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 its second cohort of participants on March 1.

The second STRIPES cohort includes 21 of the equipment finance industry’s best and brightest. After a comprehensive onboarding process with the STRIPES leadership team over the past few weeks, STRIPES participants launched their leadership development journeys 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 extraordinary and unprecedented results. Every STRIPES participant completes the Three-Day program by creating a breakthrough “capstone” project within their accountability at their respective organizations.

“The first cohort launched in Sept. 2021 was such a success in challenging the industry to invest in their people. What we saw was a demand for leadership development, and now we’re seeing a domino effect and filling that demand. What we are witnessing now is the beginning of an era where companies with cultures that invest in their people are going to attract, retain and develop talent for both immediate and long-term success for their organizations and the industry.” Lisa Rafter, CEO and founder of STRIPES Leadership Program, said.

Participants in STRIPES’ second cohort are just beginning their personal and professional STRIPES leadership transformational journeys. 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 industry.

STRIPES Leadership Program offers 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

• 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
• Mentor/Mentee Program
• Master Talks with Recognized Industry Leaders
• Master Workshops with Recognized Industry Leaders and Best-in-Class Leadership Experts
• Breakthrough Reflection Sessions
• One-on-One Coaching
• 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 that 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 organization 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