Dare to Lead™

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.

What is Dare to Lead™?

Founded on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building programme designed to improve leader agility, team effectiveness and a thriving culture.

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.

WE NEED MORE COURAGE.

Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. Brené is also a visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.

She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy; is the author of six #1 New York Times best sellers; and is the host of the weekly Spotify original podcasts Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead.

This programme is facilitated by Kaila Colbin, CEO of Boma New Zealand and Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator.

What are the learning outcomes?

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.

BUILD A BRAVER CULTURE AND DRIVE PERFORMANCE BY:

• understanding how to effectively navigate vulnerability to unlock courage;

• turning values from fluffy language into tangible, practical behaviours;

• building a common culture of trust across your team; and

• cultivating the skills to rise from setbacks and be more resilient.

Most importantly, you’ll be able to put the material into action at the programme by practicing the principles with your cohort, so that you leave prepared to implement the learning in your organisation.

Who should attend?

THIS CURRICULUM IS ESSENTIAL FOR TEAMS WHO WANT TO:

• be better equipped to deal with difficult conversations;

• reduce unhealthy and unproductive behaviour;

• be more creative and innovative;

• build resilience and improve alignment; and

• foster a culture of accountability and trust.

THIS EXPERIENCE IS FOR YOU IF:

• you're in a position of leadership within your organisation;

• you see the potential in people and processes, and are willing to take responsibility for achieving that potential;

• you’re passionate about accelerating performance in yourself and others; and

• you have to navigate organisational change as part of your role.

Make Dare to Lead™ a team development opportunity

Interested in joining them? Reach out and let's chat.

Partial scholarships to attend Dare to Lead™ are available. Enter your details and we’ll be in touch.

Kaila Colbin is founder and CEO of Boma, the 2022 Kea WCNZ Friend of New Zealand award winner 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, intelligent and courageous about the future.

A serial entrepreneur since the age of 22, Kaila has dedicated more than 15 years to enhancing Aotearoa’s global connectedness and championing Aotearoa on the world stage. She spearheaded the hugely successful SingularityU New Zealand and Australia summits and was formerly the curator and licensee for TEDxChristchurch in New Zealand and TEDxScottBase in Antarctica.

She is 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 thousands 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. Her purpose in life is to be an uplifting presence.

Dare to Lead™ is based on the research of 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.

This programme is delivered by Boma founder and CEO and Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator Kaila Colbin.

Register for an upcoming Dare to Lead™ programme

Registration cost: $2995 + GST and booking fees

Book four or more weeks out and save $500 with our Early Bird rates.

A special rate of $1,995 is available for Educators and Not-for-Profits at checkout, and $795 for Youths (aged 25 and under).

Boma is a Regional Business Network Provider

Your organisation may be eligible for funding support to attend this programme. Find out more at regionalbusinesspartners.co.nz

Scholarships available

We have partial scholarships available to attend the programme. Apply below and we’ll be in touch.