Take Your Leadership to the Next Level: An Interactive 9 Pillars Workshop
Join education leadership teams from across Wisconsin, Illinois, the Midwest, and beyond for an engaging, in-person workshop designed to turn leadership potential into measurable performance.
Dates
March 5, 2026
Location
Pewaukee, WI
Duration
1 Day

About This Event
Grounded in the 9 Pillars of Leadership Excellence, this highly interactive experience is designed to support leadership teams learning together for maximum impact, while ensuring individual leaders leave with shared language, aligned practices, and clear routines they can apply immediately.
This one-day regional workshop brings leaders and teams together for a collaborative, hands-on learning experience facilitated by Studer Education Leader Coaches. The day blends brief periods of focused instruction with extensive peer dialogue, teamwork time, and real-world application, creating meaningful opportunities for leaders to learn, reflect, and plan together.
Participants will engage in a series of highly interactive mini-masterclasses designed to encourage discussion, reflection, and shared problem-solving with peers facing similar challenges. Leaders will learn alongside colleagues from across the region while exploring how daily leadership behaviors shape culture, performance, and outcomes. Thoughtfully designed to maximize interaction and engagement, the workshop emphasizes collaboration, practice, and application—ensuring participants leave aligned, energized, and prepared to lead with consistency and clarity across their organizations.
Individual Registration Fee: $299.00 per person
Team Registration Fee: Four (4) people for $897.00
What You'll Learn
- Establish shared leadership language and aligned practices that strengthen trust, culture, and team performance
- Apply communication, recognition, and data to drive meaningful and sustained improvement
- Turn learning into action with clear leadership routines and next steps that can be implemented immediately
All leaders are welcome—teams are encouraged! When leadership teams attend together, they build shared language, aligned practices, and clear routines that strengthen consistency and accelerate impact across the organization.
Team Special: For every three paid registrations, a fourth participant attends free!
Complete three paid registrations, then email the fourth participant’s info (name, title, organization, email, and any accommodation or dietary needs) to events@studereducation.com to secure their complimentary spot.
Registrations are non-refundable. To request a transfer of your registration to another person, email events@studereducation.com.
Event Venue, Travel and Lodging Details
The 9 Pillars Workshop will take place at the Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC) Pewaukee Campus in the Richard T. Anderson (RTA) Education Center, Building C: 800 Main Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072.
Nearby Hotel Options:
- Best Western Waukesha Grand – 2.5 miles from WCTC RTA Education Center
- The Ingleside Hotel – 2.9 miles from WCTC RTA Education Center
- Holiday Inn Pewaukee-Milwaukee West by IHG – 3.5 miles from WCTC RTA Education Center
- Milwaukee Marriott West – 4.8 miles from WCTC RTA Education Center
- Map of Other Nearby Hotels
Event Agenda
March 5, 2026
*All session times are listed in Central Time (CT) and are subject to change.
7:45AM • Event Check-in & Networking
Continental Breakfast, Registration, and Badge Pick-up
8:30AM • Welcome & Opening Keynote
Setting the Stage: The 9 Pillars of Leadership Excellence Dr. Janet Pilcher, Founder & President • Studer Education
9:15AM • Mini-Masterclass
Building Alignment Among our Teams on Best Place to Work Standards of Excellence
10:00AM • Networking
Networking Break
10:15AM • Mini-Masterclass
Communication: Words Matter in How People Feel and Act
11:00AM • Mini-Masterclass
Recognition and Gratitude: Make It a Habit of Practice
11:45AM • Networking
Networking Lunch
12:15PM • Mini-Masterclass
Rounding: Leaders Building Trusting Relationships with Those they Lead
1:00PM • Mini-Masterclass
Doing Something with Survey Data to Create a Positive Workplace Environment
1:45PM • Networking
Networking Break
2:00PM • Mini-Masterclass
Achieving “10 out of 10” Customer Service
2:45PM • Mini-Masterclass
Saving Money to Reinvest in Student Learning: Improving Processes
3:30PM • Breakthrough Results: From Learning to Application
Achieving, Accelerating, and Sustaining High Performing Results
Price:
$299
Event Includes:
- Workshop Sessions
- 9 Pillars of Leadership Materials
- Breakfast and lunch
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