The Leadership Listening Lab: How regulated founders build companies that flourish
Founders don't burn out from having too large a vision. They burn out from spending too much time trying to make things happen and too little listening to their bodies, their teams, and the wisdom already in their organization.
Here's the truth that changes everything: When you create space to self-regulate, you maximize potential--for yourself and others--more quickly, more fluidly, and with less effort.
Join us for an intimate 2.5-hour experiential workshop where nervous system science meets organizational transformation. Through somatic practices, deep listening exercises, and real-time application, you'll discover how your internal state shapes your entire company culture.
Tickets are $20 but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
What makes this different:
When leaders learn to attune to themselves first, they create companies that don't just grow—they breathe. This isn't another leadership theory workshop. It's a felt experience that bridges the gap between personal regulation and organizational operating systems.
What we’re creating together:
✓ A nervous system blueprint for leadership – Understand how your regulation (or dysregulation) ripples through your organization, shaping culture and outcomes.
✓ Listening & co-creation systems – Practice deep listening that rebuilds trust, clarity, and psychological safety.
✓ Your personal energy audit system – Track the three vital signs of sustainable leadership: stress, clarity, and energy.
✓ A space for community care – Foster authentic connections with like-minded, like-hearted people
✓ One Monday-morning practice use – A simple, actionable micro-shift you can implement immediately to create lasting change.
The flow of our experience:
🌊 Arrival & nervous system check-in
🧬 The neuroscience of leadership presence
💫 Deep listening practices in action
🔄 Designing your culture coherence practice
🌿 Integration & community connection
Who this is for:
• Founders whose businesses are running faster than their bodies can sustain
• Leaders ready to stop choosing between performance and well-being
• Entrepreneurs who know that how they show up shapes everything
• Anyone leading teams who wants to create sustainable, human-centered cultures
What to bring:
Presence and an open mind
Your amazing & authentic self!
How to get there:
Street parking ($1 per hour via PayToPark) or garage parking ($8). We do not offer parking validation.
Take the light rail to the University District station and walk two blocks
Important Details:
• Limited to 25 participants for intimate group dynamics
• Coffee, cold brew, kombucha, and water provided
• Comfortable attire recommended
About the facilitators:
Sandra Bershad
Sandra Bershad is an Organizational Consultant, Somatic Coach, and Fractional Communications & Strategy Executive who helps founders and leadership teams create organizations that not only run smoothly, but feel good to be part of. With over a decade of experience supporting CEOs, NFL athletes, and leaders of major nonprofits, she bridges neuroscience, somatics, and systems design to bring more clarity, connection, and calm into the way we work.
Sandra is also the creator of Coherence OS™, a regenerative framework that helps organizations align people, purpose, and performance so growth feels sustainable, human, and deeply coherent.
Learn more about her work on Instagram @sandrabershad or LinkedIn.
Kevin Bowen
Kevin is an Employee Experience Strategist and People Operations Pioneer. He partners with founders and HR leaders to revolutionize how they listen to and co-create solutions with their people. His methodology combines deep listening practices, human-centered design, and systematic feedback loops to create cultures of genuine care, engagement, and sustainable performance.
CompassionEX Consultants serve clients as objective experts in employee listening and employee-led organizational change, helping companies save millions by identifying the highest-priority problems and the best solutions to attract, engage, and retain the people needed to achieve their organizational mission.
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