Monitor’s LeadHER will continue its commitment to supporting professionals throughout their leadership journeys with the launch of the LeadHER Learning Series, a new virtual professional development experience designed to extend the learning, connections and momentum of the LeadHER community throughout the year.
The inaugural session, “Beyond Balance: Building Sustainable Success at Work and Beyond,” will take place virtually on Sept. 10, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. Facilitated by leadership strategist and LeadHER co-creator Lori Frasier, the interactive two-hour session will help participants examine how competing responsibilities affect their focus, decision-making and performance.
Today’s leaders are navigating more competing demands than ever. They are expected to deliver results, support their teams, advance their careers and respond to changing business needs — all while managing relationships, health, personal aspirations and responsibilities outside the workplace.
While professionals have traditionally been encouraged to pursue work-life balance, the expectation of achieving perfect balance can create more guilt and frustration than clarity or fulfillment. “Beyond Balance” will challenge that conventional approach and help participants develop a more intentional framework for determining where their time, attention and energy can create the greatest impact.
“LeadHER was never intended to be a conversation that ended when the Summit concluded,” Lisa Rafter, host of LeadHER, said. “The LeadHER Learning Series allows us to continue supporting professionals throughout the year with meaningful conversations, practical tools and opportunities to grow alongside a strong community of leaders. ‘Beyond Balance’ addresses a challenge so many people are facing and offers a more realistic, sustainable way to define success.”
During the session, participants will explore how to:
- Let go of unrealistic expectations that create unnecessary guilt and diminish focus.
- Evaluate competing demands according to their impact, priorities and current responsibilities.
- Make intentional choices about where to invest time, attention and energy.
- Maintain strong performance without treating every responsibility as equally urgent.
- Align career goals with personal values and long-term aspirations.
- Create an individual definition of success that is ambitious, meaningful and sustainable.
Participants will leave with a renewed perspective, practical decision-making tools and a clearer strategy for managing competing priorities at work and beyond.
The session is designed for professionals at every stage of their leadership journey, including executives, managers, emerging leaders, high-potential professionals and individual contributors. It will also address the additional demands experienced by parents, caregivers and anyone navigating increased responsibilities in multiple areas of life.
“Beyond Balance” is open to previous LeadHER attendees as well as professionals interested in becoming part of the Monitor LeadHER community.
Because effective leadership is not about doing everything. It is about recognizing what matters most, making confident choices and directing energy where it can produce the greatest impact.
Register here: https://www.monitordaily.com/events/leadher-learning-series/
