Free Leadership Training for Managers and Directors

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What is the Secrets of High Performance Leadership workshop?

The Secrets of High Performance Leadership is a free 2-hour live workshop on Zoom where you practice the core frameworks from the High Performance Leadership Operating System (HPLOS), built by Michael “Coop” Cooper over 27 years coaching 3,000+ leaders in 37 countries. You work on your own situations (not hypotheticals) and leave with tools for prioritization, delegation, and direct feedback.

This workshop is the entry point for managers, directors, and high-potentials who want structured methods for leading teams. High Performance Orgs built it as a working session: you practice with problems from your own team and walk out with specific actions for your next conversation, your next meeting, your next decision.

Nobody taught you how to lead

Managers account for 70% of the variance in employee engagement (Gallup, 2024), yet only 44% have received formal management training (Gallup, 2025). You earned your management role because you were good at your previous job. Then the job changed completely. Nobody handed you a manual for leading people.

This workshop gives you specific, structured methods for delegation, prioritization, direct conversations, and developing your people. Built from 27 years coaching leaders through exactly the situations you’re dealing with right now.

What will you learn in this free leadership workshop?

In 2 hours, you learn the core principles of the High Performance Leadership Operating System, built from 27 years coaching 3,000+ leaders in 37 countries.

• A prioritization method that separates what matters from what feels urgent.
• A delegation framework that builds your team’s capability instead of creating dependency.
• How to give direct feedback that strengthens relationships instead of damaging them.

This is a working session. You practice with your own situations, not hypothetical case studies.

Who is this free leadership training for?

Built for managers, directors, and high-potentials who want structured tools for leading teams.

Founders, executives, VPs, and senior leaders should check out our free 55-minute High Performance Coaching Test Drive.

Meet your workshop facilitator

Michael “Coop” Cooper built the High Performance Leadership Operating System over 27 years coaching 3,000+ leaders in 37 countries. He’s direct, warm, and occasionally irreverent. 200+ workshops and keynotes for organizations including NASA, Boeing, and Frost & Sullivan.

What workshop attendees say

“I find it to be a consolidation of a lot of new advances in leadership knowledge. It’s very up to date and is extremely practical, delivered by one of the best coaches I’ve seen in my 20-year career.”

Nilesh Sinha

Director of Software Development, Cellares

“I’m grateful for your help in training our leaders and for providing us with a shared language and a shared set of tools. You’re giving us an unfair advantage!”

Fabian Gerlinghaus

Co-Founder & CEO, Cellares

“I learned new skills like human-centric leadership, psychological safety, vulnerability in leadership, feedforward, and others that are extremely important to build a strong company culture.”

Rafael Granato

Vice President of Marketing, 11Sight

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