WHY WE EXIST

to equip + encourage leaders, teams, and organizations to flourish

how we help

coaching

1:1 coaching
team coaching

learning

leader development program
topical workshops

facilitation

vision
strategy
culture

assessments

individual 360 assessments
team 360 assessments

what our partners are saying

  • "The time our organization spent with Author Leadership helped us move forward in the midst of challenges we are facing in real, noticeable ways. The content we engaged together was thoughtful and practical, and the expert-level guidance and facilitation of conversations by an "outsider" brought progress in developing our team in ways that we could not have attained on our own."

  • "Working with Jonathan transformed me as a person, professional, and friend in such a short amount of time. From start to finish, value was added at every moment and milestone. The greatest impact was how he took my big, broad vision and helped me distill it down into tactical, attainable steps in the right direction. I hope to work with him again in the future!"

  • "I think it helped that someone outside of the team could drive these conversations with a little more distance from some of the challenges the team has faced recently."

  • "What Author Leadership has brought is not only great content but their communication of the material has been fantastic. Thank you for speaking into the team in ways we need it as individuals and as a whole."

  • "I’m so pleased we have Author Leadership walking through this with us. I’m enjoying our time together and quite thankful for your engagement as a facilitator and trainer."

  • "This time with Author Leadership has been a rich and meaningful time of training. I am so glad the whole staff gets to experience your teaching."

  • "Author Leadership nailed this. Super helpful. "

  • "I really appreciate the training. I love that we are providing it to the whole team so we can start using common language."

  • "Jonathan Payne is a gifted and authentic speaker, giving practical and helpful input on leadership."

  • "The Leader Development Series has been so great! Thank you so much! Great format and content! This has been so helpful and life giving."

  • "You are awesome and people need to know it."

  • "Thank you for your leadership in our staff training. It was such an encouragement to me and truly an important and impactful time. Thank you for leading us through the content, but more importantly, thank you for your wisdom, insight, and care for our staff. It makes all the difference."

  • "Jonathan was an excellent facilitator and effectively guided us to completion. I would HIGHLY recommend him to any organization endeavoring to develop a strategic plan."

  • "Author Leadership crushed it and I really appreciate their work with us. I think everyone who participated got a lot out of it."

  • "Author Leadership is excellent at what they do."

  • “Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Our 1:1 coaching partnership has been extremely beneficial and I definitely have others I want to line up to partner with you.”

coaching

become the intentional author of your story, in your context. we provide a dedicated, trained, 1:1 guide to help you define the specific story you want to live into; design the practices + habits that will foster your growth; and navigate the ups, downs and growing pains of becoming the leader you aspire to be.

learning

our approach to group learning is designed to foster growth through reflection, teaching and practice over time. our six-month Leader Development Program explores specific aspects of intentional, effective leadership 
through facilitated reflection, 
introduction of new learning, 
and definition of specific actions + practices 
for you to apply the learning in your context.

facilitation

“facilitation” is the art of making something easier. when you + your team face a key inflection point in your collective story, we partner with you to we make it easier for you to design your way forward + drive alignment across your team as you strive to co-author your shared story, together.

assessments

get clarity on how you might grow — either as an individual, team, or organization — with a candid, comprehensive 360 assessment. we interview key stakeholders 1:1 and provide you with a detailed 360 Assessment Report, summarized into key themes and supported by specific, anonymized feedback

every day we make countless choices.
our choices drive our actions.
our actions shape our stories.

at author leadership, we partner with you to clarify the story you’re telling, define the story you aspire to tell, and equip + encourage you with tools + support to make choices and take actions to allow you to intentionally author a story worth telling.