STRIPES Leadership Program, the professional and personal leadership development program designed to challenge and inspire best-in-class leaders within the equipment finance industry in partnership with Monitor, launched cohort one on Sept. 28.

The first STRIPES Leadership cohort includes 23 of the equipment finance industry’s best and brightest. After a comprehensive onboarding process with the STRIPES Leadership Program team over the past few weeks, STRIPES’ participants launched their leadership development journey last week with the Three-Day Breakthrough Intensive Program facilitated with STRIPES’ educational partner, Gap International.

The Three-Day Breakthrough Intensive Program is a transformational program for causing real change with leaders and teams. The program instills the practices of breakthrough thinking, dispelling existing frames of thinking from the past and removing barriers to producing unprecedented results. Every STRIPES participant completes the three-day program by creating a breakthrough project within their accountability at their respective organizations.

“I was truly blown away last week by the amazing commitment, passion and courage demonstrated again and again by the STRIPES participants during the Three-Day Breakthrough Intensive! They emerged on Thursday after three intense days as breakthrough leaders with a brand-new view of what’s possible for themselves, their teams and their companies. It was remarkable and inspiring,” Lisa Rafter, CEO and founder of STRIPES Leadership Program, said.

Cohort one is just beginning their personal and professional STRIPES leadership transformation journey. Participants will soon be diving deep into program Master Talks from equipment finance leaders, Master Workshops and more invaluable components delivered by industry leaders and best-in-class leadership experts. STRIPES participants will be moved and inspired, they’ll be confronted and challenged and they’ll ultimately take ground and develop into the leaders and creators for the future of the equipment finance industry.

STRIPES Leadership Program is a 10-month certificate granting program that provides immersive training delivered by recognized industry leaders and best-in-class leadership experts, including a partnership with global management consultancy firm Gap International. STRIPES offers rich components that build sustainably competitive transformations on both a personal and professional level.

STRIPES Curriculum

• 360 Assessments
• Breakthrough Leadership Self-Assessment (BLSA) in Partnership with Gap International
• Three-Day Breakthrough Intensive Program in Partnership with Gap International
• Individual Three to Five Year Living Leadership Development Plan and The Intended Outcomes Plan
• Mentor/Mentee Program
• Master Talks with Recognized Industry Leaders
• Master Workshops with Recognized Industry Leaders and Best-in-Class Leadership Experts
• Breakthrough Reflection Sessions
• Independent Cohort Working Groups
• Certification and Minimum Requirements

STRIPES Outcomes

Inspire Change and Transformation

• Broaden your mindset and behavior to think critically about change and to effect change in your organization
• Prepare yourself as a leader who deals powerfully with change and leads your company into the evolving world of the equipment finance industry
• Creating and delivering on a project that has direct impact on your company
• Building a plan that guides your narrative of change into the future

Foster Bold Thinking

• Take a bold stand and define the future of your company
• Develop a mindset of disruption which leads to ongoing and continual innovations for your company and the industry

Embrace Open Heart Leadership

• A leader who leads with an open heart and connects with others with authenticity, empathy and vulnerability
• A leader who is available in mind, spirit and heart
• A leader who creates an environment where differences are understood, accepted and welcome

Create Fellowship

• Build strong industry connections with relationships built over 10 months of learning together, growing together and experiencing and sharing breakthroughs
• Collaborate together as peers working together across organizations for the betterment of your organizations and the equipment finance industry

Make a Difference

• Make an immediate impact on your area of accountability and your company with a breakthrough project designed with the principles of the program
• Make a lasting impact on your company and overall industry with an expanded view of what’s possible for yourself, your accountabilities, others and your company