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THE WORKSHOP
You can't buy trust. You can build it.
Book a 20-minute fit callThe Problem
Your best people became leaders overnight. Nobody handed them the manual.
Great individual contributors get promoted into leading people without the preparation for it. The industry's answer is a few hours of generic training, built for the team, with the leaders somewhere else.
Slides. Platitudes. Nothing measured, and nobody expecting anything to change. We've all left one wishing we'd stayed home sick.
Then Monday happens. And the people side is still yours to figure out, alone.
The Difference
Three things we won't compromise on.
01
Leaders in the room.
Required, not optional. Your team watches you practice the same hard conversations you're asking of them.
02
Neutral ground.
Rank drops away for the day. You shouldn't be able to tell who the CEO is.
03
Measured, not assumed.
A live survey in the room, a report and action plan after, and quarterly re-measurement. If the trust didn't hold, you'll know.
The Structure
How it works.
Think a hackathon for the leadership skills that aren't in any manual. 1 to 3 days, 8 to 20 people, leaders and team in the same room.
Stage 1
In the room
We open with a live survey, so the room works from its own data. Then structured practice: listening, perspective-taking, and hard conversations, out loud.
Real evidence, honest vulnerability, and a lot of laughter.
Hard conversations. Real laughter. Same day.
Stage 2
After
You get a report and action plan built from the room's own data.
Then we re-measure quarterly to see whether it held.
The Outcome
Trust, built in layers.
Trust in yourself. Trust in your leaders. Trust in the room. Over time, it grows into trust between peers.
People stay. People speak up. Risks surface early.
After the Workshop
What changed, in their words.
Anonymous answers from the WESST team, in a survey after our second time working with them.
“Staff reference the training and each other’s responses, reflections, and changes in behavior.”
“I have been actively approaching staff with curiosity and practiced grounding myself during intense times.”
“Some more passive issues have been named. Reiterating the shift we are trying to make serves as a good reference point to hold each other accountable.”
“Synergy! The team is working together more effectively and enjoying it.”
Proof
In their words.
“This day that we spent with y'all was maybe the most energy and like real cohesion and synergy and enthusiasm that I think I saw with everybody together for a minute.”
Lindsey Kay, CEO, WESST
Her team came in after a hard restructuring.
“Great Training with high engagement from our employees with unexpected buy-in very quickly!”
Jake Hahs
“This isn't a 'run of the mill' powerpoint slide presentation. Very interactive with all participants.”
Anthony Hamilton
“We have two very different departments working on the same floor. Coming together to run through the exercises in a structured and open way created real clarity and understanding.”
Morgan Zack
Timing
When teams call us.
After trust breaks.
Layoffs. A restructure. The org chart changed overnight, and people are quietly deciding who they can still count on.
When new managers take on a high-stakes mission.
A wave of new titles, real consequences, and no manual.
Fit
Is this a fit?
For
Not for
The Facilitators
Who's in the room with you.
Dan Korus
Founder, Kestryl Edge
- 10+ years coaching leaders, 6+ years managing in high-consequence environments
- Background in sales, operations, and organizational delivery
- Manufacturing and commercial sector experience
- M.S. Chemistry: hard science meets leadership practice
- Facilitates with operator directness and research-backed frameworks
“I won't ask anyone to do work I'm not doing myself.”
Tessa Rose
Lead Facilitator and Curriculum Designer
- M.S. Adult Learning & Development: built for behavior change, not awareness
- DiSC & Blanchard certified
- 10+ years facilitation experience
- Designs leadership effectiveness curriculum for leaders in operational environments
- Holds the room so hard conversations go where they need to go
Logistics
How it works logistically.
8 to 20
People
1 to 3 days
Workshop length
On-site
At your location
US-wide
National delivery
We come to you. All materials, facilitation, and setup are handled by the Kestryl Edge team. You provide a room large enough for the group to move. We handle the rest.
Getting Started
Two ways in. Both start with a conversation.
The way in
Leadership Baseline
A survey of up to 20 of your managers, a half-day session with the group, and a written readout of where the team is strong and where it's stuck. You get a workshop proposal built from your own data. If you book the workshop, the Baseline becomes its first phase.
Workshops
1 to 3 days, in person
Live and in person, 1 to 3 days, 8 to 20 people, leaders and team in the same room. We travel US-wide. Scope and format get set on the fit call.
How it starts
Step 1
Fit call
20 minutes, free
Step 2
Leadership Baseline
Survey, half-day session, readout
Step 3
Workshop
1 to 3 days, in person
Step 4
Re-measurement
Did the trust hold?
Every engagement starts with a 20-minute fit call. We scope it to your team from there.
Wondering what to expect for a custom workshop? How pricing works.
Next Step
Book a 20-minute fit call
The first thing we'll ask: will your leaders be in the room?
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