You want leaders ready before they step into bigger roles.
But readiness often lags behind opportunity.
SHATTR develops women who are ready when it counts.
The Business Case is Clear
Stronger leadership pipelines don’t happen by accident. They’re built.
Companies with stronger gender diversity in leadership perform better where it counts.
"As the former CHRO of a large global company, I learned that while talent is abundant, true readiness to step into the next big role takes intention. SHATTR helps women grow into the leaders they're capable of becoming, and helps companies retain the talent they've worked hard to develop."
MJ O’Leary | SHATTR Founder & CEO
What makes SHATTR work
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Leadership Development
* Small group coaching with ICF PCC-certified executive coaches
* Focused development of executive level skills with immediate application
* Personalized support and peer accountability
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Community Powered Growth
* A small, close-knit cohort paired with access to the broader SHATTR community
* Exposure to diverse perspectives across industries and experiences
* Ongoing connection through events, conversations, and the SHATTR app
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Sustainable Leadership
* Tools and practices to support energy, mindset, and focus
* Strategies to reduce burnout and sustain performance
* A leadership approach that supports both professional success and personal well-being.
SHATTR partners with you to build the pipeline — and develop the women ready to lead it.
Sponsorship FAQs
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SHATTR is for organizations committed to developing the next generation of women leaders.
Our immersive experience bridges the gap between potential and promotion, supporting accomplished women with people or project leadership experience who are ready to grow their leadership skillset and move toward senior roles.
Partner with us to strengthen your leadership pipeline, retain top talent, and grow a bench of Ready Leaders.
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SHATTR is built exclusively for high-potential women on the path to senior leadership. Whether through our 12-month immersive experience or focused accelerators, SHATTR combines executive skill-building, expert coaching, peer-powered learning, and well-being practices to help women strengthen their leadership readiness and expand their impact.
What sets SHATTR apart:
· Built for Advancement: Designed for women stepping into roles of greater scope and complexity with a focus on strengthening leadership readiness.
· Led by Experts: Every experience is guided by ICF- and PCC-certified executive coaches.
· Community-Powered Growth: Deep peer relationships, cross-industry insights, and ongoing connection through our community space, events, mentoring, and affinity groups.
· Well-Leader Framework: A purposeful focus on sustainable leadership—building the energy, confidence, and resilience women need to perform at their best over the long term.
SHATTR helps women strengthen the capabilities, confidence and connections to lead with greater impact.
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SHATTR helps women strengthen the leadership capabilities most often associated with leadership readiness and advancement. Through our 12-month leadership experience and focused Accelerators, participants build leadership capabilities through coaching, peer learning, reflection, and real-world application.
Areas of focus include:
Executive presence
Stakeholder influence
Strategic thinking
Influential communication
Decision-making
Confidence
Each capability is explored through real-world application, executive coaching, peer learning, and reflection.
All experiences are reinforced by the Well-Leader Framework to support sustainable success.
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How is the experience structured?
Members can engage with SHATTR in several ways.
Leadership Experience – A 10- month cohort-based experience that combines executive coaching, peer learning, leadership development, and the Well-Leader Framework.
Accelerators – Focused, coach-led experiences designed to strengthen a specific leadership capability through concentrated learning and application.
Community Membership – Ongoing access to the SHATTR Community Space, events, skills labs, C-suite conversations, affinity groups, and peer connection.
The Leadership Experience includes monthly coach-led sessions, peer accountability, leadership challenges, and year-round access to the broader SHATTR community.
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What are SHATTR Accelerators?
SHATTR Accelerators are focused, coach-led experiences designed to strengthen a specific leadership capability in a concentrated timeframe. They combine coaching, peer learning, reflection, and real-world application build confidence and capability in areas that matter most to effectiveness and advancement.
Our first Accelerator, Executive Presence, consists of four 75-minute virtual sessions over two months. Participants strengthen how they communicate, influence, and show up in high-stakes leadership situations while developing greater confidence, credibility, and executive impact.
Executive Presence is particularly valuable for professionals preparing for increased leadership responsibilities, greater visibility, expanded stakeholder influence, or promotion into more senior roles.
Our next Accelerator, Managing Up, Down, and Sideways, will launch this fall.
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Our members report stronger leadership confidence and greater clarity around how to leverage their strengths in the workplace.
Organizations benefit from more engaged, high retention leaders and measurable growth in readiness, influence and impact.
Research shows companies with more women in senior leadership roles outperform their peers, reporting up to 61% more revenue growth and improved customer satisfaction. They also see stronger pipelines and increased innovation through diverse leadership.
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Encourage any women who have the ambition and potential to step into senior leadership, even if it is a few years down the road, to complete an Accelerator Application or have them schedule a meeting with MJ to learn more about the Cohort experience.
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The next step is a brief conversation to learn more about the participant, answer questions, and determine whether SHATTR is the right fit.
If there is mutual alignment, we'll recommend the experience that best supports their goals, whether that's the 12-month Leadership Experience, an Accelerator, or Community Membership.
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SHATTR offers several ways to engage, depending on the goals of the participant and sponsoring organization:
• SHATTR: Our signature 12-month experience for high-potential women on the path to senior leadership. It's a cohort-based experience led by an executive coach, blending peer-powered learning with 12 months of access to the SHATTR community.
• SHATTR+: All the benefits of SHATTR, plus five individual coaching sessions for deeper, personalized development.
• Accelerators: Focused, coach-led experiences designed to strengthen a specific leadership capability through concentrated learning and real-world application.
• Community Membership: Ongoing access to the SHATTR Community Space, events, skills labs, C-suite conversations, affinity groups, and peer connection.
• Corporate Pricing: Tailored pricing is available for organizations sponsoring multiple participants in a given year.
We're happy to walk you through what's included and help determine the best fit based on your goals.
“Leadership is, after all, a set of skills, a learnable set of practices. And any skill can be strengthened, honed, and enhanced if we have the proper motivation and desire, along with practice and feedback role models and coaching.”
- Barry Kouzes & James Pozner
WE ARE PROUD OF THE COMPANY OUR COACHES KEEP
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