Catalyst is a virtual leadership experience that is successful in preparing top global talent for greater levels of leadership in work and everyday life.
This leadership development journey supports career advancement, increased confidence and personal authenticity, refinement of leadership identity, and deep connections to peers across the globe.
Each participant will have the support of a sponsor within their organization. A sponsor can be identified as someone who is at least 2 levels above them; offering guidance, advocacy, and deep commitment to their learning to propel their career forward and offer opportunities that they would not otherwise receive.
What Leaders are Saying
Program Objectives
Our ethos for development is to lead with connection and an emphasis on our shared humanity,
creating a sustainable ecosystem of belonging, support, and opportunity
that continues well beyond the Catalyst journey.
Who Is A Good Match for Catalyst?
Top talent individual contributors, people & project managers, mid-level and senior executives looking to:
- shape their career journey with more clarity and intention
- hone the skills necessary to be more impactful and influential
- amplify their voice and visibility
- increase their social capital & network within and outside of their organization
- enjoy better relationships with peers and managers
- develop a strong leadership identity within a community of powerful, supportive people championing their success.
With Catalyst, you will:
– 1 –
Develop a clear sense of your unique purpose and leadership identity.
– 2 –
Accelerate your competitive edge, growth, and innovation.
– 3 –
Elevate your visibility within your team and organization.
– 4 –
Develop your career through peer mentoring.
– 5 –
Involve higher level executives as allies for your leadership development.
– 6 –
Step into greater positions of leadership in a way that is powerful and authentic.
It's not enough to instill the "right" skills. People become leaders by internalizing a leadership identity and developing a sense of purpose.
- Harvard Business Review
Amber Austin
Customer Care Center Operations Manager
Jody Stockford
Print & Supplies Channel Sales Manager
Mauricio Castillo Solis
Customer Success Manager
Shennon Ho
Head of Marketing
Paula Comes Ahedo
LF Strategy, Customer Experience and Design & PMO Director
Sandy Waller
Global Head, HP Marketing Strategic Planning, Operations and MarTech
M. Angeles Martinez
Category Support Manager, Customer Support and Services Delivery
Susanne Rodriguez
Chief Marketing Officer at Auvik
Aparna Vasudevan
Vice President, Sourcing at Custom Ink
Sponsors
Power Circles
Participants join a circle of 6 peers (of varied levels and regions) who are dedicated to each other’s thriving and growth. Circles are facilitated by an Emerging Human coach who works with each participant, and with the circle as a whole, supporting them to show up powerfully and authentically in work and life. Participants also practice coaching and mentoring skills as they support other circle members to rise.
Development Plan
Participants identify their career aspirations, current skills, and where they want to grow and develop. With the support of their sponsor and Power Circle, each participant will develop a plan to evolve their career in a way that best reflects their unique gifts and desires.
Practices & Tools
Each month participants receive content (videos, written materials, thought-provoking questions), tools, research and resources to support the monthly themes. They also receive follow up conversation guides and practices to engage with a rotating partner from their circle, and take their learning deeper throughout the month. Meetings with sponsors and direct managers are structured through in-depth monthly guides. This is a deep dive into self-discovery that creates real change through experience and practice over time.
Networking
Participants will be connected to the larger Catalyst cohort as well as to a strong alumni group of past Catalyst graduates. As our graduates advance in their careers, the connections they make continue to have ripple effects for many years into the future – and many go on to become Catalyst sponsors! Participants will also learn how to leverage networking skills learned throughout the Catalyst journey.
Manager Support
Managers of the participants have endorsed and approved of their top talent’s participation in this program. They are aware of the commitment needed for Catalyst and we honor their support of each participant. Participants are guided to maximize their relationship with their manager and update them at key points during the program.
Virtual All-Cohort Events
All participants are invited to several virtual events intended to make connections among the larger Catalyst cohort. Guest speakers, presentations and practices led by Emerging Human facilitators, connection-oriented learning, celebrating wins, and facing current challenges head-on will all be part of these experiences.
Virtual Immersions
Two-day deep dives target advanced learning into leadership topics such as Courageous Conversations, Radiant Leadership, and Presence with Influence. These immersions bring regions together for a more intimate experience to create even more relationships as we grow through the Catalyst experience.
Themes
Transformational themes are explored through the current landscape of each participant’s work and life environment. Topics such as Leadership Identity, Playing Big, Being a Culture Multiplier, and Owning Your Voice (to name a few) come alive through the real experiences of the participants. Witnessing how other participants relate to and experience the themes provides a variety of perspective and wisdom that is invaluable.
Our Measured Results
as a leader
98%
report the ability to express themselves more authentically
Guides and Materials
- Monthly Theme Content
- Power Circle Prep Guides
- Sponsor + Manager Meeting Guides
- 1-1 Circle Partner Check-in
- Reflections
Commitment
This monthly experience allows for minimal short-term schedule impact, deeper transformation over time, and increased connection and bonds with Circle members and the sponsor.
- Pre-Circle preparation (.5–1 hr)
- Facilitated monthly virtual video Circle meetings with 6 peers (2.5 hrs)
- 1-1 connection and reflection in between meetings (.5 hrs)
- Monthly meetings with sponsor (1 hr)
- Periodic meetings with direct manager (1 hr x 3)
- All-cohort events (1.5 hrs x 2)
- Virtual immersion workshops (a few hours throughout the journey)
Investment
The total investment for the 9 month experience is $3950 when you pay in full or split into 3 payments of $1350.
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Catalyst Curriculum Schedule
Join Emerging Women CEO Chantal Pierrat and all the rest of your fellow participants for a 60-minute call to enter this powerful container of practice and growth.
In this theme, you will reflect on and tell your story, which is a critical stage on your journey, and creates a foundation for connection to your circle members.
Catalyst Leaders know how to use their own personal story to leverage success and connection both in their personal and professional life.
Powerful storytelling will help you rally the team behind an initiative, win clients, and woo partners. It will help you connect with your community, have greater leadership expression, and encourage authentic sharing.
Expect to feel empowered and emboldened, with the push you need to more intentionally create your future story.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
“Making it” is no longer just about traditional outcomes related to money, material goods, and reaching goals that are chosen for you by society or your family. It means doing work that matters and doing it in a way that supports your intentions for your life.
In this theme, you will rethink your definition of success to better align with your truth and thereby take the cap off of what you think is possible.
You will cultivate a level of awareness and identify powerful intentions that will support and guide you as you build your vision for doing the work that matters most to you.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
In this theme, we’ll explore your Native Genius©, the actions you’re good at doing and that you also LOVE to do. You’ll be able to more clearly see that your biggest impact is leveraged in that zone. This will help pull you out of burnout and feeling like you are not enough, into a more collaborative space that will put you in the mindset to live the truth of who you are and be successful doing it! This theme takes radical authenticity into your work-life and helps you uncover and apply your native gifts to make a significant impact in whatever areas you touch.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
In this theme, you will discover any blocks that keep you from declaring yourself and showing up as the leader you already are. You will explore your leadership influences and identify the unique qualities you bring to leadership. What gets lost when you’re not in the room? How do you stand out and shine as a leader? You will identify the steps you want to take to become more known and visible as the kind of leader you most want to be.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
This 90-minute experience will be led by Chantal Pierrat and brings together the entire cohort of participants going through the experience. With plenty of time for group interactions and small breakouts, you will form wider connections with others outside your circle. You will utilize tools to help you get clear on your vision and what seeing progress on this vision will do for you.
This Participant Event will meet on Zoom for 90 minutes.
Emotional intelligence is about perceiving, understanding, and managing the emotions that come up for yourself and others.
Emotional intelligence is also the single biggest predictor of leadership and life success.
In this theme, you will spend time exploring your emotional landscape so that you can better handle stress and overwhelm; stay connected to yourself and your vision; and relate, motivate, and empathize with your key supporters.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
Owning your voice starts with discovering your relationship to your voice — where you feel comfortable to speak freely and where you hold back.
With that as a foundation, you’ll explore how to ask for others’ perspectives, for help, and for what you want and need.
Then you’ll get comfortable with having difficult conversations that are completely honest, respectful, caring of the other person, and best support your vision of success.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
This all participant half-day experience will be led by the Courageous Communicator Method Founder Jenna Buffaloe. With plenty of time for group interactions and small breakouts, you will form even more connections with others going through the experience.
- Learn and employ the Courageous Communicator Method:
- Better communicate your influence
- Find out new ways to get your needs and desires fulfilled.
- Have the sometimes courageous conversations that help bring forth and deepen the meaning and power of your relationships.
This Immersion Call will meet on Zoom for 3 hours each day on September 10, 2026.
This theme revisits and builds on your leadership identity by identifying the specific actions you will take to build more influence and impact.
We offer practices that utilize storytelling, help to increase your visibility, build your organizational intelligence, increase trust and lead with connection.
You will also review the intentions you set at the beginning of the program to celebrate your progress and refine and focus them for the last few months of the program.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
This 90 – minute experience will be led by Chantal Pierrat and brings together the entire cohort of participants going through the experience. With plenty of time for group interactions and small breakouts, you will form wider connections with others outside your circle. You will share about the specific impact of the program, and hear about other best practices you can utlilize to increase your leadership impact even further.
This Participant Event will meet on Zoom for 90 minutes.
This Theme focuses on cultivating resilience to combat burnout and navigate life’s challenges. It emphasizes that while life is full of uncertainties, our ability to adapt and learn from mistakes makes us resilient.
Through developing a positive mindset, strengthening your emotional intelligence, increasing self-care and self-compassion, you will discover tools to keep you going through challenging times well beyond the program.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, the ability to amplify the potential of others has become one of the most critical leadership competencies. Developing multiplier skills will exponentially increase your chances of achieving goals while creating sustainable, long-term impact on team performance.
Taking many of the practices that you’ve become familiar with over the course of the program like developing curiosity and empathy, coach style leadership, and advocacy through mentorship and sponsorship, you’ll be able to give back to the teams and communities you are a part of.
You will also complete a Reflection Ritual where you’ll share impact stories and leadership declarations. You’ll share what you’ve gained from being a part of this program, what you hope for yourself going forward, and how you’ll want to stay connected. You’ll share the impact others have had on your journey and what strong and supportive bonds you have forged as you have dared to be vulnerable and authentic.
Feeling truly seen, heard, appreciated, you will intentionally set off into what’s next for your life and your work.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
Join Emerging Human CEO Chantal Pierrat and all the rest of your fellow participants for a 60-minute call to enter this powerful container of practice and growth.
In this theme, you will reflect on and tell your story, which is a critical stage on your journey, and creates a foundation for connection to your circle members.
Catalyst Leaders know how to use their own personal story to leverage success and connection both in their personal and professional life.
Powerful storytelling will help you rally the team behind an initiative, win clients, and woo partners. It will help you connect with your community, have greater leadership expression, and encourage authentic sharing.
Expect to feel empowered and emboldened, with the push you need to more intentionally create your future story.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
“Making it” is no longer just about traditional outcomes related to money, material goods, and reaching goals that are chosen for you by society or your family. It means doing work that matters and doing it in a way that supports your intentions for your life.
In this theme, you will rethink your definition of success to better align with your truth and thereby take the cap off of what you think is possible.
You will cultivate a level of awareness and identify powerful intentions that will support and guide you as you build your vision for doing the work that matters most to you.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
In this theme, we’ll explore your Native Genius©, the actions you’re good at doing and that you also LOVE to do. You’ll be able to more clearly see that your biggest impact is leveraged in that zone. This will help pull you out of burnout and feeling like you are not enough, into a more collaborative space that will put you in the mindset to live the truth of who you are and be successful doing it! This theme takes radical authenticity into your work-life and helps you uncover and apply your native gifts to make a significant impact in whatever areas you touch.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
In this theme, you will discover any blocks that keep you from declaring yourself and showing up as the leader you already are. You will explore your leadership influences and identify the unique qualities you bring to leadership. What gets lost when you’re not in the room? How do you stand out and shine as a leader? You will identify the steps you want to take to become more known and visible as the kind of leader you most want to be.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
This 90-minute experience will be led by Chantal Pierrat and brings together the entire cohort of participants going through the experience. With plenty of time for group interactions and small breakouts, you will form wider connections with others outside your circle. You will utilize tools to help you get clear on your vision and what seeing progress on this vision will do for you.
This Participant Event will meet on Zoom for 90 minutes.
Emotional intelligence is about perceiving, understanding, and managing the emotions that come up for yourself and others.
Emotional intelligence is also the single biggest predictor of leadership and life success.
In this theme, you will spend time exploring your emotional landscape so that you can better handle stress and overwhelm; stay connected to yourself and your vision; and relate, motivate, and empathize with your key supporters.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
Owning your voice starts with discovering your relationship to your voice — where you feel comfortable to speak freely and where you hold back.
With that as a foundation, you’ll explore how to ask for others’ perspectives, for help, and for what you want and need.
Then you’ll get comfortable with having difficult conversations that are completely honest, respectful, caring of the other person, and best support your vision of success.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
This all participant half-day experience will be led by the Courageous Communicator Method Founder Jenna Buffaloe. With plenty of time for group interactions and small breakouts, you will form even more connections with others going through the experience.
- Learn and employ the Courageous Communicator Method:
- Better communicate your influence
- Find out new ways to get your needs and desires fulfilled.
- Have the sometimes courageous conversations that help bring forth and deepen the meaning and power of your relationships.
This Immersion Call will meet on Zoom for 3 hours each day on September 10, 2026.
This theme revisits and builds on your leadership identity by identifying the specific actions you will take to build more influence and impact.
We offer practices that utilize storytelling, help to increase your visibility, build your organizational intelligence, increase trust and lead with connection.
You will also review the intentions you set at the beginning of the program to celebrate your progress and refine and focus them for the last few months of the program.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
This 90 – minute experience will be led by Chantal Pierrat and brings together the entire cohort of participants going through the experience. With plenty of time for group interactions and small breakouts, you will form wider connections with others outside your circle. You will share about the specific impact of the program, and hear about other best practices you can utlilize to increase your leadership impact even further.
This Participant Event will meet on Zoom for 90 minutes.
This Theme focuses on cultivating resilience to combat burnout and navigate life’s challenges. It emphasizes that while life is full of uncertainties, our ability to adapt and learn from mistakes makes us resilient.
Through developing a positive mindset, strengthening your emotional intelligence, increasing self-care and self-compassion, you will discover tools to keep you going through challenging times well beyond the program.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, the ability to amplify the potential of others has become one of the most critical leadership competencies. Developing multiplier skills will exponentially increase your chances of achieving goals while creating sustainable, long-term impact on team performance.
Taking many of the practices that you’ve become familiar with over the course of the program like developing curiosity and empathy, coach style leadership, and advocacy through mentorship and sponsorship, you’ll be able to give back to the teams and communities you are a part of.
You will also complete a Reflection Ritual where you’ll share impact stories and leadership declarations. You’ll share what you’ve gained from being a part of this program, what you hope for yourself going forward, and how you’ll want to stay connected. You’ll share the impact others have had on your journey and what strong and supportive bonds you have forged as you have dared to be vulnerable and authentic.
Feeling truly seen, heard, appreciated, you will intentionally set off into what’s next for your life and your work.
This Power Circle will meet on Zoom for 2.5 hours during your scheduled circle.
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Director of Sales
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Senior Customer Experience Operations Manager at TodayTix Group
Aparna Vasudevan
Vice President, Sourcing at Custom Ink
Amanda Hanlon
Director Showroom Operations at Custom Ink
Leah Samia
Vice President Worldwide Sales Operations at Ikon Science
Lalita Nordquist
Chief People Officer at Prodege
Susanne Rodriguez
Chief Marketing Officer at Auvik
Ilyssa Papa
Director of Risk Management at BlueSnap
Susanne Rodriguez
Chief Marketing Officer at Auvik
India Thomas
DEI Resource and Tools Manager
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Powerful themes in three dimensions of leadership
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Frequently Asked Questions
On average, your monthly time commitment will be ~6 hours. This includes:
- Pre-Circle preparation (.5–1 hr)
- Facilitated monthly virtual video Circle meetings with 6 peers (2.5 hrs)
- 1-1 connection and reflection in between meetings (.5 hrs)
- Monthly meetings with sponsor (1 hr)
- Periodic meetings with direct manager (1 hr x 3)
- All-cohort events (1.5 hrs x 2)
- Virtual immersion workshops (a few hours throughout the journey)
Please get in touch with catalyst@emerginghuman.com as we may have some flexibility with scheduling.
Absolutely not. In general, missing a few scheduled events will not impact the quality of your experience. The Power Circles are generally not recorded and are the hardest part to miss, but life happens and we understand an occasional planned or unplanned absence. If you foresee missing more than this, please reach out to catalyst@emerginghuman.com with questions and we’ll help you determine if you should consider enrolling at a different time.
Of course! We will do our best to match call times with participants’ time zones. However, we realize that the scheduled times might not always be convenient for everyone across all time zones. Live participation is strongly recommended for the best experience.
Yes and No.
The Immersions and Community Workshops will be recorded and uploaded to our private online community portal.
Power Circles are small, intimate groups (no more than 6-7 people) where participants all share their personal reflections on the Radiant Leader materials. For this reason, we typically do not record Power Circles, though this can be discussed on a case-by-case basis with the group and facilitator.
We match you with a circle of peers based on various factors like work/life experience and level of impact. We believe in the potential of diversity and aim to match entrepreneurs with executives and women from different industries. This ensures maximum benefit and expertise for all participants. We also take into account time zones to facilitate live call participation, which is highly recommended.
Absolutely! Many people who have gone through this program receive partial or full financial reimbursement from their organizations.
For information on corporate sponsorship, please contact catalyst@emerginghuman.com
You may cancel your participation up to 30 calendar days before the start of the course and receive a full refund of the price you paid. We generally do not offer refunds after the course begins, but you may be entitled to a credit toward a future course.
Cancellations and refunds for emergency circumstances outside those described above, are assessed and resolved on an individual basis.
Please contact catalyst@emerginghuman.com if you have any questions.
Reliable Internet access and Zoom (with video)
Yes, all participants will receive access to our private, online community. You will be able to access a library of course content, community call recordings and other Catalyst materials there.
No. Catalyst is best experienced with live attendance to all the scheduled events. If you are not able to commit to being at most
of the live events and particularly the circles, then we don’t recommend taking the course.
Please contact catalyst@emerginghuman.com with your questions or requests and we will ensure that you receive support.
Have questions?
how Catalyst can support your leadership journey.