Encore
Effective leaders drive transformation by creating messages and connections that are impossible to ignore. Encore uncovers unexpected lessons from creatives and managers only found in the music industry.
Influence and Impact through Connection
Strategic success often depends on the ability to persuade, influence, and move others through empathy and shared experience. Encore is designed for teams and leaders who must move beyond the transactional to inspire collective action and cultural renewal.
Location:
Nashville, USA or London, UK
Duration:
2.5–3 days
Format:
In-person or modular virtual formats
Primary Focus:
Inclusive leadership
Influential communication and storytelling
Collaboration
Psychological safety
Learning takeaways
Through the metaphor of musical artistry, participants explore how to lead by truly connecting — mastering the art of active listening, authentic storytelling, and the human mechanics of influence.
Engage for impact
Effective leaders embrace authenticity and humanity, thereby empowering the “emotional system” of the organization.
Building followership & increasing Influence
Participants master the craft of storytelling to influence transformation, creating messages that are impossible to ignore or forget.
Collaborate more effectively
Leaders learn to promote psychological safety, ensuring every voice contributes to the collective harmony needed to achieve your most ambitious visions.
The experience in action
Encore connects leaders with world-class musicians, conductors, and producers — experts whose success depends entirely on their ability to connect with an audience and influence a room.
Surfacing collective insight
WDHB facilitators guide reflection and sense-making, connecting insights to real-world decisions and leadership realities. Leaders leave with a clearer understanding of how to share their own experience in a way that creates empathy and drives buy-in.
Is Encore right for you?
Encore is especially suited for leadership teams in moments of transition or transformation, where the ability to foster collaboration, sustain momentum, and create alignment is critical.
Participants typically include senior leadership teams, cross-functional leaders, and high-potential cohorts responsible for shaping future capabilities, partnerships, and culture.
Designing Encore for you
Every Encore Experience is shaped to the client’s context. Let’s explore your leadership challenges and discuss how the power of connection can support your team.
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FAQs
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Experiential learning brings the real world and learning concepts together. Participants are placed in a situation with real-life context and high authenticity and are challenged to live through it for themselves. Based on this first-hand encounter, they reflect and develop ideas that are applicable for their unique leadership and organizational objectives. The outcomes of experiential learning are characterized by higher relevance, increased buy-in, broader ownership, and more sustainable impact.
We are focused on anticipating the ever-changing landscape facing organizations today. We help you create the momentum necessary to strategically solve problems and address obstacles in bold, unconventional ways. From L&D consulting to custom on-location and virtual experiential learning programs, we are here for you.
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The bespoke nature of our programs allows for customization in order to address challenges for all levels of leadership. Please get in touch to discuss your specific situation in more detail.
WDHB works with L&D teams focused on being future-ready and ensuring that human capital and financial resources are allocated most effectively across the organization. L&D teams can no longer be a mere provider of training — they must develop a strategic advantage for an organization.
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