Leading Change – Advanced Leadership Cohort
For leaders ready to deepen their practice while leading meaningful change.
Leading Change is a seven-month leadership development experience designed exclusively for Five Frogs alumni. Through retreats, coaching, peer learning, and applied practice, participants strengthen their capacity to lead through complexity while advancing a meaningful change commitment in their organization or community.
Applications Open August 10. Info Session September 4.
the learning journey
Leading Change is an integrated learning journey combining retreats, coaching, experimentation, reflection, and peer learning.
Opening Retreat (Overnight)
November 11–13, 2026
Guest House, Cheshire
Launch the cohort, build relationships, explore adaptive leadership, and begin developing your Change Commitment.
Mid-Program Check-In
February 24, 2027
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Reconnect with the cohort, reflect on progress, work through resistance, and receive peer consultation on real leadership challenges.
Closing Retreat (Overnight)
May 3–4, 2027
Guest House, Cheshire
Celebrate learning, reflect on your leadership journey, share Change Commitments, and identify what’s next.
Individual Coaching
Three one-on-one coaching sessions between retreats.
Participants receive personalized coaching to strengthen leadership practice, navigate challenges, and support implementation of their Change Commitment.
Leaching Change Facilitators
Liz Hammond
LDR alum ’08
Five Frogs – Brave Leaders. Bold Action.Liz Hammond, LCSW, is an experienced facilitator, coach, and leader with a passion for supporting courageous conversations with individuals, organizations and communities. She has many years of experience leading and coaching leaders through organizational change. She understands both the internal and external demands of leadership, and partners with individuals who are ready to lead with greater clarity, care, and connection. She is a licensed clinical social worker with a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a master’s degree from Smith College School for Social Work. Liz is a certified Presence-Based® Coaching practitioner and a Lumina Leader 360 coach, integrating powerful assessment tools with deep, reflective coaching practice. Learning from her strategic consulting work with organizations, most recently as a Senior Consultant with Launch Consulting, led her to found Thoughtful Leadership LLC, her facilitation and coaching practice. She believes in the power of speaking to and listening for each other’s humanity, and is passionate about supporting individuals and organizations navigating complexity. She is committed to grounding all of her work in equity, so that organizations and the people in them can move forward together. She has a deep love for her home in New Haven, CT and the people and communities she and her family are a part of.
Nehemie Moïse Jimerson
LDR alum ’23
Five Frogs – Brave Leaders. Bold Action.Nehemie Moïse Jimerson, LCSW, is a passionate social worker, experienced facilitator, and nonprofit leader committed to helping mission-driven organizations and the people inside them thrive. She holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Vermont and an MSW from NYU. As Co-Founder and Executive Director of Leadership Wellness and Sustainability at North Star Partners, she anchors the firm’s work on leader sustainability, burnout and compassion fatigue, and the workforce conditions that hold or break mission-driven organizations. She also maintains a private psychotherapy practice through Restoratively Speaking, serving adolescents, women, and young adults. She brings clinical insight, SOUL™ coaching, and a restorative, human-centered practice to leaders and teams being asked to sustain complex change without harm. Her work is grounded in equity, systems thinking, and the belief that sustainable people and sustainable organizations are inseparable. A native of Norwalk, CT, Nehemie is a creative spirit, a self-proclaimed foodie, and a Converse enthusiast. Her extroverted energy and love for organizing bring a unique perspective to her work. At home, she is guided by her love for her family and her husband Jay, who co-founded North Star Partners with her.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Is this program for you?
Leading Change is designed for Five Frogs alumni who are:
- Leading or preparing to lead organizational or community change
- Looking to strengthen their adaptive leadership practice
- Seeking space to reflect, recharge, and grow alongside peers
- Ready to commit to implementing a meaningful Change Commitment throughout the program
Why Leading Change?
Today’s leaders are navigating unprecedented complexity, competing priorities, and increasing demands. Skill alone isn’t enough. Sustainable leadership requires reflection, practice, relationships, and the capacity to remain grounded while leading change.
Leading Change helps participants strengthen both their inner practice—how they sustain themselves as leaders—and their outer practice—how they create meaningful change in the systems around them.
What will you develop?
Participants strengthen their ability to:
- Lead through uncertainty and complexity
- Build adaptive leadership practices
- Deepen alignment between values, purpose, and action
- Advance a meaningful Change Commitment
- Sustain long-term change without burning out
- Build trust, belonging, and community while leading change
How can you participate?
Apply! (Applications Close 9/18)
More info coming soon!
What is the cost of Leading Change?
Info coming soon!
What are the important dates?
| August 10 | Applications Open |
| September 3 (12–1 PM) | Virtual Information Session |
| September 18 | Applications Close |
| October 8 | Cohort Notifications |
| October 15 | Participant Confirmation Deadline |
| November 11–13 | Opening Retreat |
| February 24
(March 3rd Snow Date) |
Mid-Program Check-In |
| May 3–4 | Closing Retreat |
