The Science, Applied.
The book gives you the map.
The training is where you walk it.
Three self-paced programs built specifically for GIS professionals who are ready to move from technical expert to trusted strategic leader.
Come ready to work — you will leave each program with frameworks, tools, and finished drafts you can use in your organization immediately.
HOW TO BECOME THE GIS LEADER EXECUTIVES TRUST AND TEAMS FOLLOW IN JUST 90 DAYS
Not sure where to start? This is your front door. A free training built specifically for GIS leaders — formal and informal — who are pulled toward something bigger and ready to lead with more intention, influence, and impact.
What you will discover:
The first shift GIS leaders must make to stop being seen as "just the map person" and start being recognized for the strategic value they bring.
Why so many capable GIS professionals stay stuck in reactive mode — always busy but rarely influential — and the simple leadership shift that changes that.
Why some GIS leaders grow influence faster than others, even inside systems that still underestimate GIS.
A real path for moving from technical expert to trusted strategic leader — without waiting for a bigger title or someone else's permission.
The three secrets covered:
See with Clarity — lead in layers, not pieces.
Scale with Systems — build influence without a louder voice or different personality.
Serve with Stewardship — grow your influence even when the system has not caught up yet.
Investment: Free | Watch on demand | Instant access
THE 90-DAY LEADERSHIP ROADMAP - WORKBOOK
This is not a course. There are no videos and nothing to watch. It is a workbook - twelve weeks of the work itself, with the exercises written in and room to answer by hand.
What you are paying for is not the thinking. It is the page: the questions underneath each week, the lines to write on, and one question at the end of every chapter that takes a few days to sit with.
What you will work through:
The one sentence that tells you whether you are leading toward something or only responding to what arrives - and why almost nobody can write it on the first try.
The specific wording that turns a technical problem into something an executive will fund, built as a formula you fill in rather than a principle you try to remember.
The honest percentage of your work that only you can do - and the five things that would collapse in two weeks if you stopped, which is rarely the list you expect.
What is left of you when the work you were known for belongs to someone else, and why that question arrives later than the handoff does.
The twelve weeks, in three movements:
Weeks one to four - Getting clear and being heard. Your North Star, the three priorities that get protected, the conversation you have been avoiding, and the formula for translating any of it into executive language.
Weeks five to nine - Letting go of the work. What would collapse without you, the delegation conversation itself, the check-in rhythm that keeps work from bouncing back, and what to do when the person you handed it to struggles.
Weeks ten to twelve - Who you are when it runs without you. The second thing you become known for, the four numbers in your calendar that tell the truth, and what holds when the structure comes down.
Holiday Special - 50% off through December 31, 2026
Investment: $14.99 $7.50 | PDF, 31 pages | Instant access
LEADING THROUGH THE AI SHIFT
This course is not about learning AI tools. It is about who you become as a technical professional in a world where technical production is increasingly automated. The identity shift underneath the technology shift. Same three-pattern framework from The Science of GIS Leadership, repositioned for the specific moment your career is standing inside right now.
What you will discover:
Why your technical skills are not disappearing — but your identity around them might be — and what to do about it before your organization notices.
The specific sentence structure that keeps you indispensable in an executive meeting where AI is producing "good enough" translations of your work.
Why leading your team through the AI shift while carrying your own identity uncertainty is one of the loneliest jobs in technical work right now — and the three systems that put your uncertainty somewhere other than on your shoulders alone.
Why "technically irreplaceable" is no longer a moat in the AI shift — and the specific leadership behavior that is.
The three patterns covered:
The Translation Gap — why the language that got you promoted is now the same language AI produces in an executive's chat window.
The Isolation Gap — why you are two layers deep in the shift, and how to lead without collapsing under the weight.
Winging Leadership — why nobody prepared you for a change of this scale, and what stewardship looks like when your team is grieving the version of their work that no longer exists.
Holiday Special - 50% off through December 31, 2026
Investment: $37 $18 | Watch on demand | Instant access
THE EXECUTIVE INFLUENCE LAB
Focused GIS leadership training for the professional who needs executive results now. 3 sessions, recorded video + participant workbook + completion certificate.
Built from 60+ interviews with GIS leaders and 20+ years of hands-on experience — from intern to IT Director.
What you will cover:
Translating GIS value into executive language — the 3-slide story framework and executive language formula.
Building your 90-day leadership roadmap — North Star, strategic priorities, and protected focus time.
Building a high-performing team without burnout — the Hero Mode Diagnostic, delegation, and your 90-day commitment.
Holiday Special - 50% off through December 31, 2026
Investment: $79 $39 | Self-paced | Workbook | Lifetime access
THE LEADER’S MAP
The complete GIS leadership development program. 5 parts, 18 lessons, video + PDFs + reflection prompts.
Built from 20+ years of hands-on GIS leadership experience — from intern to IT Director.
What you will cover:
- Stepping into leadership identity — your vision, strengths, and influence campaign.
- Building your GIS program foundation — roadmap, senior leadership support, governance, and budget.
- Leading and growing your team — hiring, team capacity, alignment, and development.
- Leading yourself — self-awareness, dependability, courage, and mentorship.
- Embodying leadership — active listening, conflict resolution, and difficult conversations.
Holiday Special - 50% off through December 31, 2026
Investment: $197 $98 | Self-paced | Lifetime access
The Executive Influence Lab: Extended
Live Cohort Offering
Everything above is self-paced and yours whenever you want it.
This one is not.
Six Thursday evenings, January 14 to February 18.
Ten to twelve current GIS leaders, ninety minutes a week, live.
You leave with an ask that lands, a ninety-day plan with the time already blocked, and one door into your team instead of five.
$799 founding rate. Includes the book, the workbook, three guides, and a private 45-minute session after week six.
Beyond the Professional. Into the Personal.
GIS leadership is personal development — and always has been.
You cannot grow professionally without growing as a person. The frameworks in The Science of GIS Leadership address not just strategy and communication — they address identity, mindset, and the stories you carry about what you are capable of.
If you are ready to go deeper than professional leadership, the Vision Workshop is your next step.