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Where mid-level leaders stop surviving and start thriving with heart-led passion, power, and purpose.

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Why Renewal Matters

Through experiential leadership workshops, executive coaching, and workplace wellbeing, grounded in the R.I.S.E.™ framework—Renew, Ignite, and Soar with Excellence—organizations retain and re-engage high-value mid-level leaders navigating forward from burnout or emotional fatigue, restoring clarity, confidence, and sustained heart-led leadership performance after experiencing caregiving or divorce.

What’s Holding Leaders Back

Mid-level leaders often look successful on the outside but feel stuck, overwhelmed, and burned out on the inside. The emotional outcomes left after experiencing personal challenges—divorce, caregiving, grief, or empty nesting—often spill into work, leading to loss of confidence, clarity, and purpose. Organizations feel the impact through quiet quitting and costly turnover.

Why Traditional Leadership Development Fails Leaders After Personal Challenges—And How R.I.S.E. Solves What HR Can’t Fix Alone

The RISE™ framework — Renew, Ignite, Soar with Excellence was designed specifically to support after personal challenges when traditional programs fall short.

Renew: Helps leaders process transition, restore internal alignment, stabilize emotional & cognitive bandwith so they can fully re-engage at work.

Ignite: Reactivates confidence, clarity and leadership presence by reconnecting to purpose, values and decision-making capacity.

Soar With Excellence: Equips leaders with sustainable strategies to lead forward—stronger, more resilient, and more effective—without repeating burnout cycles.

The outcome for organizations is measurable:

Increased retention of experienced mid-level leaders

  • Faster re-engagement after life transitions

  • Stronger leadership confidence and influence

  • Improved performance without “wellbeing washing”

This is not therapy.
This is strategic leadership renewal.

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  • Retain high-value mid-level leaders during vulnerable transition periods

  • Reduce silent disengagement and burnout-driven attrition

  • Strengthen leadership pipelines without replacing talent

  • Offer a credible, structured alternative to generic wellbeing programs

  • Demonstrate proactive, human-centered leadership strategy

R.I.S.E.™ protects your investment in leadership talent—when it matters most.

What Organizations Get With The R.I.S.E.™ Framework

Licia Thompson-Young is the Renewal Expert, guiding mid-level leaders to intentionally rebuild stronger after personal challenges and lead with clarity and heart. With 22 years of corporate workers’ compensation, managed care & vendor relations leadership experience, and her proven RISE™ methodology, she bridges organizational demands with human needs.

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Meet Licia
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The RISE™ Difference

22+ years of corporate leadership in workers’ compensation and 10 years in auto, casualty, no-fault, and Special Investigative Unit (SIU) claims leadership.

A strategic partner to CHRO’s navigating disengagement and attrition.

A post-crisis leadership retention expert.

Real-life resilience: “I’ve walked the path my clients are on — and I know how to guide them forward.” ~ Licia

A graduate of the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching™ Certified Professional Coach, COR.E Leadership Dynamics Specialist with the ability to administer proprietary tools, like the Energy Leadership Index Assessment ® , and  to provide measurable insight and trackable growth.

The RISE™ methodology blends personal growth, professional leadership, and heart-led clarity after experiencing personal challenges impacting professional leadership.

Published author of When Your Soul Whispers: Strategies for leaders to redefine values and move forward after personal transitions.

“Silence isn’t a retention strategy.” ~Licia Thompson-Young

Services RISE™ Pathways to Renewal

  • A high-impact organizational experience designed to improve retention and performance.

  • Personalized 1:1 support to renew confidence, reclaim clarity, and grow forward with purpose.

  • A transformational group experience where mid-level leaders renew values, ignite confidence, and grow forward together.

  •  A one-day breakthrough designed to renew clarity, ignite confidence, and unlock powerful forward momentum.

  • A long-term leadership partnership to sustain growth and retention well beyond the workshop.

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Stories of Renewal

Through her coaching, I found my confidence again and rediscovered my purpose as a leader.
— Mid-Level Manager
Licia’s workshop gave our leaders clarity and tools they could use the very next day.
— HR Director
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Clarity Creates Power.

Renewal Creates Growth.

Are your mid-level leaders — and your organization — ready to RISE™?

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