Most leadership courses teach skills but overlook what really breaks leaders under pressure: stress. People leave inspired but fall back on old habits as soon as things get tough.
RISE is different. We combine practical leadership tools (DISC and tailored frameworks) with stress management techniques (EFT) so your leaders gain both the skills and the resilience to perform when it matters most.
This 12-month programme is built for organisations serious about lasting leadership change — not just ticking a box. Whether you’re preparing new managers or supporting senior executives, RISE equips leaders with clear insights and proven methods to stay in control and drive results under pressure.
The outcome? Leaders who don’t just cope with pressure — they use it to push performance up a notch.
RISE supports leaders at every stage — from new managers to board members. The structure stays the same (12 sessions over 12 months, combining EFT + DISC), but we adapt the leadership frameworks, content, and coach to match each participant’s experience.
This means RISE scales across your entire leadership pipeline with one programme, ensuring everyone gets the right support for their role.
We work with three leadership levels:
The cost remains the same no matter the level — 12 personalised coaching sessions over 12 months, fully tracked with RII™. What varies is the complexity of the challenges, the frameworks used, and the coach best suited to each participant.
This is leadership development that truly grows with your people.
RISE is designed for organisations ready to commit to a full 12-month leadership transformation—not quick fixes.
RISE works best when leadership development is treated as a strategic priority, not just a box-ticking exercise.
When RISE is the clear choice:
When RISE is NOT for you
In short: If you want leadership development that truly moves the needle, RISE is the investment that pays off. No jargon. No empty promises. Just real, measurable change.
A 12-Month Programme That Works.
RISE isn’t about buzzwords or vague promises. It’s a clear, focused programme designed to build real skills in stress management and leadership — skills that make a measurable difference in day-to-day work and high-pressure situations.
1. EFT Stress Performance Coaching (4 Sessions)
Four personalised sessions with an experienced EFT coach targeting your leaders' actual stress points and challenges. They learn to calm their nervous system fast, stay sharp under pressure, and lead confidently when it counts. Four sessions builds the neural pathway changes needed for lasting transformation, not just temporary relief.
2. DISC Leadership Assessment & Insight (1 Session)
Every participant receives a detailed DISC profile showing their unique leadership style and communication habits, followed by a one-to-one feedback session with a certified DISC practitioner. We translate this into practical guidance on adapting to different people and getting the best from their team. Leaders walk away with straightforward tools to improve team dynamics immediately.
3. Personalised Leadership Development Coaching (6 Sessions)
Six coaching sessions focused on what matters most to each leader's role and goals. No generic models - just real-world support for handling tough conversations, boosting team performance, and making smarter decisions. Theory meets practice in every session.
4. Flexible Choice Session (1 Session)
One additional session where leaders choose whether they need more EFT stress performance work or leadership development coaching, based on what's emerged through the programme. This ensures the coaching adapts to their actual needs, not a fixed template.
5. Tailored Frameworks and Resources
Your leaders get access to leadership tools and frameworks matched to their experience level and current challenges. Whether it's managing stakeholders, making decisions under pressure, or resolving conflicts, the resources are practical and ready to use right now.
6. On-Demand Support Materials
Between coaching sessions, participants access targeted tapping audios, instructional videos, reflection exercises, and leadership guides. These resources help them apply what they've learned when they need it most - keeping progress steady and sustainable.
7. Full Resilience Impact Index (RII™) Tracking
Solid data on progress with assessments at the start, middle, and end of the programme across eight key performance dimensions. You'll see clear evidence of improved stress regulation, emotional steadiness, confidence, and leadership effectiveness - not just feel-good feedback.
RISE participants work with specialist coaches matched to each element of the programme:
This specialist approach ensures participants work with the right expertise at each stage, while maintaining continuity within each coaching stream
Team Dynamics Mapping
For leaders with teams, we analyse how individual DISC profiles interact and offer proven strategies to reduce friction and boost collaboration.
360-Degree Feedback Facilitation
We manage multi-source feedback before, during, and after the programme. This external view validates progress and strengthens your case for ongoing investment. We can handle this ourselves or work with your existing in-house setup.
Tailored, Focused Team Workshops
We design bespoke one- to three-day workshops crafted around your team’s specific business objectives or goals. Whether it’s team building, strategic prioritising, or addressing particular challenges, these sessions bring in expert trainers who deliver targeted content and practical exercises. Every workshop is customised to ensure it drives a clear, business-approved outcome, helping your team align, collaborate effectively, and achieve measurable results.
Why RISE?
Because your leaders deserve coaching that delivers clear results, backed by data and tailored to real challenges — not jargon-filled fluff or one-size-fits-all solutions.
RISE follows a structured journey designed to build sustainable change, not short-term shifts. Here's how the programme unfolds for your leaders:
DISCOVERY & ONBOARDING (Before Session 1)
Before their first coaching session, participants complete:
We match each participant with a coach who has appropriate expertise for their leadership tier (LEAD / INSPIRE / SOAR) and specific development goals.
Participants are invited to a meet and greet session with their prospective coach. If the connection doesn't feel right for both parties, we will source another coach.
FOUNDATION BUILDING (Months 1-3)
Early sessions focus on building foundations:
This phase creates stability and self-awareness before tackling bigger leadership complexity.
INTEGRATION & APPLICATION (Months 4-8)
The middle phase is where transformation deepens:
Participants integrate stress performance and leadership capability so they reinforce each other.
CONSOLIDATION & EXPANSION (Months 9-12)
The final phase focuses on sustainability and scaling impact:
By month 12, your leaders are equipped to handle whatever comes next — not because pressure has disappeared, but because they've built the capacity to meet it.
POST-PROGRAMME FOLOW-UP (6 & 12 Months Later)
Leadership development doesn't stop when coaching ends. We check in at:
This gives you long-term data on whether transformation has lasted — critical for demonstrating ROI to senior stakeholders.
RISE supports meaningful change across three stages, based on evidence and feedback from private coaching clients:
Immediate Impact (Months 1-3)
Participants often report early benefits such as:
For organisations, these improvements can help reduce stress-related absences and improve meeting effectiveness.
Sustained Transformation (Months 4-12)
As the work continues, many leaders experience:
This stage supports improved team performance, better retention, and smoother strategy delivery.
Long-Term Capacity (Post-Programme)
Follow-ups at 6 and 12 months with clients suggest:
For organisations, this can contribute to long-term leadership strength and talent retention.
RISE combines two powerful, evidence-backed methods that deliver far more together than they do separately:
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
EFT is supported by over 100 peer-reviewed studies showing clear benefits for managing stress, reducing anxiety, and improving performance.
Published research in respected journals like the Journal of Clinical Psychology and Energy Psychology confirms that EFT:
EFT works directly with the nervous system to create rapid and sustained change. This isn’t a fringe approach — it’s science-based neuroscience applied to help people perform better at work.
DISC Leadership Profiling
DISC is a trusted leadership assessment tool with over 40 years of research behind it. It offers clear, practical insights into:
When paired with stress performance coaching, DISC equips leaders not just with what to do, but how to stay clear-headed and effective when the pressure is on.
Most leadership programmes teach skills but overlook how stress disrupts their application when it matters most. Most stress management methods focus on symptoms but don’t build lasting leadership strength.
RISE changes that. It doesn’t just teach leaders how to lead — it builds their ability to lead sustainably, even in tough, high-pressure environments.
Organisations using RISE see clear returns: reduced staff turnover, stronger team results, and sharper strategic delivery.
A Year-Long Leadership Development Partnership That Delivers Real Results.
RISE is a significant investment in long-term leadership capability — and the returns are measurable.
12 coaching sessions spread over 12 months, including:
Additional services to boost your results, available for an extra fee:
Programme fees and pricing for additional options are tailored during consultation.
Choose the payment plan that suits your budget:
Each place is confirmed once onboarding is complete, with break-out clauses that allow for personnel or circumstance changes.
We’re inviting the first 5 organisations to join RISE at a reduced Founder Client rate while we build case studies and improve the programme.
Founder pricing = a significant saving on standard fees.
In return, we ask for:
This is not a typical discount — it’s a partnership. You’re investing in leadership development and helping us prove RISE works better than anything else on the market.
Only 5 places available. After that, standard rates apply.
A: Most leadership programmes focus on skills, frameworks, and theory without addressing the stress responses that undermine application when pressure is high. Your people leave training feeling inspired, then revert to old patterns the moment stress hits.
RISE integrates stress performance coaching (through EFT) with leadership development (through DISC and tailored frameworks), so your leaders build both the capability *and* the capacity to perform under pressure.
Traditional programmes might teach your people how to have difficult conversations or manage stakeholders — but if their nervous system is dysregulated, that knowledge stays theoretical. RISE addresses both layers, which is why you see sustained behaviour change rather than short-term inspiration.
A: The programme structure is identical across all three tiers — 12 sessions over 12 months, same pricing, same core methodology (EFT + DISC + Leadership Development). What changes is the leadership transition being addressed:
Each tier uses frameworks and resources matched to that complexity level, and participants work with coaches experienced in that leadership stage.
Same programme, tailored delivery — which makes RISE uniquely scalable across your entire leadership pipeline
A: No. RISE includes stress performance coaching as one of its core components, so RESET isn't a prerequisite.
That said, some organisations choose to start high-potential employees with RESET to build foundational stress regulation capacity before layering on leadership development. This can work well for emerging leaders who haven't yet stepped into management roles.
During your consultation, we'll help you determine the best pathway for each participant based on their current role and development goals.
A: Most participants report noticeable shifts within the first 3-6 sessions — reduced stress symptoms, greater clarity, more confidence in leadership moments. For organisations, this often shows up as improved meeting outcomes, faster decision-making, and better team morale.
But sustainable transformation takes time. By month 6, the work has usually deepened significantly. By month 12, the changes feel automatic rather than effortful.
If you're looking for a quick 6-week intensive that delivers short-term inspiration, RISE isn't the right fit. If you're committed to 12-month transformation with measurable, lasting outcomes, this programme delivers.
A: Sessions can be rescheduled with reasonable notice (12 hours is standard). The 12-month timeframe gives flexibility to navigate busy periods, travel, or unexpected challenges without losing momentum.
That said, consistency matters for sustainable change. We encourage organisations to help participants protect their session time as much as possible — this is strategic development, not an optional nice-to-have.
A: Absolutely. Many organisations enrol several leaders simultaneously. This doesn't change the 1:1 coaching structure (each participant still receives personalised sessions), but it can create opportunities for peer support and shared learning.
If you have 5+ leaders to develop, you might also consider our RADIATE programme, which offers flexible hour-bank deployment across your leadership team with organisation-wide RII™ diagnostics.
A: The Resilience Impact Index (RII™) is our proprietary measurement framework that tracks performance across 9 evidence-based dimensions: stress regulation, cognitive clarity, emotional stability, decision-making quality, interpersonal effectiveness, and more.
Participants complete assessments at baseline (before starting), mid-programme (around month 6), post-programme (month 12), and at 6- and 12-month follow-ups.
The data gives you quantifiable evidence of transformation — not just participant satisfaction scores. You can take this data to your board, your FD, or senior stakeholders and demonstrate ROI with board-ready metrics.
This is what separates RISE from programmes that rely on subjective feedback alone.
A: During consultation and onboarding, we match each participant with a coach based on:
- Their leadership tier (LEAD / INSPIRE / IMPACT)
- Their specific development goals and challenges
- The coach's areas of expertise and experience
- Scheduling prefrences
Each participant works with the same coach throughout all 12 sessions to ensure consistency and depth.
Our coaches are certified EFT practitioners and/or experienced leadership development coaches, many with additional specialisms relevant to business performance. They are led by our co-founder, Jo-Anne Watermeyer, who brings decades of DISC-based coaching expertise, lectures on strategic HR for business, and has built a team of experienced coaches to support scalable delivery as we grow.
Additionally, all our coaches are mentored by highly experienced coaching supervisors to ensure your team achieves the best possible results from every coaching experience.
A: We help with this. During your consultation, we'll discuss:
- The specific leadership challenges you're experiencing (turnover, burnout, performance gaps)
- The cost of those challenges (recruitment, absence, lost productivity)
- The measurable outcomes RISE delivers (RII™ data, retention improvements, team performance)
- How to position this to your FD, CEO, or senior stakeholders
We can also provide sample RII™ reports, case studies, and ROI frameworks to support your internal business case. Many organisations find that showing quantifiable measurement (not just satisfaction surveys) is what gets budget approval.
A: Once the programme completes, coaching sessions end — but the capability your leaders have built continues. They'll have the tools, frameworks, and nervous system regulation to apply what they've learned independently.
We check in at 6 and 12 months post-programme with brief RII™ reassessments to track sustained impact. This long-term data is critical for demonstrating ongoing ROI.
Some organisations choose to continue with occasional top-up sessions or enrol new cohorts. Regardless, you will find that participants are equipped to navigate challenges on their own. That's the goal: sustainable capability, not dependency.
A: Book a consultation. We'll discuss your leadership challenges, development goals, and what you're looking for in a programme. If RISE isn't the right fit, we'll tell you — and point you toward what would work better (whether that's RESET, RADIATE, or a different provider altogether).
We're not here to sell you a programme. We're here to help you solve your leadership development challenges with the right solution.
RISE is a 12-month partnership designed to build strong leadership skills and the ability to perform under pressure — for the long haul. If you want genuine, lasting change instead of quick fixes or ticking boxes, RISE is here to help your organisation thrive.
Here's how to get started:
What you need to know:
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Performance Coaching for High Pressure Environments
