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Day Journey

Leading Authentically

Defining Your Leadership Signature

Dates: January 30, 2027
Location: Long Beach, California

Explore the Leading Authentically Journey

This date

The day, in short

One day. One room. A facilitated arc that moves from how you were taught to lead, to how you actually lead, to how you want to lead next.

The day is built for participation rather than performance. Expect teaching, writing, small-group work and a closing circle — with real breaks, real food, and no expectation that you arrive polished.

Most leadership development teaches a model and asks you to fit inside it. For Black women that instruction lands differently: the model usually assumes a person who has never had to manage how she is read before she is heard.

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Schedule

The shape of the day

One continuous arc, with real breaks built in.

Morning
Arrival & grounding
Welcome, breakfast, and a grounding practice before the work begins.
Late morning
The inherited signature
Naming the leadership scripts we were handed and deciding what stays.
Midday
Lunch & unhurried conversation
A real break, at a real table, with women doing the same work.
Afternoon
Defining your signature
Guided writing and small-group testing of your leadership articulation.
Close
Practice & commitment
Building the practice that protects the signature you just named, then closing circle.

Your facilitator

Who is leading this day

Dr. Thenera Bailey

Leadership Architect & Organizational Strategist

The SISGI Group

Creator of BWELL and the CONTINUE™ Framework, Dr. Bailey works with leaders on the patterns underneath burnout — what they carry, what they have normalized, and what they choose to continue.

One Journey. So much included.

BWELL Learning Experience

Full-day facilitated leadership programming
Guided reflection and writing sessions
Small-group leadership circles held with the same cohort throughout
Closing circle and commitment practice

BWELL Resources & Keepsakes

BWELL reflection journal
Journey materials and reflection prompts
Post-Journey resources in your My BWELL account

Meals & Hospitality

Breakfast
Lunch at a shared table
Refreshments throughout the day

Not included

Travel to and from Long Beach
Overnight accommodation, if you are travelling in
Parking, where the venue charges for it

Your investment

Two experiences, one investment

Your rate covers the BWELL learning experience and the destination experience together — not a room with a programme attached.

The BWELL Learning Experience

BWELL Learning Experience: Full-day facilitated leadership programming · Guided reflection and writing sessions · Small-group leadership circles held with the same cohort throughout · Closing circle and commitment practice
BWELL Resources & Keepsakes: BWELL reflection journal · Journey materials and reflection prompts · Post-Journey resources in your My BWELL account
Meals & Hospitality: Breakfast · Lunch at a shared table · Refreshments throughout the day

Reserve your place

Your investment

Your registration covers the full facilitated day, meals, materials and the resources that follow you home.

What your investment includes

One participant place for the full day
All facilitated programming and small-group work
Breakfast, lunch and refreshments
BWELL reflection journal and Journey materials

Sponsor a Seat

Cover a seat for a leader who could not otherwise be in the room. A sponsorship is a gift — it never takes a place, and you don't need an account.

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Before you go

Preparation and participant needs

Preparation

A short preparation prompt arrives in My BWELL before the Journey — it takes about fifteen minutes.
Bring something to write with. Everything else is provided.
Come as you are. There is no expectation that you arrive polished.

Accessibility & needs

Tell us about accessibility needs, dietary requirements or anything that would make the day work better for you during registration.
Seating, movement and break structure are adjusted to the room, not the other way around.

Important notes

The confirmed venue and full schedule are shared with registered participants and published here as soon as they are final.

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This is the only date currently open for Leading Authentically. New dates are announced on the Journey page first.

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Questions

Frequently asked

Is the exact venue confirmed?: The Journey is in Long Beach, California. The confirmed venue and full schedule are shared with registered participants and published here as soon as they are final.
Can I register a colleague or team?: Yes. Group and organization-sponsored registrations are welcome — reach out and we will set it up with you.
Are scholarships available?: BWELL reserves scholarship and complimentary places for each Journey. Ask us before you register and we will tell you what is open.
Is this a workshop?: It is a full facilitated day of leadership development, and it is deliberately not run like a generic workshop. There is teaching, but the day belongs to your thinking, your writing and the conversation in the room.

Ready to begin?