It all starts with the manager.

Managers drive 70% of employee engagement. People managers with heart, judgment, and a learning orientation make all the difference. Our WISE Managers program helps you generate Wellness, Impact, and Sustainability for Everyone — your team, organization, the community, and yes, for yourself.
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Evidence-based, dialogue driven learning

With only 8 seats, this cohort based learning program is designed specifically for innovative, purpose-driven organizations.

Our goal is to provide a safe, supportive learning community for managers already carrying a heavy burden: the program is paced-out, virtual, and includes hands-on practice.

We will cover 7 key people-management fundamentals over 5 months:
People Manager job expectations & goals.
Facilitating Results in a context of Wellness.
Leading diverse, inclusive teams.
Growing and engaging team members.
Explore the Coaching — Teaching continuum.
Seeking, giving, and receiving feedback.
Explore the Delegating — Owning continuum.
Week 1
Week 2

A model designed for deepening awareness and mastery

Each module is covered in bite-sized chunks spread over 3 weeks each.
Expand your thinking
Identify Insights
Week 3
Reflection & Reading (< 2 hrs)
Group learning & dialogue (2 hrs)
Bring a real world challenge, coach and get coached, give & receive feedback (1 hr)
Practice with a Peer

Optional 360 feedback

The more senior you get in an organization, the more people you manage, the less feedback you get about your own footprint. People laugh more at your jokes, and gate what they tell you more carefully.

Each participant in the Inspri WISE Managers program can choose, when the timing is right, to get a facilitated light-360 as part of the program. The questions we ask are short and to the point. We will synthesize the results for you, and include a debrief session.

Cost, discounts, and other fun stuff

Price: $1,720
Nonprofit & Inspri WISE members: $900
Discounts available for referring other participants, or for multiple participants from the same organization.
Payments can be made in 4 installments.

The transition from being an individual contributor to a people manager is formidable in good times. Its harder today. We're missing the nonverbal cues to get a pulse on our team. We've lost access to impromptu, informal coaching and perspective from our leaders. We are pushing to deliver results — in the context of deep, profound exhaustion — without an end in sight.
Quote: Whatever the problem, community is the answer.
― Margaret Wheatley, Management Thinking, Leader, Author and Teacher

Being a front-line manager is harder than ever before. Community and connection can help.

"Astha equipped my team with a new way of seeing problems as opportunities.  She made 'change' something folks no longer fear but embrace.  By helping us truly understand the root causes of our problems, she helped us solve them in a more efficient way.  As a result, my fellowship participants and employees are more satisfied."

Shannon Maynard, ED, Congressional Hunger Center

"Astha combines the best traits of an effective HR leader. She is able to be both strategic and tactical. She is creative and logical. She is compassionate and great at analyzing data. Ultimately she is an authentic leader who is committed to ensuring that an organization effectively meets the needs of its employees."

Joshua Tripp, Director of Operations, Social Innovation at PayPal

"Astha is a top-flight HR professional, with excellent ability to continuously improve HR operations while advancing the development of staff. But more than that, she is able to develop a deep understanding of the whole business and how her work can drive it forward."

Steve Andersen, Philanthropy Practice Director at Exponent Partners