Recognition stops at results
People hear what they produce, but rarely what their leaders see in them or who they could become.
Private leadership development
Develop the people you want to keep.
Equip your managers, coaches, and directors to build trust, have hard conversations, and develop the next generation—without lowering the standard.
90 minutes · Live online · Up to 25 leaders
Ant Lewis
Leadership speaker · People developer
Trusted by leaders at
15+
Years developing people
500+
Leaders developed
10/10
Recommended by every client surveyed
The leadership gap
Hiring talent is expensive. Losing it is worse.
Recruiting and onboarding are only the beginning. When people feel unseen, disconnected, or uncertain about growth, managers need the skills to understand what is happening and respond.
Feedback repeats. Growth stalls
Managers keep correcting the same behavior without creating a shared plan for development.
Conversations happen too late
Leaders may not learn what someone needs until that person is already preparing to leave.
42%
Nearly half of voluntary leavers believed something could have been done.
In Gallup’s 2024 study, 42% said their manager or organization could have prevented their departure.
Read the Gallup researchWhat changes after the session
Three capabilities your leaders can use immediately.
This is not a lecture about a generation. It is guided practice for the real people-development moments your managers face now.
01
See the person behind the performance
Recognize potential across character, competence, and chemistry—then ask questions that reveal what performance alone cannot tell you.
02
Build trust before the hard conversation
Make specific, meaningful deposits that strengthen the relationship required for honest feedback and clear expectations.
03
Turn correction into a plan for growth
Apply the seven-step Development Loop to identify the behavior, prepare the conversation, and establish accountability.
The client perspective
Regardless of how experienced a coach may be, this session can be helpful because it provides tools for relationships and development.
Tony TriscianiHead Coach, Elon FootballRecommends 10 / 10 Ant challenged our leaders to examine leadership, work ethic, and accountability. He helped us push beyond where we had become stagnant and finish the year strong. The impact went far beyond one session.
Tamara SatterfieldStrategic Lead for Programming and Success, Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsRecommends 10 / 10 Thank you for the impact you’ve made on our student leaders and coaches.
Ken TylerAthletic Director, Barton CollegeRecommends 10 / 10
The method
Bring a real challenge. Practice your next move.
Through Ant’s Deposits & Withdrawals approach and seven-step Development Loop, leaders learn to recognize potential, build trust, and hold people accountable to a higher standard.
The Development Loop
- 01Identify Greatness
- 02Locate the “IT”
- 03Build Rapport
- 04Apply the Push
- 05Observe the Response
- 06Confront the “IT”
- 07Create Accountability
You cannot withdraw where you have not deposited.
Ant Lewis
Why Ant
I develop leaders who develop people.
Ant Lewis is a Houston-based leadership speaker and team-development expert with more than 15 years of experience developing people across athletics, ministry, and organizations.
With almost a decade leading sales teams at Cisco and Palo Alto Networks, the frameworks he teaches are the ones he uses himself, with real targets and real accountability.
His teaching combines stories from that work with practical frameworks, honest conversation, and opportunities to practice.
The complete engagement
One focused session. A shared way to lead.
Private Live Virtual Session
$4,500
$180 per leader
per organization · up to 25 leaders · 90 minutes
- Preparation call focused on your team's challenges
- Examples tailored to your organization
- Live teaching, discussion, and guided practice
- Development Loop application to a real situation
- Digital Leader's Field Guide
Virtual Series
Recommended$11,500
$153 per leader
three sessions · up to 25 leaders
- Everything in the single session
- Three 90-minute sessions over six weeks
- Development Loop applied between sessions
- Manager check-in and coaching support
- Session recordings for anyone who misses a date
In-Person Intensive
From $18,500
plus travel
half day on-site · up to 30 leaders
- Everything in the virtual series, delivered before and after the on-site day
- Four-hour on-site intensive at your location
- Pre-session leadership interviews to tailor the content
- Small-group breakout practice in teams of five to six
- 60-minute leadership team debrief with findings and recommendations
- Printed Leader's Field Guide for every participant
- 30-day follow-up call with your leadership team
All-inclusive continental US pricing available on request
Nonprofit, K-12, and athletic department pricing available for organizations with restricted development budgets. Ask on your call.
Currently booking Q1 and Q2 2027.
15-minute call. Dates and a written proposal within 24 hours.
Free briefing
Not ready to book? Start with the free 17-minute briefing.
A no-cost, on-demand leadership briefing on developing the people you want to keep — the same frameworks Ant teaches live, in a format you can watch right now.
- 01Build trust before correction
- 02Give feedback that lands
- 03Develop, don't just manage
17 minutes · On demand
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Common questions
Before you book.
Managers, coaches, directors, and people leaders responsible for developing Gen Z and early-career employees. The session is built for corporate teams, coaching staffs, and educational leadership teams.
Yes. Leaders bring a real situation they are currently navigating and work it through live using the Development Loop. They leave with a prepared conversation, not just notes.
A 60-minute version is available. It covers the same three capabilities with a shorter practice segment. The 90-minute format is recommended when possible, since practice is where the learning holds.
No. The session raises the standard rather than lowering it. Leaders learn to build enough trust that direct feedback lands, and to turn correction into a plan with real accountability attached.
Yes. The In-Person Intensive includes a half day on-site with small-group practice and a leadership team debrief. Pricing is listed above.
Yes. The frameworks came out of athletics and ministry, and Ant applied them for over a decade leading revenue teams at Cisco and Palo Alto Networks. Corporate teams, coaching staffs, and educational leadership teams all run the same session.
Give your leaders a clearer way to develop the people you want to keep.
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15-minute call. Dates and a written proposal within 24 hours.