2025 Leadership Lab

Description

Great leadership isn’t a theory – it’s a practice.

Today’s banking leaders navigate constant change, rising expectations, and teams hungry for clarity, connection, and confidence. This immersive, interactive full-day workshop is designed to take your leadership from concept to action.

Unlike traditional trainings focused on personal reflection, The Leadership Lab places you directly in the arena. Through facilitated discussions, live scenario simulations, and collaborative problem-solving, you will:

• Strengthen situational leadership skills by tackling complex banking and team challenges in real-time
• Sharpen decision-making and communication under pressure, ensuring alignment with your bank’s mission and culture
• Practice coaching and influence techniques that build trust and drive accountability without micromanaging
• Explore adaptive leadership models to lead teams through uncertainty with confidence and resilience

You’ll leave with tools you can implement immediately – and the mindset to lead strategically, courageously, and authentically in today’s demanding banking landscape.

Program Highlights

• Interactive breakout sessions with rotating roles (Leader, Team Member, Observer)
• Banking-specific leadership scenarios (regulatory shifts, employee disengagement, digital transitions)
• Peer-to-peer insights and facilitated group debriefs
• Personal leadership playbook to build actionable commitments

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Cindy Donaldson is the strategist leaders call when they’re ready to elevate.

With over 30 years in banking, financial services, and business strategy, Cindy has built a reputation for cutting through complexity to uncover what truly drives performance. As the Founder of Red Barn Consulting, a Certified High Performance Coach, and a sought-after keynote speaker and trainer, she combines pragmatic expertise with a deep understanding of human behavior and team dynamics.

Her approach is unapologetically real-world – blending tactical leadership tools with mindset mastery to create lasting impact. Cindy has trained and coached countless leaders to lead with courage, communicate with clarity, and inspire their teams to achieve results that matter.

Whether on stage, in the boardroom, or facilitating powerful workshops like The Leadership Lab, Cindy’s mission is simple: to build leaders people actually want to follow.