Redefining Leadership
from the Inside Out
Because the future of leadership isn’t about power — it’s about people.
Proudly Featured BY




HOW WE HELP
Coaching
Empower leaders with personalized support to grow with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Consulting
Align people and strategy to solve problems, spark momentum, and drive lasting change.
Keynotes
Deliver bold, compelling ideas that challenge norms and ignite action.
Retreats
Step away to reconnect, realign, and return renewed, individually and collectively.
Workshops
Build skills, shift mindsets, and create space for real-time transformation.

Real Stories. Real Results
Third Federal: From Layoffs to Loyalty
How a values-first bank built a culture no one wanted to leave.
Before: In an industry known for restructuring and layoffs, Third Federal was no different until leadership chose a radical shift.
After: Eliminating layoffs entirely, keeping turnover under 5%, and prioritizing internal growth based on alignment with core values, even during massive disruptions, they found ways to protect both people and purpose.
The Sixth Level in Action
This is leadership grounded in justness, mutuality, and ingenuity. It works.
Vitamix: Blending Purpose Into Performance
How a legacy brand grew 400% by putting people first.
Before: Vitamix was a small, family-owned business in a market dominated by corporate giants.
After: CEO Jodi Berg led a cultural reinvention — driven by purpose alignment, shared vision, and deep trust. Employee engagement soared. The company quadrupled in size. And even during COVID, the culture held strong.
The Sixth Level in Action
This is intrinsic motivation at scale — and the blueprint for resilient growth.
Karen Grasso: Rebuilding Trust. Reclaiming Potential.
One public service leader’s transformation of a struggling division.
Before: Karen inherited a low-performing team with low morale and high turnover.
After: She rewired her leadership using the Sixth Level principles: creating development plans, listening deeply, and building mutual accountability. The result? A high-functioning, collaborative team that consistently won new work — and trusted one another to deliver.
The Sixth Level in Action
Leadership rooted in equity and empathy changed everything.
The Book That Started the Movement
- A historical perspective, practical leadership examples, and reflective questions that improve your leadership approach and prompt you to grow personally and professionally as a leader.
- A new model of leadership firmly based in social psychology and history that provides an understanding of the social forces from which leaders emerge.
- Strategies and techniques that can be learned by all leaders to support sustainable and profitable organizations.
- A how-to guide for ambitious leaders hungry to shape a better

The Sixth Level
The Sixth Level is more than a book. It’s a leadership roadmap that drives innovation, trust and sustainable success.

The Collaborative
We are practitioners—psychologists, educators, executives—who have helped thousands of leaders redefined how they show up. We don’t just teach the work—we live it.
Meet the Collaborative
The Sixth Level Collaborative is more than a service—it’s a transformative partnership. Grounded in the core principles of mutuality, justness, ingenuity, and intrinsic motivation, the Collaborative is where leaders, teams, and organizations come together to do the real work. Through coaching, consulting, keynotes, retreats, and workshops, we challenge the status quo and guide you into deeper alignment—with your purpose, your people, and your potential. This isn’t about surface-level fixes; it’s about shifting culture, amplifying leadership, and unlocking the kind of sustainable change that ripples across systems. Whether we’re in the room for one hour or walking alongside you for six months, the Sixth Level Collaborative meets you where you are—and moves with you toward what’s next.