Take the Leap! Mentorship Certification

For Professionals and Leaders

A pilot experience exclusively for Take the Leap! alumni, Leapsters!

Live virtual certification sessions

October 17, 24 and 31, 2026

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET

Three monthly application circles will follow.

You already support people through important conversations, perhaps now is time to be certified in purpose-driven conversations.

📌 A colleague or direct report may have tremendous potential but cannot yet see it in herself.

📌 A coachee may bring experience and integrity yet struggle to articulate the value needed to reach the next level.

📌A young adult may have a bright future while feeling uncertain about the next step.

What if you could use a familiar Take the Leap! framework to help each person recognize what matters, reconnect with personal value and move forward with greater intention?

The Take the Leap! Mentorship Certification equips experienced Leapsters to lead Take the Leap! Purpose-Driven Conversations within their existing professional relationships.

The experience is designed for Leapsters working as:

• Project managers and team leads

• Career, leadership or business coaches

• Advisors, mentors and facilitators

• Consultants and people-development professionals

• Managers supporting employees and direct reports

• Educators guiding students or emerging professionals

The certification will help you enhance the impact you already offer the people in your care.

What is a Take the Leap! Purpose-Driven Conversation?

A Take the Leap! Purpose-Driven Conversation is a structured leadership conversation that helps another person develop self-awareness, recognize personal value and translate insight into meaningful action.

Using the Take the Leap! Conversation Framework, a conversation guide and participant worksheets, you will learn how to guide reflection while allowing the other person to discover and name what is most meaningful.

You might use the framework with:

• A high-potential employee who is ready for greater responsibility but does not recognize her own leadership capacity

• A mentee who brings experience and integrity but needs greater clarity about their value before pursuing the next level

• A young adult who needs a grounded way to explore possibilities and choose a next step

• A colleague navigating a role transition or questioning professional direction

• A direct report preparing for a development conversation, promotion or new opportunity

• A client who wants to connect strengths and lived experience with a more purposeful future

• A direct report who is struggling to stay motivated in the face of disruption

By the end of the certification, you will be able to:

• Lead a complete purpose-driven conversation using the Take the Leap! Conversation Framework

• Use the conversation guide and worksheet confidently within your current professional practice

• Ask questions that encourage reflection, personal ownership and forward movement

• Help another person recognize strengths, experience and value that may currently be overlooked

• Adapt the framework for conversations with colleagues, employees, clients or young adults

• Maintain appropriate boundaries between leadership conversations, advising and coaching

• Document how the framework was used and identify the results observed

• Learn from a community of Leapsters applying the framework in different professional settings

People leaders are often close enough to recognize another person’s potential before that person can see it.

The Take the Leap! Mentorship Certification gives Leapsters a practical framework for turning everyday leadership conversations into opportunities for self-discovery, renewed confidence and meaningful action.

What each session will cover

Session 1: Lead with Purpose

Saturday, October 17 | 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET

We will introduce the purpose and principles of a Take the Leap! Purpose-Driven Conversation.

You will:

• Explore the role of purposeful conversation in career and leadership development

• Learn the Take the Leap! Conversation Framework

• Become familiar with the conversation guide and worksheet

• Identify situations in your existing role where the framework could be valuable

• Observe how the framework supports self-awareness and recognition of personal value

Session 2: Practice the Conversation

Saturday, October 24 | 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET

We will move from understanding the framework to facilitating a guided conversation.

You will:

• Observe a facilitated TTL! conversation

• Practice using the guide with another Leapster

• Develop purposeful questions and follow-up prompts

• Learn how to listen for strengths, patterns and possibilities

• Receive feedback on your presence and use of the framework

• Consider adaptations for workplace, advisory and coaching contexts

  
  

Session 3: Activate Meaningful Action

Saturday, October 31 | 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET

We will focus on helping the person translate insight into a personally meaningful next step.

You will:

• Lead a practice conversation using the complete framework

• Help the person articulate insights and identify an intentional action

• Explore common facilitation challenges

• Strengthen your ability to remain supportive without directing the person’s choices

• Prepare your application plan for the following three months

• Learn how to document your conversations and observed outcomes

Applied Certification Requirement

Learning continues after the three October sessions.

Participants will be required to conduct and document 8 to 10 Take the Leap! Purpose-Driven Conversations. For each conversation, participants will submit a brief reflection describing:

• The context and purpose of the conversation

• How the 4Ps Conversation Framework was used

• Insights or shifts that emerged

• Any action identified by the person

• Lessons that will inform future conversations

Participant reflections must protect the privacy of the people involved. Names and identifying information should not be included without permission.

With the permission of the person involved, Sonia will join one selected conversation as a co-facilitator. The experience will provide personalized support and developmental feedback as you apply the framework.

Three Monthly Application Circles

The cohort will meet once a month for three additional months following the October training.

The 60-min application circles will create space to:

• Share lessons from real conversations

• Explore questions or challenges

• Receive peer and facilitator support

• Strengthen the thoughtful application of the framework

• Learn how other Leapsters are integrating purpose-driven conversations into their roles

• Recognize growth and emerging impact

Dates for the three monthly application circles will be confirmed with the pilot cohort.

Pilot investment: Pay What You Can

The regular value of the complete certification experience is $988 CAD.

As a founding pilot exclusively for Leapsters!, this experience is being offered on a pay-what-you-can basis for self-funded Leapsters.

Participants whose employers provide professional-development funding are invited to register at the employer-sponsored pilot rate of $988 CAD.

Every eligible participant will receive the complete certification experience, regardless of the contribution selected. Your contribution helps support the development of the certification and future opportunities for Leapsters to extend Take the Leap!’s impact within their workplaces and communities.

Once your registration is received, we will schedule a call to discuss next steps and payment arrangement.

What is included

• Nine hours of live training

• Three 60-min monthly application circles

• The proprietary Take the Leap! Conversation Framework

• Participant guides and worksheets

• Practice with developmental feedback

• Review of 8 to 10 documented applications

• Sonia’s participation in one conversation per participant

• Final certification assessment

  
  

This pilot may be right for you if:

• You have completed a Take the Leap! Experience

• Your current role involves supporting the development of other people

• You want to integrate a purpose-driven framework into conversations you already lead

• You are prepared to attend all three October sessions

• You can apply the framework in 8 to 10 conversations following the training

• You are willing to reflect on your practice and participate in three monthly application circles

• You want to extend the value of your Take the Leap! experience to people within your sphere of influence

• You are willing to help us demonstrate the value of the TTL! Conversation Framework to your network, employer network, and community-based organizations.

Extend the Impact of your Leap

The insights and tools you gained through Take the Leap! can now help another person see what may be difficult to see alone.

Join this pilot cohort and become certified to lead Take the Leap! Purpose-Driven Conversations as part of the leadership, guidance or coaching you already provide.

Space is limited to eligible Take the Leap! alumni.

Register to express your interest and select your pay-what-you-can contribution.