Update: our launch has moved to January 1, 2027, to give more Clubs time to join.

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Develop Your Leaders Without Carrying All the Weight

Consistent leadership coaching and a connected community for Boys & Girls Club leaders and their teams. One price covers your entire Club Organization for an entire year.

This launches when 25 Club Organizations commit. No single club could fund a program like this alone. Twenty-five sharing one price is what makes it possible for everyone. We need those commitments by December 1 to open on January 1.

Clubs on board
7 of 25
18 more to launch
The Situation

Common leadership challenges

  • Developing your people on top of everything else you carry
  • No consistent leadership development across your organization
  • Retaining your best people
  • Limited ways for your leaders to learn from leaders in other clubs
  • Single events can be expensive and reach one person at a time
  • No clear channel to connect with other Club professionals

What Is RISE BGC?

A private leadership community for Boys & Girls Club leaders and their teams, built on its own platform. Coaching, frameworks and peer connection, delivered every month.

The Sessions

Three live sessions per month

Tuesdays at 1:00 PM Eastern. Two are open to everyone on your team. One is a private roundtable just for CEOs.

1st Tuesday 1:00 PM ET
Whole team
Leadership Coaching

Proven frameworks and tools from RISE executive coaches. Growing as a leader at work and at home.

2nd Tuesday 1:00 PM ET
CEOs only
CEO Roundtable

Bring what you're facing. Honest feedback and real problem solving from peers in the same seat.

3rd Tuesday 1:00 PM ET
Whole team
Leadership Coaching

A second coaching session, sometimes with a guest. An outside voice or a Club CEO sharing what's working.

4th Tuesday
No call. Time to put it to work.
Inside a Session

Built so your people use it, not just hear it

Every call follows the same four parts. Not a webinar and not a recorded video, so your people are participating and engaging, not just watching.

What happens on these calls

Every session runs the same way, start to finish.

  1. 1Wins

    We open with wins at work and at home.

  2. 2Coaching

    A RISE coach teaches one practical framework.

  3. 3Breakouts

    Small groups apply it to their club, team and family.

  4. 4Discussion

    Everyone shares what surfaced and commits to a step.

The next session opens by reporting back on that step.
36
Sessions a year
24for your team12for CEOs
The Cadence

Development that shows up on the calendar

Nobody has to go hunting for a training or wait until the next conference. It is already on the calendar, and every session is recorded so anyone who misses one can catch up.

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Expected Outcomes

Good for your people. Good for you.

For Your Leadership Team

  • Stronger decision makingYour directors solve more before it reaches you.
  • Better time managementThey work on what matters, not just what's loudest.
  • Clearer communicationThey speak up, run better meetings and build trust.
  • Positive mindset, confident leadershipLess reacting to pressure, more leading through it.
  • Steadier leaders at work and at homeGrowth in all areas of life, not just job skills.

For You as CEO

  • You don't have to make the hard calls aloneA private CEO roundtable every month.
  • A stronger leadership teamDevelopment you're not carrying by yourself.
  • Better staff meetings, less prep timeLeadership materials on demand, ready to use.
  • One culture across every locationEveryone developing on the same system.
  • Retention and a stronger benchKeep good people and build for the next seat.

Supports your BGCA professional development plan. Every club needs a plan in place for full-time staff. Make one session a month part of yours and it is on the calendar, documented and done.

The Content

Practical leadership frameworks for you and your team

Every session is built around a framework, not just a talk. Your people leave with something they can put to work that week, whether they run a department or support one. Every framework and worksheet also sits on demand inside the community, so you can grab one and walk it straight into your next staff meeting. Here is a sample of what gets covered, with new content added every month.

The Five Capitals
Personal SWOT
5Rs: Reflection & Planning Ahead
Gratitude Flywheel
Vision & Values
One Word
Cycle of Awesome & Awful
Date Your Spouse
3As of Leadership Temptation
Invitation / Challenge
5Ms Time Management
Hearing & Doing Matrix
13 Behaviors that Build Trust
From Striving to Stewardship
Speak to Lead
Victim to Victor
Decision Making & Discernment
Silo Busting
Work / Rest
Beyond Service
Leadership Presence
The Platform

Where Club leaders build real community

This is where Club leaders come together to learn, to work through the hard parts, and to grow. Peers doing the same job in other clubs, in one place, every day of the month. Search by location or by function. Your development director finds other development directors. Your ops lead finds someone who has already solved the problem sitting on their desk.

  • Member directory, searchable by location and by function
  • Dedicated channels by chapter
  • Discussion threads tied to each session
  • On-demand video library and resource vault
  • Organized and focused, unlike email chains and Facebook groups
Robbie Slocumb
“When I look at staff development and training, I can't get what's available for that price.”

“I've got a conference next week. $450 for registration, three nights at $175 a night. I'm already at $1,000 for one person, and that doesn't include food or travel. For the value, this is solid.”

Robbie Slocumb CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of North Georgia
The Investment

One price for your whole organization

  • Every location under your Club Organization
  • As many people from your team as you want to include
  • Not per seat and not per unit
  • Cancel or change your plan any time
Compare to $2,500 a month for one-on-one executive coaching with Cory.
$3,400
Per Year, Per Club Organization
12-month membership, beginning January 1, 2027
Save $800 a year versus monthly
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Who It's For

Built for you and the people you're building

  • CEOs and executive directors
  • Vice presidents across operations, development, finance and HR
  • Club directors and site leadership
  • Directors, associate directors and program leads
  • Coordinators, specialists and administrative staff
  • Chapter and professional association leaders

Grounded in timeless leadership principles that hold up at every level of your organization.

Your Coach

Cory Carlson leads the coaching

Cory Carlson
Executive Coach, Speaker, Author
  • Six years helping leaders win at home and at work
  • Coached 300+ executives, business owners and entrepreneurs
  • Speaks to thousands of leaders across the country

Cory spent twenty years in corporate America and worked his way to the executive level. He also saw what it cost people: burnout, work without purpose, strained marriages, absent parents. Coaching changed that for him, so he left to do it for others.

He leads the coaching calls and sets the content direction for the community. Cory is the author of Win at Home First and Rise and Go, and hosts the Win at Home First podcast. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife and three children.

Has spoken for
Boys & Girls Clubs · Delta · Robinhood · Northwestern Mutual · Turner Mining Group · Purpose Summit · Live Well Capital

Give your people somewhere to grow.

Enroll your Club Organization before the January 1 launch.

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