The Leadership Pulse
Monthly Virtual Conversations for Strategic Leaders
Stay Connected to What Matters Most in Leadership
The Leadership Pulse keeps you ahead of the curve with monthly virtual conversations focused on the most urgent and relevant leadership topics affecting your organization right now.
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What is Leadership Pulse?
Leadership Pulse is Piercing Strategies' invite only monthly forum where senior executives and come together to exchange insights on the leadership challenges that keep you up at night. Each session is designed as an interactive conversation—not a lecture—where you'll gain actionable insights while learning from peers who face similar challenges.
Every Month, We Take the Pulse On
Real-Time Relevance: We don't rehash last year's leadership theories. Each session addresses what's happening in boardrooms and leadership teams today.
Peer-to-Peer Learning: Connect with other senior leaders facing similar challenges. Share experiences, strategies, and solutions in a confidential environment.
Actionable Insights: Walk away with specific strategies and tools you can implement immediately in your organization.
Expert Facilitation: Led by Piercing Strategies' experienced leadership development professionals who know how to drive meaningful dialogue.
Convenient Format: One hour, virtual, designed for busy executives. No travel required.
What to Expect
Monthly 60-Minute Sessions featuring:
Opening pulse check on the current leadership landscape
Deep-dive discussion on the month's featured topic
Interactive peer-to-peer problem-solving
Key takeaways and action items
UPCOMING: July 30, 2025 | 2PM EST
The Mid-Year Breakthrough Session: Chief Culture & People Officers Share What's Actually Stuck
An invite-only virtual conversation for Chief People & Culture Officers
What We'll Cover:
Mid-year reality check: What's not working as planned
The roadblocks you're hitting that no one talks about
Peer insights on breaking through common sticking points
Practical next steps for the second half of the year
May 2025: Senior EX Leaders Roundtable - Managing Change Fatigue
This month, we've invited senior Employee Experience leaders to address the growing concern of change fatigue among employees - a critical issue highlighted in recent workplace studies showing that 73% of employees report feeling overwhelmed by the pace of organizational changes. Our discussion will be particularly valuable if your organization is currently facing any of these challenges:
Rising employee resistance to organizational changes
Increasing signs of change fatigue across teams
Difficulty maintaining employee engagement during multiple transformation initiatives
Past Topics
June 2025: Middle Manager Burnout Threatens Your 2025 Stability
Here's what we're seeing across our clients: Middle managers - the backbone of execution - are breaking under unprecedented pressure. They're navigating RTO conflicts, AI anxiety, and smaller teams while being asked to do more. With mid-year reviews approaching and Q3 planning on deck, losing these critical leaders now puts the entire year at risk.
If you are a HR Leader dealing with any of these 3 things, you don't want to miss this session:
Your middle managers are increasingly disengaged - showing up but not stepping up,
You're seeing concerning turnover signals - your best performers seeming mentally checked out
Your Q3/Q4 execution feels at risk - projects are stalling and the gap between senior strategy and frontline execution keeps widening
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April 2025: The Leadership Talent Crisis: Business Strategy, Not HR
This month’s virtual conversation is thoughtfully designed specifically for senior executives who fully recognize that leadership strategy is not just a mere concept but rather a significant business imperative that demands their direct involvement and engagement.
Our discussion will be particularly valuable if your organization is currently facing any of these challenges:
Balancing talent retention with economic pressures.
Struggling to align leadership development with business strategy.
Facing a leadership pipeline gap that impacts growth and innovation.
Navigating the complexities of leadership in a rapidly changing environment.
March 2025: A Just in Time Best Practices Exchange for HR Leaders on How To Get ROI from Leadership Training in 2025
This session addresses significant challenges faced by organizations such as the difficulty in measuring the impact of leadership development investments, the disconnect between expensive training programs and tangible workplace changes, and pressure to justify budgets for leadership development in a tightening economy. HR leaders shared proven strategies and practical solutions designed to maximize the impact of leadership development while operating within limited resources.
February 2025: What You Missed: Actionable Insights from the Brandon Hall Excellence Conference
The Piercing Strategies team just returned from Brandon Hall's Human Capital Management Excellence conference (where we won an award for our leadership programs), and we are excited to share some of the key trends that are shaping the future of leadership and learning.
Whether you attended or not, we’re hosting a debrief to dive into the top 3 takeaways from the conference and discuss how these trends could impact your work in 2025.
January 2025: The Big Squeeze: How Senior Leaders Can Equip Their Mid-Level Managers to Come Out of the Gate Strong in 2024!
The virtual conversation titled "The Big Squeeze: How Senior Leaders Can Equip Their Mid-Level Managers to Come Out of the Gate Strong in 2024!" aims to explore effective strategies for senior leaders to empower mid-level managers in the face of evolving workplace challenges. This session emphasizes the importance of mentorship, resource allocation, and clear communication, providing actionable insights that enable managers to drive performance and navigate change confidently as they prepare for the upcoming year.