At Boma we equip leaders to build cultures of courage.
To foster brave, innovative and high-trust teams.
To tackle tough conversations and rise from setbacks.
Founded on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building programme, delivered by Boma CEO and Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator Kaila Colbin.
Brené has spent two decades studying shame and more than seven years specifically looking at leadership. During her research, she interviewed leaders from all over the world — from Fortune 100 companies, non-profits, public sector entities, and more — and asked one question: what is the future of leadership?
Remarkably, their answers pointed to one thing: we need braver leaders.
The most significant finding from Brené’s latest research, and the foundation of Dare to Lead™, is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable.
This free 90-minute interactive introduction to Dare to Lead™ is your ideal starting point for diving into courageous leadership. See this page to learn more about Dare to Lead™.
Join us 9-10:30 a.m. NZST on Wednesday, 6 September 2022.
This session is available as a live workshop only and won’t be recorded for public release.
"A great introduction to the work and research."
"Engaging and inspiring."
"Kaila’s passion is infectious and relatable."
"So many 'ah yes' moments."
"Really great intro and full of takeaways."
++ Kaila Colbin
Kaila Colbin is a founder and CEO of Boma and a certified Dare to Lead™ facilitator. She is a renowned and sought after international public speaker, having presented to more than 25,000 people about the exponential technological trends coming our way and how we can be more intentional and intelligent about the future we’re creating.
Kaila spearheaded the hugely successful SingularityU New Zealand and Australia summits, introducing more than 2,500 people to exponential technologies and their impact on humanity. Kaila was also formerly the curator and licensee for TEDxChristchurch in New Zealand and TEDxScottBase in Antarctica.
She is also a co-founder and trustee of the non-profit Ministry of Awesome and has extensive governance experience, including serving as chair of the New York-based Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, and deputy chair of ChristchurchNZ and CORE Education Ltd.
Kaila became a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator after training with Brené Brown and has worked with hundreds of people to increase courage as a core competency. She is also a certified ExO consultant, a Climate Project Ambassador who trained with Al Gore, and a project management professional. A native New Yorker, Kaila speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian. She holds a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from Cornell University and has been a serial entrepreneur since the age of 22. Her purpose in life is to be an uplifting presence.
++ Dr. Brené Brown
Brené is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. Brené is also a visiting professor at The University of Texas Austin McCombs School of Business.
She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy, and is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest book, Dare to Lead, which is the culmination of a seven-year study on courage and leadership.
Brené hosts the Unlocking Us podcast, and her TED talk – The Power of Vulnerability – is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 50 million views. She is also the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix. The Call to Courage special debuted on the streaming service on April 19, 2019.
Brené lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve. They have two children, Ellen and Charlie.
