Leading with Strengths: A Three-Part Series for Enrollment Leaders
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NOVEMBER 3, 10, & 17, 2026
1PM - 2:15PM ET
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Enrollment leadership is rarely technical. It is relational, high-stakes, and shaped by competing priorities, financial realities, and family expectations. All at once. Enrollment leaders are expected to make thoughtful, mission-aligned decisions while managing volatility, ambiguity, and urgency.
Yet very few leaders are given structured space to understand how their own leadership wiring shapes their responses under pressure. This series changes that.
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
Each participant completes the Gallup CliftonStrengths® assessment before the first session. Rather than treating strengths as personality labels, this series examines how strengths influence decision-making under pressure, communication with families and colleagues, response to enrollment volatility, boundary-setting and executive presence, and energy management across the enrollment cycle.
This is leadership development grounded in real enrollment contexts, not theory.
◇ 1 CliftonStrengths® Assessment Included
◇ Applied Scenarios throughout
SESSIONS OVERVIEW
Session 1 - November 3, 2026 - Leading from Your Natural Wiring
Participants develop a deeper understanding of how their Clifton Strengths profile shapes their leadership identity, communication with families, and relational dynamics across the school.
Session 2 -November 10, 2026 - Strengths Under Pressure
Leaders examine how strengths intensify under stress, identify patterns of overuse, and practice regulating instinctive responses through applied enrollment scenarios.
Session 3 -November 17, 2027 - Strategic Leadership Through Strengths
The final session moves from insight to integration. Participants align strengths with long-term priorities and leave with a clear, practical leadership plan.
TIME: 1:00pm - 2:15pm ET
WHAT LEADERS WALK AWAY WITH
→ A deeper understanding of their leadership wiring and where they lead most effectively.
→ Increased awareness of stress patterns, reactive behaviors, and overextension.
→ Practical tools for strength-based decision-making in complex enrollment scenarios.
→ Greater clarity and intentionality in executive communication.
→ Strength-informed boundaries and self-regulation practices.
→ A clear, actionable plan for leading with more discipline and consistency.
WHO THIS SERIES IS FOR
Enrollment directors, associate directors, and senior enrollment leaders at independent schools who are ready to lead with greater clarity, confidence, and intention, and who want the structure to make that shift last.
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ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Susanne Carpenter is a leadership coach and consultant who works with leaders in independent schools, non-profits, and mission-driven organizations. A former school and enrollment leader, she brings both the practitioner's perspective and the coach's discipline to every engagement. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation, a Certified Team Coach, and a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. She has worked with enrollment teams, leadership teams, and individual leaders across the country.