Leadership from the Inside Out
Alumni Peer Group for Owners, Executives & Senior Leaders
You are leading at a high level — and you want to do it well.
You carry responsibility for people, culture, results, and decisions that matter. You want to lead with clarity, integrity, and confidence — without losing yourself in the process.
The Weight of Responsibility
You lead a large organization, make high-stakes decisions, and are accountable to people who rely on you — employees, partners, boards, and family.
Leading People Is the Hardest Part
Managing complexity, conflict, performance, and relationships takes far more than technical skill — and it’s often the most draining part of leadership.
Personal Pressures Don’t Stay at Home
Stress, family dynamics, identity shifts, and personal challenges inevitably show up at work — whether acknowledged or not.
Why These Problems Persist
Leadership challenges don’t resolve themselves.
Without space to reflect, leaders often:
Repeat the same patterns under pressure | Carry everything alone
React rather than respond | Feel isolated at the top
The cost isn’t just personal — it impacts teams, culture, and financial performance.
You don’t need more tactics — you need deeper clarity about how you lead.
Why Lorna Johnston?
You don’t need another expert telling you what to do.
You need a guide who helps you see clearly.
Lorna Johnston is Founder and CEO of The Change Institute. She supports owners and senior leaders to lead with clarity and confidence by developing deep self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and relational effectiveness.
With more than 25 years of international experience, Lorna helps leaders understand how they show up under pressure — and how that shapes culture, relationships, and results.
Lorna Johnston is Canada’s leading organizational practitioner, double-certified in Transactional Analysis, with deep expertise in leadership psychology, group dynamics, and relational systems. Lorna’s work goes beyond surface-level coaching. She helps leaders understand how they show up under pressure, how they are experienced by others, and how unconscious patterns influence decisions and relationships — key determinants of financial and organizational success.
This work creates real, sustainable change — not quick fixes.
How the Alumni Peer Group Works
A Trusted Peer Environment
The group brings together experienced leaders who value honesty, reflection, and growth. It is a confidential, psychologically safe space where real learning about leadership challenges are explored — without advice-giving or posturing.
A Proven Group Method
Each month, members bring current leadership challenges and personal quandaries into the group. Through structured reflection and inquiry, deeper assumptions, emotional responses, and relational dynamics become visible — often unlocking insights that strategy alone cannot.
One-to-One Integration
Monthly one-to-one sessions with Lorna allow you to integrate insights from the group, deepen self-understanding, and apply learning directly to your leadership and life.
What Does Participation Look Like?
The Leadership From the Inside Out Alumni Peer Group is a confidential, monthly peer group for owners, executives and senior leaders who want to strengthen their leadership by developing self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and relational effectiveness. This is what drives the bottom line.
Peer Group Sessions
Members meet for 12 days per year (including a 3-day retreat) in a confidential, facilitated peer group.
Each quarter, expert guest speakers will be invited to enrich the group’s learning experience.
Sessions are structured yet responsive – shaped by what members bring in real time, rather than a fixed agenda.
One-to-One Support
10 times a year, each member has a 110-minute one-to-one session with Lorna to deepen insight and support integration.
These conversations help connect group learning to leadership practice, relationships, and personal decision-making.
A Long-Term Development Space
This is not a drop-in program or short-term opportunity.
The Alumni Peer Group is designed for leaders who value sustained reflection, accountability, and long-term growth.
This is leadership development that starts with you – and strengthens everything around you.
Talk with Lorna about joining the Alumni Peer Group.
The Plan
Step 1: Join the Alumni Peer Group
Have a conversation with Lorna to confirm enrollment or jointly consider fit to ensure the group is right for you and you are right for the group.
Step 2: Develop Deep Self-Awareness
Understand how focusing on you — your patterns, assumptions, and responses — strengthens your leadership impact. Get excited to learn about your real value and worth….leading others as your fully human and authentic self, so others can experience the same.
Step 3: Lead With Greater Clarity & Confidence
Be part of a peer group of emotionally intentional leaders who support one another to grow, challenge, and lead well — in business and in life.
What Success Looks Like
Over time, leaders experience meaningful, lasting shifts — personally and professionally.
A trusted peer community
A committed, confidential group of senior leaders who show up consistently and honestly.
More effective relationships
Healthier dynamics at work — and at home.
Greater self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Increased capacity to notice patterns, manage reactions, and lead with intention.
Leadership that is grounded and sustainable
Leadership that feels steady, intentional, and aligned over the long term.
Stronger leadership presence and decision-making
Clearer thinking under pressure and decisions aligned with values and purpose.
Clarity in role, boundaries, and priorities
Greater discernment about what truly requires your leadership — and what doesn’t — reducing overextension and burnout.
“As an executive, I’ve been through many programs, but this one stands apart. It completely changed how I communicate not just in business, but in my personal life as well.
The course helped me slow down and actively listen not just to the words being said, but to the intent and meaning behind them. This shift allowed me to connect more deeply with others, ask better questions, and respond with greater clarity and purpose.
If you are an executive looking to elevate how you lead, influence, and build trust, this program is a game-changer. It goes beyond theory and gives you practical tools to lead with authenticity and impact.“
Joining the Alumni Peer Group begins with a conversation.
This is an opportunity to explore fit, ask questions, and determine whether the group is right for you at this stage of your leadership journey.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the group held?
The Alumni Peer Groups are held at a venue of The Change Institute to be communicated upon registration.
What is the Time Commitment?
The Alumni Peer Groups meet for 12 full days throughout the year, including a 3-day retreat. The group generally meets once per month, September – June. Peer Groups are held the second week of the month.
How many members are in each Alumni Peer Group?
12 members whose makeup is influenced by interested participants.
What is the investment?
The investment is $5,685.00 + GST per quarter.
Learn more about Lorna Johnston
Lorna Johnston has worked with leaders and organizations for more than 25 years, supporting them to navigate complexity, growth, and change. Her approach focuses on helping leaders understand their inner motivations, patterns, and relational dynamics — recognizing that how a leader shows up under pressure profoundly impacts culture, performance, and trust.
Trained in both organizational and psychotherapeutic Transactional Analysis, Lorna brings rare depth to her work with senior leaders and peer groups. She is known for creating psychologically safe environments where honest reflection, meaningful dialogue, and learning can occur — enabling leaders to become unstuck from limiting beliefs and to develop greater clarity, confidence, and effectiveness.
For the past decade, Lorna has also coached and facilitated a long-standing CEO peer group, supporting leaders to develop sustainable competitive advantage by valuing difference, building relational capacity, and leading change thoughtfully and consistently.