Leadership Excelleration, Inc.

09/16/2026

What happens when women, leadership and AI come together?

Join us for 2026 Women's Day: SPARK! on Friday, October 16 at the Oasis Conference Center for a day of connection, conversation and professional growth.

This year’s theme, Inspiring Women to Strategically Influence with AI, is all about looking beyond the buzzwords and discovering how AI can help you think more strategically, work smarter and expand your influence—without losing the human qualities that make great leaders.

🎤 Meet our keynote speaker, Diane Egbers. Founder & CEO of Leadership Excelleration, Inc. and author of The Ascending Leader, Diane brings more than 25 years of leadership experience to the conversation. She’ll share how women can leverage AI to strengthen their leadership and create greater impact while staying authentic.

And that’s just the beginning. You’ll also have the chance to connect with women across industries, join the conversation, grow your network and explore our Vendor Fair featuring women-owned businesses and local organizations.

🎙️ Emcee: Dana Parker, Assistant Dean, UC Clermont College
💜 Raffle proceeds benefit ACP: A Caring Place

If you’re ready to leave inspired, make new connections and take away practical ideas you can actually use, this is a day you won’t want to miss. Come SPARK new ideas with us!

Sign up today: https://tinyurl.com/2026WomensDaySpark

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS - More opportunities available!
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**Swag Bag Sponsor: Digimax Graphics
**Centerpiece Sponsor: Merry & Bright Celebrations
**Executive Sponsor: Clermont County Mental Health & Recovery Board
**Excecutive Sponsor: dClutterfly Cincinnati East

09/15/2026

"Managers used to enjoy an engagement premium at work, but they are increasingly only as engaged as those they lead." - Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026

That line from Gallup's newest report stopped us. Manager engagement has dropped nine points since 2022, and Harvard Business Publishing's research shows 85% of midlevel leaders are burned out weekly, caught between what's expected from above and what their teams need from below.

This is the exact tension we help leadership teams work through: how to keep driving results without losing the people delivering them.

Full breakdown of the data, and what to do with it, in our latest article.
https://lei-consulting.com/why-leaders-who-create-impact-often-struggle-to-create-enduring-engagement/

09/10/2026

Every leadership team we work with right now is navigating the same tension: move fast enough to keep up with change, without losing the people who have to move with you.

In her latest article, LEI founder Diane Egbers unpacks why the very strengths that create impact - speed, decisiveness, relentless focus, don't automatically build a culture people want to stay in. She brings in new 2025-2026 data from Gallup and Harvard Business Publishing showing just how stretched today's leaders are: manager engagement at its lowest point in over a decade, and 85% of midlevel leaders reporting weekly burnout.

The piece doesn't ask leaders to slow down. It asks a different question: what would it look like to bring the same intention to engaging your people that you already bring to driving results?

For any leader, or any organization, thinking about how to sustain momentum without burning out the people leading it, this one's worth the read.

Read our newest article here: https://lei-consulting.com/why-leaders-who-create-impact-often-struggle-to-create-enduring-engagement/

09/08/2026

Inside the organizations we work with, a pattern keeps showing up: the leaders getting promoted fastest are the ones who can cut through noise, make the tough call on time, and keep momentum alive when technology is outpacing most teams' capacity to keep up.

Their impact is real. It's earning them bigger roles.

What we're also seeing is that those same strengths don't automatically build a culture people want to stay in. New Gallup and Harvard Business Publishing data backs up what we're observing in the room, and points to what closes the gap between driving results and building a team that wants to follow.

Our newest article digs into both. https://lei-consulting.com/why-leaders-who-create-impact-often-struggle-to-create-enduring-engagement/

09/02/2026

Manager engagement just fell to 22% - down from 27% last year, and nine points since 2022.

Gallup calls it the collapse of the "engagement premium": managers used to be more engaged than the people they lead. Now they're barely keeping pace.

We work with leaders every week who are driving real impact through disruption, and also feeling the strain of it. Our latest article looks at why the strengths that create impact don't always create the culture people want to stay for, and what closes that gap.

Read the newest article: https://lei-consulting.com/why-leaders-who-create-impact-often-struggle-to-create-enduring-engagement/

The more disruption we navigate, the more we value the leaders who can drive through it. They cut through organizational noise, make the tough call on time, and keep momentum alive when technology is changing faster than most teams can absorb it. These are the leaders getting promoted into bigger ro...

08/19/2026

Years ago, Diane sat across from a brilliant executive who had every credential you’d want on paper. A sharp strategist. A fast decision-maker. Respected by the board.

And yet something was missing.

It wasn’t skill. It wasn’t experience. It was what Diane has come to call mental discipline—the capacity to shift mindsets, hold paradox, and lead confidently when the ground keeps moving underneath you.

That distinction is at the heart of a recent conversation Diane had with Authority Magazine, where she was asked a question that comes up often in her work: What actually separates good leaders from exceptional ones?

Her answer went somewhere she doesn’t always get to go in a two-minute conversation, into personal mastery, why humility is only possible after self-mastery, and why arrogance is usually a mask for something else entirely.

For leaders navigating transformation right now, and most are, there’s something in this conversation worth sitting with.

Full interview linked here: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-hidden-superpower-of-every-great-leader-diane-egbers-of-leadership-excelleration-on-uncovering-fb925c5ead5a

08/14/2026

That line has stayed with Diane for years. It came from a mentor early in her career, and it continues to shape how she coaches executives today.

After 25+ years working inside 300+ organizations, she has noticed something consistent: the leaders who make the leap from good to exceptional aren’t necessarily the ones with the most polished answers. They’re the ones willing to hear the truth, and willing to speak it constructively themselves.

Diane recently explored this idea and more in an interview with Authority Magazine, including what she believes may be the hidden superpower behind exceptional leadership.

Read the article here:
https://medium.com/authority-magazine/the-hidden-superpower-of-every-great-leader-diane-egbers-of-leadership-excelleration-on-uncovering-fb925c5ead5a

07/29/2026

Data Strategy is no longer just a technical function. It's a leadership responsibility.

One of the biggest challenges we see is that organizations either rely too heavily on instinct or become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of data available. Neither leads to better decisions.

The organizations making the greatest progress aren't collecting more data; they're asking better questions.

AI can accelerate analysis, identify patterns, and surface insights faster than ever before. But leaders still have to define what matters, provide context, and translate information into strategic action.

That's where leadership creates value.

Is your organization using data to confirm decisions or to shape better ones?

Read our latest blog: https://lei-consulting.com/the-essentials-of-strategic-thinking-in-the-era-of-ai/

07/24/2026

Curiosity has always been an important leadership trait. In the ERA of AI, it's becoming a competitive advantage.

The strongest leaders we work with aren't the ones who have all the answers. They're the ones who consistently ask better questions.

Questions like:
- What are we not seeing?
- What assumptions should we challenge?
- What could be possible?

We've seen leadership teams transform simply by shifting from reacting to today's challenges to creating space for strategic curiosity. Those conversations lead to better decisions, stronger alignment, and more innovative thinking.

AI can generate insights, scenarios, and possibilities faster than ever before. But it still takes curious leaders to frame the right questions, challenge assumptions, and determine what matters most.

Curiosity isn't just about learning. It's about creating the conditions for better strategy.

Are you spending more time managing what's happening today, or exploring what could shape tomorrow?