A Six-Month Workshop Series for Leaders Who Want to Buid Cultures That Last.
Fostering Connections is a six-month, cohort-based leadership and organizational development workshop series designed to help leaders build cultures of belonging, connection, and psychological safety in a workplace being remade by AI. It’s grounded in science-backed research on human connection, real-world organizational experience, and a therapeutic coaching perspective that treats people as whole human beings, not just employees.
Over six months, participants develop the skills, frameworks, and strategies to transform their organizations from the inside out. AI isn’t treated as a footnote; it’s woven through every month, because the pace of AI adoption is exactly why connection now needs to be a deliberate leadership choice rather than something that used to happen on its own. We help leaders embrace the tools that add real value while fiercely protecting the human connections no technology can replace.
Who Should Attend?
Fostering Connections is a suite of two companion programs—one built for leaders, the other for the full workforce. They are designed to run together or independently. Both are grounded in science-backed research on human connection, real-world organizational experience, and the belief that every person has a role in building the culture they want to work in.
Leadership Series
IA six-month, cohort-based leadership and organizational development workshop series. Over six months, participants build the skills, frameworks, and strategies to transform their organizations from the inside out, including a practical, human-centered thread on AI that helps leaders use tools that add value while protecting the human connections no technology can replace
Elevate
Most workplace development programs are built for leaders. Elevate is built for everyone else, the people doing the daily work of the organization who rarely get the same investment in their self-awareness, their communication, or their career direction. This three-month workshop series is grounded in one powerful belief: when employees understand themselves, they stop waiting to be motivated and start showing up with genuine ownership. The result is a workforce that doesn’t just experience the culture, they help build it.
Elevate runs alongside the Leadership Series, creating a complete organizational experience in which leaders and employees engage in parallel self-work and meet in the middle with a shared language and a shared commitment to the culture they’re building together.
FAQ
What is Fostering Connections?
Fostering Connections is a six-month, cohort-based leadership and organizational development workshop series created by DP Consulting Partners. It helps leaders build cultures of belonging, connection, and psychological safety, including a practical thread on using AI without losing the human element.
Who is Fostering Connections For?
Executive, senior, and mid-level leaders who shape culture; HR and People leaders responsible for engagement and talent strategy; and organizations navigating growth, hybrid work, or culture challenges.
How long does the program take?
ix months, delivered through monthly facilitated workshops (half-day or full-day), pre-session readings, and a cumulative capstone culture and connection plan.
What is Fostering Connections: Elevate?
levate is a companion three-month program built for employees rather than leaders. It runs alongside the Leadership Series so both sides of the organization are doing parallel self-work and meet in the middle with a shared language.
Is Fostering Connections available outside Minneapolis?
Yes. DP Consulting Partners is based in Minneapolis, MN, and delivers Fostering Connections both in person and virtually, nationwide.