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Better Culture Starts with Better Conversations

The culture of your organization is more powerful than your strategy and more persistent than your vision. It’s the environment that enables performance or undermines it.

Better Conversations Every Day™ (BCE) starts with a simple — yet transformative — premise: that better culture starts with better conversations.

No matter the size of your organization, BCE helps drive business outcomes and create lasting change. Uniquely created for everyone and every single conversation — from the front desk to the corner office — BCE’s impact transcends that of a typical coaching skills program. This scalable, one-day experience creates a common mindset, skillset, and language and equips leaders with the tools to break down communication barriers and bring your business strategy to life.

Everyone wants better outcomes. Build them on a foundation of better conversations.

Here’s what Better Conversations Every Day can do:

• Drive culture change at scale
• Break down silos and communication barriers
• Unlock employee engagement
• Accelerate emotional intelligence at every level
• Address issues with openness and respect
• Transform performance management with everyday conversations that matter
• Ignite a feedback-rich coaching culture

Imagine a workforce with the courage and skill to unearth truth, grapple with difficult issues, unlock collaboration, and create a liberating space for discovery and action — in real-time, while doing real work.

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Equip people at all levels of the organization to master the fundamentals of leadership.

Lead 4 Success® moves leaders from average to high-performing by developing the 4 fundamental leadership skills — self-awareness, learning agility, influence, and communication — that leaders at any level need to master for success.

The importance of developing fundamental leadership skills cannot be understated. No matter their intelligence, experience, or drive, leaders at every level need the same 4 core skills to be effective and grow within an organization. 

• Self-awareness: Understand your behavior’s impact on organizational outcomes
• Communication: Effectively communicate goals and inspire trust
• Influence: Be comfortable persuading, promoting, and delegating
• Learning agility: Know when to change course, and help others to do so

The Fundamental 4 have endured the test of time, and are the basis for our Lead 4 Success® program, where participants immerse themselves in development, adapt these skills to their own leadership contexts, participate with peers in learning, and share ideas to apply to their leadership lessons to their real world. 

Time: 8:30 am-4:30 pm

Dates: January 23, 2026, February 20, March 27, April 17, and May 8

Meals included: breakfast, lunch and refreshments

Inspire teams, drive innovation, and lead with impact in this unique program.

The Women’s Leadership Initiative at Furman offers a unique opportunity for individuals to further develop their leadership skills, broaden their awareness of emerging issues, and expand their professional network.

Program Overview:

Module 1: Self-Awareness for Leaders

This module will help you better understand your unique strengths, the core values that drive you, and the challenges that you may encounter on your leadership journey. 

Module 2: Communication for Leaders

Communication is an essential skill for all leaders. In this module, you will develop skills for conveying your vision and strategy to those around you. Learn storytelling techniques for both in-person and digital communication, while developing your unique leadership story.

Module 3: Leading Teams

Leading successful teams is one of the greatest challenges for all leaders. This module will build your tool kit for having crucial conversations that can unlock greatness in those you lead. Develop your awareness of the formal and informal power structures to deliver important wins for your team. Learn the impact that mentorship and sponsorship can have on the development and retention of high performers.

Module 4: Innovative Leadership

Innovation is a mantra of the modern business world. This module will teach you the skills and mindset of an entrepreneur to drive a culture of innovation at your organization. You will learn design thinking strategies, better understand organizational behavior, and develop skills to be a more adaptive leader. 

Program Takeaways:

• Personalized CliftonStrengths for Leaders report
• A fully developed leadership story pitch
• Individualized leadership development plan
• Three follow-up 1-on-1 virtual coaching sessions
• Connection to a growing network of leaders

Who should participate in this program?

Individuals at all levels of leadership aspiring to be more effective and impactful leaders.

Scholarship Application Available here, all scholarships will be evaluated after the deadline of 9 am EST December 19, 2025. Learn more from our full website.

20% discount for current representatives of non-profit and government organizations, email cil@furman.edu for more information and how to utilize the discount. If interested in paying via check or invoice, please email us.

Unlock your potential as an innovative leader within your organization by earning the Intrapreneurial Professional Certificate. This 8-week program is designed for professionals eager to cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset within their existing corporate environment. Through a blend of theory, hands-on exercises, and collaborative workshops, participants will learn the essential skills needed to drive innovation, lead impactful projects, and foster a culture of creativity and growth.

Key topics include:

• Identifying and nurturing new business opportunities
• Leading innovative projects from concept to execution
• Design thinking, lean startup and Agile management techniques
• Building stakeholder support and navigating corporate structures
• Measuring and scaling innovative initiatives

By the end of the course, participants will have developed an intrapreneurial project with focused strategies for growth, positioning themselves as drivers of change in their organizations.

This course is ideal for mid- to senior-level professionals who are ready to advance their skills in innovation, leadership, and strategic thinking. 

Project Presentation and Graduation held on May 19, 2026.

Learn more from our website here.

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Better Culture Starts with Better Conversations

The culture of your organization is more powerful than your strategy and more persistent than your vision. It’s the environment that enables performance or undermines it.

Better Conversations Every Day™ (BCE) starts with a simple — yet transformative — premise: that better culture starts with better conversations.

No matter the size of your organization, BCE helps drive business outcomes and create lasting change. Uniquely created for everyone and every single conversation — from the front desk to the corner office — BCE’s impact transcends that of a typical coaching skills program. This scalable, one-day experience creates a common mindset, skillset, and language and equips leaders with the tools to break down communication barriers and bring your business strategy to life.

Everyone wants better outcomes. Build them on a foundation of better conversations.

Here’s what Better Conversations Every Day can do:

• Drive culture change at scale
• Break down silos and communication barriers
• Unlock employee engagement
• Accelerate emotional intelligence at every level
• Address issues with openness and respect
• Transform performance management with everyday conversations that matter
• Ignite a feedback-rich coaching culture

Imagine a workforce with the courage and skill to unearth truth, grapple with difficult issues, unlock collaboration, and create a liberating space for discovery and action — in real-time, while doing real work.

Unlock new career opportunities with Coursera Career Academy, offering industry-recognized certificates from top companies like Google, IBM, and Meta. Gain in-demand skills, hands-on experience, and job-ready credentials to advance or pivot your career—no prior experience required. Start learning today and take the next step toward your professional goals!

Licenses are good for 6 months, available for renewal.

After registering additional information will be sent for how to access your account.

Note: If you are registering through Flywheel Coworking or as current Furman University faculty or staff, please contact a member from your organization for the exclusive promotional code.

This Coaching Experience is available only to members of the Upstate Schools Consortium. If you are not a member, you will be refunded and removed from the class. Thank you for your understanding.

Book an HBDI® Discovery Experience to take the highly validated Herrmann Brain Dominance Inventory, then have a personally curated one-one-one Zoom coaching session with Cynthia Radford, Master HBDI Facilitator. The neuroscience-based HBDI® bridges the gap between how you teach and how your students learn.

You’ll also score a suite of customized desktop and mobile apps with strategies for coping with pressure, communication, problem-solving, and decision making.

It demystifies why you click right away with some people in your life - including students and colleagues - while others, well not so much. Your HBDI survey results will help you pinpoint and stretch beyond your natural preferences to resonate more powerfully with all learners.

After registration, you will receive communication for scheduling both your Herrmann Brain Dominance Inventory and personal coaching Zoom session with Master HBDI Facilitator Cynthia Radford.

Learn key concepts and processes involved in software development for UX Designers. Build better relationships with developers on your team, create smarter designs with a deeper understanding of technical constraints, and understand the concepts behind coding without needing to code.

Module 1: The software landscape

• Understand the relationship between hardware and software.

Module 2: Layers of software

• Dig into each layer of the tech stack, from the front-end to the back-end.

Module 3: Front-end technologies

• Get up to speed on the roles of HTML, CSS and Javascript.

Module 4: Back-end technologies

• Explore the back-end, APIs and common programming languages.

Module 5: How developers work

• Learn about common development workflows, from waterfall to agile.

Module 6: Effective collaboration

• Get practical guidance on how to work well with development teams.