The Entrepreneurial Excellence Leadership Program is a selective pilot blending real-world entrepreneur insights and a facilitated mastermind to strengthen self-awareness, strategic thinking, and founder-mindset capability.
Entrepreneurial Excellence Leadership Program
Start Date: October 5, 2026
End Date: March 5, 2027
Participant Enrollment Fee: $500 deposit that is refundable at the end of the cohort
Program Description
This program is built to help entrepreneurial leaders grow their emotional intelligence so they can lead people, build businesses, and navigate the pressures of leadership more effectively.
Through a thought-provoking and collaborative process, our Entrepreneurial Excellence Leadership Program helps participants draw out their full personal and professional potential. Our approach combines mindfulness techniques with cognitive-behavioral and organizational psychology to give entrepreneurs practical tools for managing self-doubt, anxiety, and the weight of leadership, while sharpening their judgment about people and business decisions.
Every leader's path through the program looks different, shaped by their own goals and challenges. Still, participants can expect to walk away with:
Cognitive-behavioral tools to work through self-doubt, anxiety, and the pressure that comes with entrepreneurship
The ability to use psychological assessment and behavioral insight to identify trustworthy partners and hire the right talent as they scale
A clearly defined personal leadership brand, one that shows up consistently in every business interaction and is grounded in integrity
A working understanding of consumer psychology that they can apply to product and service design, moving past basic satisfaction toward genuinely exceptional customer experiences
A strategic network of AAPI leaders and partners built on mutual sponsorship and the ability to spot high-trust relationships in complex professional environments
Entrepreneurial Excellence Leadership Program Details
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Month 1: The Entrepreneurial Foundation & Self-Awareness
Focus: Understanding your natural leadership baseline.
Group Session: Introduction to fundamental elements of the Expanding Beyond Color framework and the Entrepreneurial Mindset.
1-on-1 Coaching Goal: Review Caliper results to identify natural strengths and potential blind spots in business management.
Month 2: Managing Self-Doubt & Anxiety
Focus: Psychology of the self.
Group Session: Techniques from mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral psychology to manage the isolation and anxiety of entrepreneurship.
1-on-1 Coaching Goal: Developing personalized "mental habits" for clarity and resilience during high-stakes decision-making.
Month 3: Hiring & People Management
Focus: Building a high-performing team.
Group Session: How to know who to trust. Using psychological tools to screen for culture fit and competence.
1-on-1 Coaching Goal: Refining the participant’s specific people management style and addressing current team-building challenges.
Month 4: You Are Your Brand.
Focus: Personal branding and external perception.
Group Session: Aligning personal values with business identity. How integrity acts as a competitive advantage in the entrepreneurial landscape.
1-on-1 Coaching Goal: Auditing the participant’s current business brand against their personal leadership values.
Month 5: Consumer Psychology & Delivering Exceptional Service
Focus: Service delivery and client psychology.
Group Session: Understanding why customers buy and how to design memorable moments. Applying consumer psychology to service-based and product-based models.
1-on-1 Coaching Goal: Mapping the “Customer Journey to identify opportunities for exceptional service delivery.
Month 6: Strategic Networking & Program Debrief
Focus: Ecosystem growth and long-term sustainability.
Group Session: How to network with intent and build a circle within and outside of the cohort for ongoing peer-to-peer sponsorship.
1-on-1 Coaching Goal: Creating a 6-month post-program roadmap for continued entrepreneurial excellence.
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Dominique Burrell-Paige, Ph.D.
Dominique is a consulting psychologist and executive coach who studies how identity, mindset, and culture shape leadership under pressure. His work blends neuroscience, narrative psychology, and organizational behavior to help leaders think clearly, act decisively, and lead with emotional precision.
He advises executives, founders, and teams on performance, psychological safety, and adaptive decision-making, focusing on the mental habits that sustain clarity and resilience in complex environments. Known for his direct yet reflective approach, Dr. Burrell challenges leaders to expand their emotional range and redefine how they relate to power, purpose, and growth.
Daniel Stover, M.A.
Daniel is the Founder and CEO of Ensight Partners. For more than twelve years, Daniel Stover has been the executive coach and advisor to leaders of global enterprise organizations, entrepreneurs, small businesses, government, and internationally recognized research and academic institutions.
Daniel has two degrees from The Ohio State University and his Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Daniel is a two-time recipient of the Switzerland-based Excellency Award from Geneva Group International for his professional services, a two-time winner of the North American and International Thought Leader of the Year Award, and a nominee of the Pay-it-Forward Leadership Award for women’s leadership empowerment.
Daniel is a Fellow of the Harvard University Institute of Coaching at McClean Hospital, is a Founding Council Member and Judging Committee Chair of the Tony Hsieh Award (honoring the late founder of Zappos). Within the American Psychological Association, Daniel has served as a chair on the DEI Task Force and the APA President’s Special Task Force for fiduciary responsibility for major donors. He is a credentialed member of the International Coaching Federation, and a member, fundraiser and donor of The Nature Conservancy. Daniel is also a Board Member for Governance and Strategic Planning at Rose City Center (a sliding-scale non-profit for mental health services in Pasadena, California).
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Application Deadline: October 1, 2026
Join an informational session: September 2026 - Details TBD