What Could 60 Minutes Add to Your Leadership?

Because How We Lead Matters

· Leading with Purpose,professional growth,leadership development,Collaborative Leadership,Welcoming Workplaces
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Because How We Lead Matters

Leadership isn't only reflected in the decisions we make. It's reflected in how we communicate, how we navigate change, how we respond when things are difficult, and how people experience us within our teams and organization.

How we lead shapes workplace culture. It influences whether people feel seen, supported, valued, and able to contribute. And it requires ongoing learning, reflection, and a willingness to grow.

That's the spirit behind the TooREL Leading with Purpose Series.

This August, we're creating space for two free, 60-minute conversations focused on Care-Centered Leadership and Leading Through Change. These sessions aren't about having all the answers. They're an opportunity to pause, gain new perspectives, reflect on how we're showing up for and within our teams, and leave with practical strategies and tools we can put into practice.

Because leadership is more than a title or position. It is reflected in the choices we make, how we use our influence, and how we balance the needs of people with the responsibility of moving the work forward.

Leadership is about centering people while simultaneously holding purpose.

Meet the Facilitators

Arlene Vassell is the Founding Director of the TooREL Institute for Social Change and a nationally recognized speaker, trainer, facilitator, author, and leadership coach with nearly three decades of experience advancing leadership, organizational culture, and systems change within the nonprofit sector and gender-based violence movement.

Her advocacy journey began at the YWCA Women's Advocacy Program in Richmond, Virginia, followed by significant leadership roles at the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. In addition to her advocacy work, Arlene is a certified transformational coach, leveraging her lived experiences and expertise to help individuals and organizations navigate personal and systemic transformation—empowering individuals to unlock their full potential, overcome challenges, and create meaningful, sustainable change.

She is also the author of People First, Purpose Always™: A Practical Guide for Building Healthy and Thriving Teams and Rooted in Care: Self-Guided Workplace Culture Toolkit: Grounded in People First, Purpose Always™, practical resources that help leaders and teams create healthier, more welcoming, and people-centered workplace cultures

Joyce L. Kyles is an award-winning global speaker, 2× Amazon bestselling author, master certified professional coach, and CEO of Joyce Kyles Consulting LLC. Her speaking, training, and consulting experience spans nonprofits, healthcare, corporations, military installations, law enforcement, and universities across the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.

Joyce's work is grounded in more than professional expertise. It is shaped by lived experience. Her journey from advocate and nonprofit founder to global speaker gives her frameworks a depth that moves audiences beyond inspiration into genuine, lasting transformation. She knows what it costs to lead while carrying weight no one sees, and she knows what it looks like to put it down.

Join us for one session or both! These sessions are free, but registration is required.
Register at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ozOKqlmhTbK2sZ-VpVH2Ow#/registration.