IN-PERSON | The Leadership Architecture Series | Core Values
The Leadership Architecture Series
Three sessions on your core values, principles, and behaviors that hold up when the leadership playbook runs out.
A three-part in-person series for Central Exchange members. Each session stands on its own, but together they walk through a complete framework for building a leadership architecture you actually trust, one you can name and defend, not one you inherited by accident.
Most leaders are running on reflexes: patterns picked up from an old boss, or whatever got rewarded early in their career. That's not a skills gap, it's an identity gap. This series is about closing it, one layer at a time.
Session 1: Core Values — What's Actually Driving You
Every leader has values. Very few have examined whether the ones driving their decisions under pressure are the ones they'd actually choose. This session starts at the foundation: naming the difference between an inherited value and a chosen one, and why that distinction matters the moment things get hard. We'll work through a framework for surfacing what's really load-bearing in how you lead, not the values on your team's wall, the ones you default to when no one's watching. You'll leave with language for your own values and a clearer read on where they're serving you and where they're costing you.
Danielle Tye spent 16 years in product and technology leadership, moving through Director and VP roles across healthtech, insuretech, SaaS, and enterprise software before founding Activate Edge in October 2025. She spent her final two years in the corporate world at Slalom as the Global Lead of Product Operating Model Strategy. In her role she worked closely with leaders in fortune 100 companies navigating organizational transformation not just for their teams, but for themselves.
She created Leadership Rewritten, a cohort-based leadership program, and works with Directors, VPs, and C-suite leaders who are done maintaining a version of leadership that's costing them more than it's delivering. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), holds the ICF-ACC credential, and uses various tools such as DiSC and Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) in her coaching practice to accelerate growth in leaders
She lives in the Lee's Summit area and is a longtime member of the Kansas City business community.
Date and Time
Thursday Jan 7, 2027
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST
11:30 AM - Arrival, Mingle and Enjoy Lunch
12:00 PM - Program Begins
1:00 PM - Program Ends
Please Provide Us Notice If You Need To Cancel:
We understand that schedules change. If you have registered for this program and can no longer attend, we greatly appreciate you notifying us of your cancellation by completing our cancellation form or emailing hello@centralexchange.org at least 48-hours prior to the program if possible. This is so we can adjust our catering order to help eliminate food waste and prepare accordingly. Thank you!
Location
IN-PERSON AT UMKC BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL
5108 CHERRY STREET, ROOM 413
KANSAS CITY, MO 64110
Parking is available in the Cherry Street Garage and you are able to park in Lot 12, Lot 14 or Lot 19, or any of the other lots in red on the map (see here).
Fees/Admission
FREE for CX Members Interested in becoming a CX Member? Read more about membership here and be our guest for up to two CX Programs or Exchange Circles.
1 Voucher for CX Partners
$35.00 for Non-members
No refunds.
Contact Information
Allison Baker
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