The Executive EQ Mastermind • Live and In-Person
Your startup scaled fast.
Your team didn't.
Teams stay when the person in charge is steady. That's a skill, and it can be taught.
Three days of emotional intelligence skills for founders and C-suite execs, taught by a licensed clinical psychologist who doesn't do polite.
DURATION
PARTICIPANTS
DOORS
3 DAYS
10 SEATS
ARRIVE FRIDAY
LEAVE SUNDAY
Send the whole leadership team, or Get Real on your own.
As Seen On
"HAPPY PEOPLE ACT RIGHT. "
— Dr. J.J. Kelly
...and that goes double for leaders at the top.
Who's This For?
This Is For You If...
You're a founder, CEO or C-suite at a funded AI company
You lead through other leaders, not just a team
You came up technical and the people part showed up later
You've lost someone good and it still bugs you
There's no one you can say the real thing to
This Is NOT For You If...
You want a certificate for the wall
You're looking for therapy. This is skills training.
You're pretty sure the problem is everyone else
Three days off your phone sounds impossible
You need everyone else to like you
TM
Ten Seats. Who gets one?
The Itinerary
Built around the calendar of someone who cannot disappear for a week, and intensive enough that you come back with skills you can use on Monday.
Friday
GETTING REAL · 6:00 TO 9:00 PM
ARRIVE
6:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Meet the nine other people in the room. No name tags, no icebreakers, no going around the circle saying your title.
6:45 PM
Dinner together
7:30 PM
What DBT Actually Does
An honest introduction to the method and what it does in a leadership context.
8:15 PM
Name the real leadership problem
Everyone puts their actual problem on the table and sets what they want out of Saturday. This is the part people say they didn't expect.
9:00 PM
Done for the night.
Saturday
DOING THE WORK · 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM
9:00 AM
THE CORE
The four skills, taught straight
Mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness. What each one is, and what it looks like when you don't have it.
7:30 PM
DBT skills applied to business situations
The board call. The co-founder conversation. The person you need to keep and the person you need to let go.
6:45 PM
Lunch together
7:30 PM
Problem-solving on real, current messes
Not case studies. The thing that is actually happening at your company right now, worked live with Dr. Kelly and nine peers who get it.
8:15 PM
Individual leadership workshops
One-on-one time on your specific pattern — the one you keep repeating and keep explaining away.
7:30 PM
Open Q and A with the Doc
Ask the thing you wouldn't ask in front of your own team.
6:45 PM
Dinner together
Sunday
TAKING IT HOME · 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
10:00 AM
Brunch.
11:00 AM
Translate the skills to your own company
Your org, your people, your next two weeks. Specific enough to survive contact with Monday.
NOON
THE POINT
Commit to what changes Monday
Out loud, to nine people who will remember. Everyone locks in what they are actually changing.
1:00 PM
Departure
Everyone puts their actual problem on the table and sets what they want out of Saturday. This is the part people say they didn't expect.
Four Skills. Ready by Monday.
What You'll Learn
Notice what is happening in you before it lands on somebody else.
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A launch slips, a round stalls, a key person walks. You keep functioning.
Manage the reaction during the meeting instead of replaying it at 2am.
Ask for things, say no, and resolve conflict without torching the relationship.
Presented by Dr. J.J. Kelly,
The Punk Rock Doc
A licensed clinical psychologist who never liked the dependency created by traditional therapy. She teaches a kid to fish. She is blunt, funny, and does zero sugarcoating, which is why technical leaders who have sat through the standard corporate offsite tend to actually engage with this one.
The Executive EQ Mastermind takes the same skills behind The Get REAL ProgramTM and points them at leadership: conflict, influence, and regulation under pressure.
What People Are Saying
The Receipts.
Forget toxic positivity — build joy like a habit using DBT tools, internal validation, and the Feelings Wheel, with clinical insights from Dr. J.J. Kelly."
— Los Angeles Times
With [her] insight, you can start to fine-tune the energy you give off with the way you truly want to be seen, both in your personal life and at work.
— Parade
You can honor yourself, act according to your values, and extract yourself by not explaining or defending yourself. You know who you are."
— Dr. J.J. Kelly, quoted in TIME
Marianne Williamson Interviews Dr. J.J. Kelly