Become and be seen for the leader you already know you are
A 6-week intensive for high-performing women in property, architecture and professional services across the built environment who are ready to lead at their next level - and are done waiting to be handed it.
You've worked hard. You've delivered. You've ticked every box. You're trusted with real responsibility, and you're ready for what's next. What's less clear is the path from here: how to build the influence, visibility and recognition the next level actually asks for, when the answer isn't simply doing more of the same.
This isn't about competence or experience - you have both. It's the move from being valued for what you deliver to being trusted as a strategic leader, and learning to claim that as yourself.
That shift is exactly what Elevate is built to make.
Next cohort begins 14 October 2026
You know these challenges
Because you are living them. You are not alone — every successful leader has been here. The difference? Some get help navigating through.
01
I can't see the path to my next level
Working harder, delivering results but somehow stuck and the path from here to senior leadership feels unclear.
02
I'm drowning in execution
Still doing the work yourself because it's faster than explaining it. Your team waits for your approval on everything.
03
I don't know how to have THAT conversation
Whether it's pushing back on unrealistic deadlines, dealing with poor performance or asking for what you deserve - these conversations paralyse you.
04
I'm burnt out
Leaving only crumbs for your family. Exhausted. Stressed. Succeeding on paper but feel like you are drowning. You know this is not sustainable.
05
I wonder if I even belong here. You look at other leaders and assume they're in on some secret. Quietly, you wonder whether you belong in the room at all. You've never said it out loud.
Imagine the version of you on the other side of this.
THE OTHER SIDE
06
WEEKS FROM NOW
It's the leader you already are, made visible. That's the work.
The 5C
Leadership
Transformation
Developed through decades of real-world experience. Proven with emerging leaders.
01
Clarity
So you stop second-guessing and start deciding where you want to go.
02
Capacity
So you're leading, not buried in delivery.
03
Choices
So your time goes where your ambition is.
04
Cadence
So you lead at full strength without burning out.
05
Currency
So you're finally recognised for your value not your output
The leadership journey always starts within
When you shift how you see yourself from an expert who delivers to a leader who enables then everything else follows.
This identity shift changes how you show up, how others perceive you and what becomes possible.
Senior leaders notice because you are thinking strategically. Your team performs better because you are leading with clarity. But the real breakthrough is internal: you finally become the leader you've always had the capacity to be.
This is what changes in 6 weeks — not just what you do but who you understand yourself to be.
Confidence is how you feel walking into the room. Self-belief is knowing exactly what you're carrying when you get there — and building the way of working that lets you carry it.
You're almost certainly not short of confidence. You've led teams, won the work, carried the client. What's missing sits underneath that: the identity of a woman who claims her value rather than keeps on doing more to prove it.
And the systems around you that hold it — so you are building the scaffolding that allows you to step into strategic leadership and build influence. That's the two halves of this program. The inner shift in how you see yourself. The outer structure that makes it durable.
About Stella
Stella Rosenthal is a strategic adviser and former Board Chair, COO and CFO with 30 years' executive experience running and advising companies across the UK, the US and Australia. She began in investment banking and spent two decades as a COO, CFO and Chair, often the only woman in the room.
She guides professionals through the critical transition to strategic leadership, understanding that sustainable success needs both practical frameworks and the identity shift that makes change stick. Her approach is direct, practical, and grounded in what works in business today.
“I spent thirty years advising and running companies — as a COO, a CFO, a board chair. I've sat on the side of the table where the decisions about people get made. Where someone's name comes up for the next seat, and the room decides in about ninety seconds whether they're ready. What I learned there is that readiness is almost never about competence. What separated the women who get to that next level was something quieter — how they were seen, how they carried their own value, whether the way they worked let anyone else see it too. I became a little obsessed with that gap — because once you can name it, it's learnable. That's the work I do now with the women in ELEVATE.”
Women who made the shift
"I came into this program feeling stagnant, unmotivated and bored, needing direction on the next goal in my career — and I discovered that I already possessed all the skills I need to take my career to the next level. Clarity and Currency were the turning point. The clarity sessions where I had to seek feedback were a powerful piece in understanding that I'm so much more capable than I think I am, even though I never thought I lacked confidence.
I now have a tangible, written understanding of my own abilities, wants and goals — a genuine self-belief, not just confidence.
Quite often most of us end up where we are because we've just kept working hard and ticking boxes, usually someone else's, without ever stopping to think about our own why, how and what. This program builds a framework for understanding yourself in a much clearer way, to help you on your next pathway."
Elissa Loh-Brown
Development & Project Manager
The ELEVATE Programme has been a genuinely empowering and transformative experience. The biggest shift for me has been in my mindset, from identifying limiting beliefs to creating a powerful identity profile that helps me feel grounded, confident, and clear in challenging moments.
Stella helped me see myself in a new and powerful way, not only as a director but as a trusted adviser who can make a meaningful difference.
Through her warmth and insights, Stella created a safe and supportive space for me to build confidence in the leader I am becoming. I now feel more grounded in the value I bring to my clients, my team, and each leadership moment.
I wholeheartedly recommend the ELEVATE Programme and working with Stella.
The identity statement piece is so powerful that I literally have it on my screen, serving as a reminder with every decision I make.
Edna Yeo
Director
What the program includes
An intimate, practical experience combining personal strategy, live coaching and the perspective of an accomplished peer group.
Yours.
Not a folder of notes. A map you will actually use.
Across the six weeks, anchored in the Clarity and Currency pillars, we build your Leadership Identity Profile with you. Your genuine strengths, named rather than guessed at. The commercial value you bring that you have never quite put into words. What you want to be known for. And the role you are actually building toward, stated plainly.
It is the one thing both Edna and Elissa point to as the thing that shifted everything. Edna keeps hers on her screen, and it is there for every hard decision she makes.
You leave not with motivation that fades by Friday, but with a document you return to before every review, every pitch, and every room — so you stop making yourself smaller than you know you deserve to be.
Leadership that is felt, seen and recognised.
Practical shifts you can carry into every conversation, decision and room long after the program ends.
Understand your unique value as a leader
Know exactly what sets you apart and how to position yourself for the career you want
Develop confidence to delegate effectively
Stop doing too much yourself and learn how to empower your team and hold them accountable
Gain recognition as a leader
Be seen for your strategic contribution not just your technical expertise
Success without burnout
Build practices that are sustainable while maintaining boundaries and energy
Build an unshakeable belief in yourself
By understanding what holds you back and what your unique value really is you will feel greater confidence in your own capabilities
Who is this program for?
Cohort starts 14 October · enrolment closes 5 October
THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF:
You're at the very start of your career, or you want a certificate more than a shift.
Your employer is mandating this and you're not personally invested.
You want a quick fix, or you're not willing to be visible.
Book your strategy call
A short call with Stella to make sure Elevate is the right fit for where you are — no hard sell, just clarity on whether this is your next move.
As soon as you book, you'll get everything you need to prepare.
30
confidential minutes
YOUR STRATEGY CALL
No pressure. That's the point.
There's no hard sell here, and no need for one. Your next step is a 30-minute strategy call, a genuine conversation about where you are, what you're navigating, and whether Elevate is the right fit. If it isn't, I'll tell you, and I'll usually point you to something that suits you better.
When you book, I'll send you a short Strategy Call Preparation Guide so the time is genuinely useful. Come as you are. Every call is confidential.
What would success look like for you 12 months from now?
What's at stake if nothing changes, for you, your team, your career?
What has held you back from making these changes already?
When they're gone, they're gone until the next cohort.
The cohort is capped at six women. This is deliberate as we focus on meaningful connections and dialogue. It is a safe space for you to share and be open. Six seats, and that's the whole cohort.
And there's a cost to waiting that's easy to miss. Another promotion cycle you watch from the outside. Another year valued for what you deliver instead of how you think. Another performance appraisal that says you are doing a good job with no shift in pay. Another capable peer stepping into the role you can already see yourself in.
The work doesn't get easier by staying where you are. It just gets later.
Next cohort begins 14 October 2026 · enrolment closes 5 October 2026
Essential Questions
What makes this program different from other leadership courses?
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When does enrolment close?
Your next level of leadership is closer than you think.
Leadership development is one of the few investments that appreciates over time. Every capability you build today creates possibilities that didn't exist yesterday. I've spent three decades learning what separates the leaders who advance from those who plateau. It’s not what most people think. It's learnable, it's practical, and it changes careers.
Elevate is those lessons in six weeks, the roadmap I wish I'd had.
Most women think what they're missing is the plan, the map it can feel like everyone else was handed and you weren't. There's no map being kept from you. It isn't a map you're handed. It's the one you build by walking it.
Sometimes all it takes is someone showing you what's possible and how to get there. When you're ready to step into that future, let's explore if ELEVATE is your path forward.
You don't get the seat by getting better at your job, you get it by becoming someone who can claim it. Nobody is going to give you permission. You give it to yourself.
BOOK YOUR STRATEGY CALL → · Next cohort begins 14 October 2026
P.S. You are not behind. You are just at the part nobody mapped out for you. If any of this felt like it was written about you, it was. Book the call, in thirty minutes we'll know if this is your path, and either way you'll leave clearer than you came.
Stella Rosenthal
Former Board Chair · Strategic adviser
Elevate for Women 30 Min Strategy Call with Stella
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