Amplify Your Influence:
The Executive's Strategic Roadmap to Indispensable Thought Leadership
Translate Your Deep Experience into Enduring Impact. Cultivate Credibility. Shape Industry Discourse.
About the Course:
Am I A Thought Leader?
I created this course for senior corporate executives who know they have a unique point of view and insights that can make the world a better place.
They want the recognition and leverage that allows them to have real impact in their industry.
They may want to use their increased credibility to move up in their organization, to start their own consultancy, or in other ways increase their professional value and income.
I offer this course in 3 versions:
1) Self Study ... just log into my mobile app, read/listen to lessons, and do the homework on your own.
2) Add Group Coaching ... When I start a new cohort I record the weekly group calls, so join the call live if you're available. If it's between cohorts, or if you missed the live call, enjoy the recording.
3) Add Valuable Personalized Reports ... define your personal Brand Voice and glean insights from your Audience Intelligence Report.
-- Marilyn
Choose Your Path
You can upgrade later if you want. For now choose the path that fits you best:
Self-Study: Get access to recordings and study at your own pace.
Group Coaching: You'll be notified when the next live cohort is scheduled, and you can join live calls. You'll get immediate access to recordings so you can also study at your own pace.
To get the most out of this course, it'll help to have a deep understanding of your audience, so get the Personalized Report version to include the Audience Intelligence Report.
The Personalized Report version also comes with your unique Brand Voice instructions.
The Executive Imperative: Beyond Expertise to Indispensable Influence
As a senior executive, your experience is profound. Your track record is established. Yet, in today's dynamic landscape, merely possessing expertise is no longer sufficient. True leadership demands the capacity to anticipate shifts, challenge orthodoxies, and offer novel, high-value insights that consistently shape industry narratives. This is the realm of authentic thought leadership—a strategic imperative for those committed to a lasting legacy.
Many accomplished leaders find themselves at a critical juncture: how to move beyond operational excellence to becoming an indispensable voice whose insights are sought, valued, and acted upon. The path is often opaque, fraught with fragmented advice and a lack of structured guidance.
The "Am I A Thought Leader?" Course: Your Comprehensive Strategic Blueprint
Designed meticulously for senior corporate executives, founders, board members, and experienced professionals, "Am I A Thought Leader?" is not a tactical quick-fix. It is a foundational, intellectually rigorous program that provides a clear roadmap and tangible assets to initiate and solidify your thought leadership credentials. We guide you through a disciplined process of self-discovery, strategic analysis, and purposeful execution, transforming your deep experience into a powerful engine for enduring influence.
What You Will Achieve:
Upon completion of this course, you will possess:
Unshakeable Clarity: A precisely defined personal leadership purpose, core values, and a compelling vision for your unique strategic impact.
Indispensable Expertise: A clear articulation of your proprietary methodologies and unique insights, distinguishing your contribution.
Niche Domination: A highly specific and strategically advantageous intellectual domain where your insights offer optimal value.
Strategic Foresight: A disciplined practice for continuous learning, critical inquiry, and generating future-forward insights.
Amplified Reach: A robust network of strategic alliances and influence partners to amplify your message.
Intellectual Fortitude: The conviction and communication skills to champion your differentiated perspectives.
Resonant Communication: Advanced strategic listening skills to deeply understand stakeholders and refine your message.
Sustainable Impact: A framework for resilience, energy management, and adaptability to ensure long-term influence without burnout.
Purpose-Driven Legacy: An alignment of your thought leadership with a profound sense of purpose and a meaningful, lasting legacy.
Actionable Launch Plan: A comprehensive, personalized 90-day action plan for immediately launching your thought leadership journey.
Course Structure: A 10-Module Strategic Journey
Each module is designed for intellectual rigor and practical application, building sequentially to form your complete thought leadership blueprint.
Module 1: Defining Your Leadership North Star: Purpose, Values, and Vision
Description: Anchor your thought leadership in an unshakeable foundation of personal purpose, unwavering values, and a compelling strategic vision.
Benefits: Gain profound clarity, ensuring authenticity and strategic coherence in all your contributions.
Key Deliverable: A refined Personal Leadership Charter or Strategic Purpose Statement.
Module 2: Architecting Your Expertise: From Experience to Indispensable Insight
Description: Systematically distill your career accomplishments into proprietary methodologies and unique insights.
Benefits: Transform raw experience into a clear, high-value proposition that forecasts future strategic impact.
Key Deliverable: A Strategic Expertise Audit or Unique Insight Framework.
Module 3: Strategic Focus & Niche Domination: Carving Your Unique Space
Description: Identify and own a distinct intellectual domain where your expertise meets critical market demand.
Benefits: Maximize your influence by addressing the most pressing needs of a targeted executive audience.
Key Deliverable: A highly defined Target Audience Profile and a Problem-Solution Matrix.
Module 4: Cultivating Strategic Insight: The Engine of Continuous Thought Leadership
Description: Develop a disciplined mindset of critical inquiry, synthesis, and foresight for generating novel insights.
Benefits: Consistently produce relevant, future-forward contributions that shape industry conversations.
Key Deliverable: A Strategic Learning & Insight Generation Framework.
Module 5: Building Your Thought Leadership Ecosystem: Strategic Alliances and Influence Networks
Description: Strategically map, cultivate, and leverage relationships with key stakeholders and industry leaders.
Benefits: Amplify your message and create broader impact through a robust network of influence.
Key Deliverable: A Thought Leadership Network Map or a Strategic Collaboration Plan.
Module 6: The Independent Voice: Cultivating Conviction and Impact
Description: Develop the intellectual courage to articulate and champion well-reasoned, differentiated perspectives.
Benefits: Effectively shape industry narratives by standing by your insights, even when challenging conventional wisdom.
Key Deliverable: A Differentiated Perspective Development Framework or a Strategic Narrative Blueprint.
Module 7: Strategic Listening: Understanding Stakeholders to Amplify Impact
Description: Reframe empathy as a powerful strategic intelligence tool for uncovering nuanced perspectives and needs.
Benefits: Refine your message, build intellectual bridges, and foster greater resonance and influence.
Key Deliverable: A Stakeholder Empathy Map or a Message Resonance Framework.
Module 8: Sustaining Influence: Resilience, Adaptability, and Long-Term Impact
Description: Build sustainable systems for strategic energy management, disciplined time allocation, and adaptability.
Benefits: Ensure consistent, high-quality output and long-term relevance without succumbing to burnout.
Key Deliverable: A Thought Leadership Sustainability Plan or a Strategic Energy Management Framework.
Module 9: Impactful Leadership: Aligning Thought Leadership with Purpose and Legacy
Description: Connect your core purpose and unique insights to a broader, meaningful impact beyond commercial gains.
Benefits: Define your desired legacy, ensuring your contributions are purpose-driven and create public value.
Key Deliverable: A Thought Leadership Impact Statement or a Legacy Blueprint.
Module 10: Your Thought Leadership Launchpad: From Vision to Action
Description: Synthesize all preceding insights into a concrete, actionable 90-day plan for initiating your thought leadership journey.
Benefits: Gain a personalized roadmap for immediate, measurable impact and sustained engagement.
Key Deliverable: A Personalized Thought Leadership Action Plan (90-Day) or a Strategic Content & Outreach Roadmap (Initial Phase).
Who Is This Course For?
This course is specifically designed for:
Senior Executives and C-Suite Leaders
Founders and Entrepreneurs building thought leadership around their ventures
Board Members shaping strategic direction
Experienced Professionals seeking to elevate their influence
Consultants and Coaches aiming to establish a distinct, authoritative voice
What's the Investment?
If you are committed to transforming your deep experience into a recognized, indispensable voice that shapes your industry and leaves a lasting legacy, this program is your essential strategic investment.
You can choose one of 3 versions:
1) Self Study ... just log into my mobile app, read/listen to lessons, and do the homework on your own. $197
2) Add Group Coaching ... When I start a new cohort I record the weekly group calls, so join the call live if you're available. If it's between cohorts, or if you missed the live call, enjoy the recording. $497
3) Add Valuable Personalized Reports & one Individual Coaching Session ... define your personal Brand Voice and glean insights from your Audience Intelligence Report. $1997
I help you define and design your thought leadership message, and I help you and your team get it done.
About Marilyn
My mission is to help YOU become the expert and build your community.
I support you as a guide on the side.
It's all about YOU on stage!!
I empower accomplished, high-achieving corporate executives and seasoned professionals (15+ years experience) to amplify their organizational credibility as a thought leader, or strategically transition from their corporate roles into impactful, independent consulting practices.
My mission is to translate your deep-seated corporate expertise into a powerful, marketable consulting identity, equipping you with a clear strategic blueprint for accelerating career opportunities within your current organization, or to create an independent career.
My approach is built on a proven foundation of amplifying expert voices, fostering strategic collaboration, and developing compelling thought leadership. This expertise is reflected in my work as:
Author, Author to Authority: A Strategic Blueprint for Thought Leadership
Publisher, Celebrating Coaches Magazine: Curating and promoting the insights of leading industry experts.
Producer, Celebrating Authors Summit Series: Orchestrating platforms for professionals to share their definitive work and establish authority.
Owner, Consider the Possibility Mobile App: Providing innovative tools and resources for professional development and strategic growth.
Book Strategy Coach: Guiding experts through the process of creating their own impactful thought leadership assets.
Networking & Collaboration Coach: Specializing in helping professionals synchronize their promotions to benefit their clients by optimizing their customer journey and expanding their reach.
Host, Thought Leadership Mastermind: Facilitating a high-level community dedicated to developing and expanding thought leadership credibility and influence.
Host, Consider the Possibility Podcast: Delivering valuable insights and strategies for professional and personal advancement.
YouTube Creator, AI User Lab for Thought Leaders: Hosting weekly live sessions for executives and thought leaders to confidently and ethically leverage AI, focusing on prompt engineering, content repurposing, and building efficient AI habits without compromising unique voice.
Through The Thought Leader Launchpad, an 8-week intensive program, participants gain unparalleled clarity to define their unique niche and high-value offers, create a key thought leadership asset (such as a compelling mini-book outline or signature methodology), and develop a practical, step-by-step marketing roadmap.
This ensures you can immediately begin establishing your authority and attracting ideal clients, confidently initiating your journey as an influential consultant.
If you're ready to leverage your unparalleled corporate experience for independent success and build a legacy of influence, check out the 3 options below.
Marilyn McLeod
Founder, Thought Leader Launchpad
Author, Thought Leader Field Guide
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Testimonials
Marshall Goldsmith
Million-selling author & world authority in helping successful leaders get even better
"I am moved to provide the highest recommendation for Marilyn. Along with her great technical job in developing my site, Marilyn has been a pleasure to work with.
Marilyn managed a coaching engagement with four very senior executives in a 'Fortune 500' client of mine. She did a wonderful job of managing the work of coaches involved - and coordinating the project.
The end result was positive, long-term change in behavior for the client executives - and a very positive experience for the coaches!
Along with her great technical job in developing my site, Marilyn has been a pleasure to work with. She has shown the highest integrity and has handled a couple of tough situations in a very professional way."
Nathaniel Branden
Pioneer in the field of Self-Esteem, Collaborator with Ayn Rand
"Marilyn is a master of her trade. She organized and hosted Thought Leader interviews; she created an atmosphere of relaxed excitement and intellectual stimulation which everyone seemed to feel and respond to from the moment they arrived.
Marilyn McLeod is an example of pure ability in action."
Ken Shelton, CEO
Executive Excellence, LLC, Ghost-writer for "7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
"Over the past 35 years, I have known and published many of the top consultants and executive coaches. More recently, at age 70, I have enjoyed being coached by a woman who has worked for 25 years with two of the top executive coaches, Marshall Goldsmith and Gary Ranker.
Marilyn brings a wealth of experience and proven tools and methodology to her coaching, and then adds her own special touch, including her amazing empathy, her ability to ask the right questions and listen deeply to understand. She then explores options and draws out solutions, rather than simply prescribing canned remedies.
Her one-on-one, customized and personalized coaching proves that she really cares about helping her clients make progress in areas that matter most to them in both the personal and professional domains of their lives. I highly recommend Marilyn McLeod, an executive coach who knows how to develop authentic leadership excellence."
Dr. Beverly Kaye
Founder and Chairwoman, Career Systems International
"I've known Marilyn for many years and hear only positive comments from individuals who know her and have worked with her.
She is deeply experienced in a variety of industries, and on a variety of subjects critical to executive coaching."
Gary Ranker
Global CEO Coach
"Marilyn has an amazing and rare ability to recognize patterns of behaviour as a coach and distill that understanding into direct pragmatic recommended actions to improve her clients' interpersonal relationships.
The result is that her coaching clients are more successful in both understanding themselves, more self aware, and are able to achieve their goals within business more efficiently due to a greater understanding of their social context.
We have collaborated as co-authors on two books about coaching and her writing skills are extraordinary.
Again because of her rare ability to recognize patterns, she is able to find the salient practical value from research and present it in a meaningful yet simplified practical manner for the reader.
I have personally seen Marilyn's talent in action over the past decade of working together on coaching projects. It is from this vital first hand experience of Marilyn as a coaching partner that gives me the vantage to attest how extraordinary she is as a coach."
Joan Clark
Executive Coach, JM Clark and Company
"What's really been useful is your very keen sense of asking questions. And not just asking, but asking targeted, thoughtful questions that then in turn make me think.
The other thing, and this may not be appropriate for everybody, but because I am such a structured person, it's reassuring, and it also helps keep me on track, that when we're done you send me a follow up note saying what we talked about and what we agreed to.
That validates what we talked about, and if we're off track it gives me a quick chance to say no, that's not really what I meant.
And then when I get ready for our meeting the next week, it also gives me a chance to refresh my memory.
That works really well. It holds me accountable, and I appreciate that."
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"Marilyn, Wow! What a great job you did! It really looks just great and it's always wonderful to see my mom's sweet face.
Please let me tell you again how absolutely amazing I think you are. You are sweet, kind, brilliant, talented and generous.
Your knowledge of how to make things happen on a computer is deep and broad.
You are good at so many things for which I don't even know the names! Social media, coding, coaching, selling, writing, website design, teaching others how to write and publish books, and now you have added affiliate marketing guru to the list.
Heaven only knows what that list will contain this time next year as you continue to learn and grow. I feel so fortunate to have met you and to have you as a friend.
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Frank Wagner
Stakeholder Centered Coaching Train the Coach Certification
"Marilyn takes the time to internalize and really learn concepts before applying them.
Her natural listening and attending skills make her one of the most qualified individuals I know to be a successful behavioral coach."
Steve Rodgers
Business and LifeStyle Consultant, Coach, Author, International Speaker at Alchemy Advisors
"Marilyn is a talented, smart, sincere and wonderful person! I have known Marilyn for many years in various roles. I have known her to be very intent on being of great value.
She gives high service and support for her clients. She has helped me in a coaching role, in my book launch and in general networking connections.
I highly recommend Marilyn for a role in working with leaders to get to the next level with projects or in their businesses."
Dr. Arianne Weiner
President of Implementing Change, a Leadership Coaching and Development Consultancy for Entrepreneurs and Small Business
"Marilyn has a tremendous amount of energy and experience in supporting others to make their books happen.
She has an in-depth background of synthesizing your thoughts into actionable steps towards writing that book you have always wanted to accomplish.
Marilyn will do whatever it takes to help you move through your discomfort to get you thinking like an author, even if you have never written a book before.
She knows how to quiet your inner critic and bring out your cheerleaders! From tips on organizing your thoughts to getting them on paper into palatable chapters to reviewing your drafts, guiding your marketing, and working with you in manifesting that message you want to be sent out in the world.
And you never know what will come out of a coaching session, because as she gets to know who you are, what your clients want, and what you want to deliver to your clients bottom line, she makes connections you may not have seen before.
I'm launching a whole new product idea which helped me pivot during an economic downturn, and the genesis of the idea came from one of my coaching sessions with Marilyn."
Steve Sallen
President and CEO, Southfield, MI
"Marilyn's 360 interviews helped our team & continue to help me as a leader. If you really want to lead, you're not a leader unless people are following.
A real leader knows whether his messages get through, or if unintended messages are coming across.
It's well worth the exercise to get real data on how key people perceive my leadership & the future direction of our firm."
Geoffrey M. Cox, PhD
Former President, Alliant International University, Marshall Goldsmith School of Management
"Marilyn has a wonderful, cheerful personality that makes her a pleasure to work with. She is a thorough professional with skills and talents that are adaptable to many different kinds of projects and organizations."