expectations, and trust-driven teamwork, fostering alignment and efficiency.
Ineffective Manager Training
We get it – developing effective leaders is no easy feat. Traditional training programs often fail to deliver lasting change, draining valuable resources without tangible results. They often overpromise, underdeliver on practical application, and lack a clear, credible ROI.
Research reveals that 70% of change initiatives fail, leaving leaders feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and uncertain about the path forward.
Redefining Leadership Development
The ultimate goal of any corporate learning is simple: to drive meaningful change.
We are not just here to deliver content; we’re here to create tangible outcomes – outcomes that wouldn’t happen otherwise or would take far longer than desired. With our proven system, we make change happen quickly, reliably and consistently.
Our program design principles deliver 12% higher participant adoption and 44% greater business impact than traditional programs.
Let's break barriers, drive lasting change, and deliver impact together.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who do you work with?
- We LOVE working with women in leadership.
- Companies navigating growth, mergers, or acquisitions.
- Senior leaders solving talent attraction & retention issues or scaling operations.
- Small to mid-sized private organizations with 100-300 employees who operate regionally or nationally with multiple divisions and locations.
do you offer customized programs?
- Program Design Blueprint is the result of a tailored discovery process aimed at addressing your organization’s unique leadership challenges.
where & How is it delivered?
- All sessions can be conducted virtually.
- In-person sessions are offered around the globe.
- Our home base is in Alberta, Canada.
2 Ways to Experience 'Elevate Leadership'
Experience NexLEVEL Leadership
with leaders from your organization,
and enjoy the flexibility of choosing
dates and workshop cadence.
In-person and virtual options are available.
Experience NexLEVEL Leadership
alongside leaders from other organizations
in varied industries and benefit from the diversity of
thought, background, and perspectives.
Hosted virtually.
Transformational content
Self Mastery:
Leading from Within
Understand the foundational elements of leadership and how they manifest from within.
Explore the five aspects of leadership (vision, values, mindset, emotions, and purpose) and their influence on
leadership effectiveness.
Emotional Intelligence:
Cultivating Positivity
Develop emotional intelligence to overcome inner barriers and lead with greater impact.
Identify and manage the Inner Critic, understand its impact on leadership, and leverage positive intelligence for enhanced leadership effectiveness.
Communication Mastery: Effective Feedback
Cultivate a feedback-rich environment by mastering the art of delivering constructive feedback.
Embrace courageous conversations, understand the feedback process, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Flexibility & Adaptability:
Situational Leadership
Understand different leadership styles & learn to adapt leadership approaches to meet the needs of diverse situations.
Explore the Situational Leadership model & application in adjusting leadership styles based on team members’ readiness & competence.
Roles & Expectations:
Creating Accountability
Foster a culture of accountability and drive high performance within teams.
Learn strategies for setting clear expectations, providing support, and holding team members accountable for their actions
and results.
Empowerment & Growth:
The Coach Approach
Develop coaching skills to empower team members, foster growth, and drive results.
Understand the principles of coaching, active listening, and powerful questioning techniques to support individuals in unlocking their potential.
Leadership
playshop
Immerses participants in dynamic simulations and scenarios to strengthen team leadership skills.
Through interactive and
hands-on activities, leaders gain practical experience and insights to guide their teams toward success effectively.
Habit
Builder
Provides participants with the tools to make change happen once sessions are complete.
Our smart technology ensures the insights from sessions are applied, not just remembered. By cultivating effective habits, participants create a foundation for sustained success.
Middle Manager Mastery is a Joint Initiative
Learn more about these powerful women
Tara-Lee Goerlitz
Tara-Lee is passionate about helping leaders remove barriers and adept at inspiring change. Her goal is to create an environment where teams can thrive and seamlessly achieve their strategic goals.
In today’s complex world, too few businesses achieve the goals
they aspire to, and the work process is fraught with frustration
and dysfunction. Tara-Lee is motivated to elevate workplaces
where people feel valued, experience fulfillment, and achieve their full potential.
For Tara-Lee, authentic leadership is not just learning about being a better leader but walking the talk and implementing strategies that drive real change. Her expertise is crafting experiences that deliver tangible results. She tailors her programs to meet each organization’s unique needs, ensuring the solutions are relevant and impactful.
With 15 years in team and leadership development, Tara-Lee has developed a keen insight into the challenges faced by modern leaders. She is dedicated to empowering leaders with the tools and skills to navigate these challenges effectively.
Tara-Lee’s passion for people and organizational success is reflected in her work and her ability to engage with others. Whether speaking, facilitating, consulting, or coaching, she connects with others on a meaningful level, inspiring them to reach beyond their current abilities and envision new possibilities for themselves and their teams.
Lindsay White
Lindsay is a sought-after executive coach, people operations expert, speaker, facilitator, and podcaster who believes that every business deserves three things: great leadership, an impactful people strategy, and an inspiring culture.
First and foremost, Lindsay is passionate about guiding business leaders at all levels in creating a leadership style that is authentic and grounded in their own values and purpose. Her powerful coaching style leverages her extensive background coaching senior leaders, executives and entrepreneurs as they develop and embrace their personal leadership practice.
Lindsay also utilizes her 15 years in strategic talent management to guide these incredible leaders in creating inclusive cultures and developing the people strategy that is often missing from their business plans. Knowing when amazing teams are connected by purpose, programs and processes that inspire, they create amazing results.
As an entrepreneur, working Mom, and first-time Grandmother, Lindsay knows that the blend between work and life can be complex. That’s why she loves to coach and guide leaders as they navigate their leadership journey and create the work & life blend they long for. Her focus on people strategy, team engagement, communication and leadership development all help her clients drive their business goals while creating work environments where everyone feels like they belong.