Empower your next level leaders with tools to reach their full potential.
The Forged Leader – Next Level Leader Program will ensure you train and retain the best talent in your company by empowering your next level to lead to their fullest potential.
12-month coaching accelerator to guide your next level leaders through 12 essential topics for navigating your business challenges…
Now and in the future.
In an era of information overload, today’s business leaders face the challenge of staying on top of the latest trends and best practices. Combined with the greatest generational leadership transition that America has ever seen, it’s understandable that your team feels overwhelmed and uncertain.
What happens if I train my next level leaders and they leave?
Richard Branson of VIrgin brands fame posed this question: “What if you don’t, and they stay?” The truth is that in offering your next level leaders more opportunities and leadership trajectory not only improves their skills but dramatically increases retention both from them and their teams.
Improve Retention, Grow Your Business with Your Leaders
Why Your Next Level Leaders?
Leader readiness is crucial to the long-term health, growth, and profitability of your company. That’s why we have developed a highly applicable, relevant, and engaging leadership experience that will significantly level up your current and future leaders.
With decades of combined experience, we’re confident in our ability to successfully equip your team with the skills and knowledge needed to survive (and thrive) as leaders.
Don’t let the challenges of today’s business landscape hold you back. Let us help you take your leadership to the next level.
In House or Public Program
Next Level Leader programs can be run inside your business with a minimum of 7 leaders or you can place your leaders into one of our public programs. Both are conducted online.
The Trail Markers
The Trail Markers is a framework we overlay into every business to ensure it is hitting the highlights to be successful. We are not a replacement for your accountability or business management systems, simply an overlay to make sure you are getting it done.
- Purpose
- Strategy
- People
- Communication
- Repeatable Processes
For more about the Trail Markers click here.
Conducted Online – Join a Group
OR Enroll 7 or more leaders for the in-house experience.
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Monthly Sessions provide leadership content and go over previous actions.
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Join The Group Chat for moderated conversations to enhance accountability.
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Monthly / Quarterly Exection Planning staying accountable to growing the leader and their business.
How We Do It
Our Values
Intentional Connections
Forge meaningful connections with the essence of reciprocity, where every exchange enriches both giver and receiver.
Passion That Wont Be Silent
We are here for you but wont sit idly by if we see something holding you or your business back.
A Set Apart Experience
The whole package adds up to what we call a “set apart” experience for your family, your team and your customers.
Protecting The Family
More than family first, we protect our families, we fight for them, we wont compromise for our families.
What You Can Expect
Meaningful Insights
We are a chef / business coach combination. We understand your business inside and out and bring decades of experience to your game.
Challenging Authenticity
We get real fast! We are famous for it. We bring our authentic selves to the game so you will be comfortable to do likewise.
Great Conversations
Ultimately this is about you and your team. Relationships matter, what’s really going on in your world matters. We are here to listen.
Meet The Team
Meet Your Coaches
William and Jonathan (Jono)
Executive Chef and Coach William Walker and International Business Coach Jonathan Brake combine their coaching and business talents to bring a great experience to owners and leaders.
William Walker
Chef / Leadership Coach
William is an experienced operator and chef with over thirty years of experience.
Driven by a clear vision and mission he takes pride in providing the best service, food, and experience possible. William is a former Marine and has over 30 years of leadership experience in the hospitality industry.
He has served in roles that have given him the skills needed for a variety of hospitality operations, from strategic planning, project management and day to day operations. In addition, William has been a key stakeholder in the design and building of several multi-million-dollar food halls and national brands. He has been recognized for his extraordinary commitment to excellence and his desire to continue to grow and stay on the cutting edge within the hospitality community.
He has led, coached, and built teams that had to work together in high-stress environments, giving him a unique understanding of what it takes to bring together individuals to focus on one common cause and mission as well as challenge them to identify what areas they want to grow in.
William and Stacey have three sons, live in Auburn, Alabama.
William is an avid adventurer, from running spartan races, surfing, backpacking in the Rockies and everything in between.
Jonathan Brake (Jono)
Entrepreneur / Leadership Coach
Jonathan Brake is an experienced coach, strategist and business leader with over two decades experience in business covering six continents.
Jonathan understands business and relationships like no other, from marketing to team communication to business leadership to customer experience. He has a keen interest in how businesses and people function and interact. Jono has seen it all from solo start ups to multi $bn companies and everything in between.
He is also well versed in DISC, a Certified Predictive Index Practitioner, and many other people focused tools.
Jono holds a Master of Advertising and PR, a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Political Science as well as formal coaching credits recognized by the International Coaching Federation.
Jonathan is an Australian living in Western North Carolina with his wife, son (High School Junion) and a daughter in college.
His passions outside of busieness center around the mountains hiking and mountain bike riding as well as rugby and travelling the world.