Information and motivation don’t create leaders. Practice does.
Titles and trainings don’t “create” leaders. Leaders reveal themselves — when they’re given the environment and tools that grow from the inside out.
Picture This...
It’s six months from now...
Your meetings are electric
...more voices in the mix, sharper ideas on the table.
Projects move faster
...fires stay small, and your team shows up with the kind of confidence you can feel across the room.
That doesn’t happen with another one-size-fits-all training.
It happens when you tap into the leaders hiding in plain sight — and give them the safety, tools, and agency to take the mic.
Because here’s the truth:
Your people aren’t PowerPoint slides.
They’re smart, restless, and ready for something real — the kind of real that cracks open new ideas, fuels better conversations, and makes the work feel worth doing.
How do you know you have a standout team?
Performance? Sure.
Metrics? Absolutely.
But there are other signs you can feel:
- Higher productivity — without the babysitting
- Ideas flowing faster than you can write them down
- People solving problems before they land in your lap
- Meetings where more voices get heard
- A team thats confident, engaged, and ready to go
Many of your best leaders may be hiding in plain sight.
Not because they lack ability —
but because they’ve never been given the safety, space, or permission to step up and lead.
Why this? Why Now?
Gallup reports only 32% of employees are engaged at work.
That means most are phoning it in (and who can blame them?).
When Google studied their top teams, the #1 factor wasn’t talent or skill — it was psychological safety: the freedom to share ideas without fear of looking stupid.
Most corporate training is built on an old assumption: That employees are empty vessels to be filled with knowledge.
Yes, skills matter. Yes, knowledge matters.
But when it comes to developing leaders who can actually thrive in complex, unpredictable environments—filling them with more content isn’t enough.
A Breakthrough Leader is a human being who brings more to the table than they can digest from a single management training session.
A leader is not a template, and your best ones aren’t copy-paste. They are already full of value and energy and potential that you have to allow to come out in its own way.
What Makes a
Breakthrough Leader?
True leaders don't wait to be lead. They:
- Speak with more confidence and clarity
- Trust their voice (even when it shakes)
- Contribute ideas without second-guessing themselves
- Lead, collaborate, and communicate with more impact
INTRODUCING THE
Breakthrough Leader Program
A hybrid learning experience that combines self-directed and live programming to help professionals access and develop their intrinsic leadership abilities.
The Core Experience
- Highly interactive, sequential, and social
Every module builds on the last, with exercises designed to be practiced in real time. - Framework over formula
Participants learn a simple, repeatable process they can apply to any challenge. - Flexible & accessible
Self-directed content that can be done when it’s most convenient—plus live group calls for accountability and interaction (and shared as replays). - Transformative by design
This is not content consumption. It’s communication in action—dynamic, engaging, and immediately applicable.
No trust falls. No cheesy scripts. Just real people, real growth, and real results.
Talk to Terri
Let’s talk about your team — and how we can help them access and develop their intrinsic leadership abilities!
“Terri is truly a genius at what she does! She is one-of-a-kind.”
Selena Soo
Bestselling author of Rich Relationships
“She completely transformed the way we see ourselves as a team.”
Sarah Springer
Managing Director - Baird
“My mind was blown by how this freshened up my view of what I do!”
Dr. Jess Beachkovsky
Board Certified Psychiatrist
What makes this program different?
It’s a highly interactive, sequential program built for the corporate context, where participants practice what it means to speak up, communicate clearly, and contribute value — by tapping into their creativity and agency as PEOPLE not just employees.
Instead of this... →This:
Patching gaps in a specific skill set...
→ removing blocks to professional growth and leadership.
Filling people with information...
→ giving them access to their own strength, clarity, and creativity on demand.
Relying on conditional extrinsic motivation...
→ igniting sustainable intrinsic motivation.
Teaching management theory...
→ giving them a flexible framework and repeatable practice they can use every day.
Breakthrough sits in the sweet spot between one-on-one executive coaching and large-scale training:
Intimate enough to spark real transformation
Scalable enough to impact teams and organizations.
…That’s why it's not just another program, but a game-changer that grows leaders from the inside out.
"Terri was compelling, thought provoking, and incredibly engaging—with an actionable message. We're collectively better as a result."
Mim Minichiello
Pres., Employee Benefits, Hub International
“We've already seen a return on our investment, by leveraging Terri’s expertise and commitment to deliver results quickly. She's adding value faster than we expected—an optimal partner for us in the fast moving thought leadership marketplace.”
Brenda Wilkins
President & Co-Founder, SoulPowered
“Terri was the top ranked speaker of the Top Independent Women Advisors Summit based on our attendee survey response data. Her presentation was interesting, provocative, and highly actionable. Her interaction with the attendees, both on stage and prior to her keynote was terrific as well.”
Sterling Shea
former global head of Wealth and Asset Management, Dow Jones
Before →After
Pulling teeth → free-flowing ideas.
Dead silence→taking the mic in meetings.
Overwhelmed by pressure→ equipped with tools and agency.
Assigning tasks→ approving suggestions.
WHAT THIS IS NOT
✖️ Check-the-box training
✖️ A quick motivational sugar high
✖️ Lecture-only boredom
✖️ Leadership jargon without practical action
WHAT THIS IS
✔ An engaging, high-participation program that blends learning with live practice
✔ A safe, judgment-free space to take creative and leadership risks
✔ A radical approach to communication and feedback that builds morale, trust, and confidence
✔ A way for your team to experience agency and empathy, not just hear about it
WHO THIS IS FOR
>> ERGs and professional development teams
>> Women’s leadership initiatives
>> Organizations committed to developing underrepresented leaders
>> Anyone ready to invest in people who are ready to grow
Talk to Terri
Let’s talk about your team — and how we can help them access and develop their intrinsic leadership abilities!
“I’m so happy with the breakthroughs I’m having as a result of this course! I’m embarrassed to say but I NEVER thought I would gain such powerful insights into my own character.”
Michael Glenn
former Navy journalist
“Terri teaches you to go deep and she goes deep with you. She helps you find the stuff that you really need to be talking about. I think what she does is amazing and different from anybody I ever worked with. ”
Kate White
New York Times bestselling author
& former editor in chief of Cosmopolitan
“Working with Terri has been THE MOST conscious, creative, clarifying, and confidence-boosting experience I’ve had with any kind of coach. From her laser sharp insight to her humanistic approach and methods to her hilarious sense of humor, there is no other person I would turn to help me realize and communicate my unique contributions to this world."
Kristina Eisenhower
The Art of Positive Disruption
“Terri has a knack for leading others to find their unique voice and purpose. With insight, humor, and tenacity Terri provides powerful, hands-on advice that leads others to find and articulate their big idea. It’s rare to work with such an engaging and inspiring instructor, but Terri delivers. She’s a mensch.”
Jeffrey Seglin
business ethics columnist, author,
and Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School
About Terri
Terri Trespicio helps people who want to work with meaning and live with purpose to stop waiting for permission and start making things happen. Her courses, workshops and retreats help you unlock your creative genius to fuel your stand out ideas. Terri’sTEDx talk, “Stop Searching for Your Passion,” has been viewed more than seven million times. She’s the author of the new book, Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life that Matters to You and the founder of New Rules Studio - an innovative, critic-free writing and self-authoring community. An award-winning writer and keynote speaker, she’s also former magazine editor at Martha Stewart, and her writing has been featured in Marie Claire, Jezebel, Business Insider, Oprah magazine, and others. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and won first place for creative nonfiction in the Baltimore Review’s 2016 literary contest.