Grow as a leader, alongside leaders from across metro Atlanta
A six-month, in-person leadership development program. Come on your own or bring your team, and learn alongside leaders from businesses, nonprofits and civic organizations across metro Atlanta.
One session a month. Six months. Skills that carry into every part of your life - at work, at home and in your community.
Why a cohort
Leadership is learned best in good company.
Most leadership training happens alone, in a book or behind a screen. The Atlanta Cohort puts you in a room with leaders working on the same things you are: communicating clearly, leading people well, and becoming someone others genuinely want to follow.
You'll learn alongside managers, business owners, nonprofit directors and public-sector leaders from across metro Atlanta. The conversations around the table are part of the curriculum, and the relationships you build tend to last well beyond the six months.
It is the same six-session curriculum as our 5 Voices Leader Academy for organizations, opened up so that anyone can join.
At a glance
- When
- Monthly, January - June 2027
- Where
- Metro Atlanta, venue to be announced
- Format
- Six in-person sessions, about three hours each
- Who
- Individuals, and teams of up to eight
- Facilitators
- Linnea Miller and Chris Ediger
- Next cohorts
- A new cohort begins every six months
Who it's for
Come on your own, or bring your team
The cohort is built for anyone who leads people, or wants to. You don't need a leadership title to belong here. There are two ways to join.
Join as an individual
Invest in your own growth. You'll sit with leaders from other organizations, so you get fresh perspective on familiar challenges, and a network that stretches across metro Atlanta.
A good fit if you are
- A new or aspiring manager
- An experienced leader ready for your next step
- A business owner or entrepreneur
- Someone who leads through influence rather than title
Bring a team of up to 8
Learn together, apply it together. Your team shares a table, builds a common language for how each of you communicates, and takes it straight back to work between sessions.
A good fit if you
- Lead a team that is growing or changing
- Want better communication without a full consulting engagement
- Are developing your next generation of leaders
- Want your people to grow through it together
The six sessions
A six-month journey up the mountain
One three-hour session a month, January - June 2027, with practical application in between. Each session builds on the last: first you come to know yourself, then how you affect others, then how to help the people around you grow.
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Session 1
Discovering Your Leadership Voice
Take the 5 Voices assessment and discover your foundational Voice: what you bring at your best, and how your natural tendencies shape the way you lead.
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Session 2
The Power of Your Voice
See the positive and negative impact your Voice has on the people around you, and learn practical tools to communicate so others can truly hear you.
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Session 3
Becoming a Leader Worth Following
Become the healthiest version of yourself, lead with consistency, and strengthen the presence that makes people want to follow you.
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Session 4
Relational Dynamics
Build trust and influence by understanding the tendencies, triggers and patterns that shape your relationships at work and beyond.
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Session 5
Optimizing Personal Performance
Define what high performance looks like for you, name your kryptonite, and build a practical plan to sustain it.
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Session 6
Building Leaders Worth Following
Learn the mindset and tools to develop others, helping the people around you climb so that healthy leadership multiplies.
A core Leader Academy tool
The Relational Intelligence Matrix
Great leadership follows a path. It starts with insight about yourself and grows all the way to the performance of your whole team. Scroll to trace the journey.
What's included
Everything you need to grow, and keep growing
Your 5 Voices assessment
Taken before the first session, so you arrive already knowing your foundational Voice.
Six facilitated sessions
About three hours each, in person, with real application to your work and relationships.
Workbook and practical tools
Simple, visual tools you can put to work with your team between sessions.
Guided discussion
Structured conversation tied to the challenges you're actually facing day to day.
Light refreshments
At every session, so you can come straight from work.
Progress check-ins
Simple check-ins across the six months to help what you learn actually stick.
Your facilitators
Led by two GiANT-certified facilitators
Linnea Miller
Founder & President, Long Table
Linnea is a certified GiANT Worldwide practitioner who has brought the 5 Voices to more than 100 organizations, including The Home Depot, Gwinnett County Public Schools and Make-A-Wish Georgia. Long Table was named the 2024 Gwinnett Chamber Small Business of the Year.
Chris Ediger
Founder & President, Go Intentional
Chris is the founder and president of Go Intentional, a consultancy certified in GiANT Worldwide's leadership tools. He co-facilitates the Atlanta Cohort alongside Linnea.
Where we meet
In person, in metro Atlanta
Every session meets in person, so the cohort can share a table and the conversation. We're finalizing the venue now.
Reserve your seat and we'll confirm the location, along with session dates and times, before the cohort begins in January.
What leaders say
Learning the 5 Voices with Long Table
Studied in peer-reviewed research
A model rigorous enough to be researched
The Leader Academy model, built on GiANT's 5 Voices toolkit, has been the subject of published, peer-reviewed study. Researchers followed cohorts through the program and found that this kind of cohort-based leadership training can foster genuine self-awareness, the foundation everything else in the Academy is built on.
Cole JD, Lindsay CAR, Sasser C, et al. "Impact of Leader Academy Training on Growth Mindset and Impostor Phenomenon." American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2026.
Reserve your seat
Save your seat in the Atlanta Cohort
Seats are limited so every table stays conversational. Tell us a little about yourself, and we'll follow up with session dates, investment details and next steps.
No commitment until you've seen the details and decided it's right for you.
Coming with colleagues? Tell us your team size and we'll keep you together at one table.
Can't make this cohort? We'll let you know when the next one opens.
Need a manager's sign-off first?
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Thank you. We'll be in touch with session dates and next steps for the January - June 2027 cohort.
Download the flyer to share with your teamQuick facts about the Atlanta Cohort
- Program
- 5 Voices Leader Academy: Atlanta Cohort, an open-enrollment leadership development program
- Format
- Six in-person, facilitated sessions of about three hours each
- Schedule
- Monthly, January - June 2027, with a new cohort every six months
- Location
- Metro Atlanta, venue to be announced
- Who can join
- Individuals, and teams of up to eight, from any organization
- Included
- 5 Voices assessment, workbook and tools, guided discussion, refreshments and progress check-ins
- Facilitators
- Linnea Miller and Chris Ediger
- Framework
- GiANT Worldwide's 5 Voices and 100X Leader methodology