IGNITE Your
Leadership
A proven leadership performance intensive for Sales Managers, Directors, VPs, and Business Owners who need better results — fast.
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Or call: (847) 845-4922
✦ Curriculum · Coaching · Accountability — The MWI Total Transformation System ✦
Sound Familiar?
Great sellers don't automatically
become great leaders.
Companies promote top performers into management — then wonder why team performance stalls. The fix isn't more pressure. It's better leadership.
Missed Revenue Targets
Managers promoted without training can't drive consistent team results.
Weak Accountability
Without coaching systems, pipeline discipline disappears and urgency dies.
Constant Firefighting
Managers stuck solving problems instead of developing people.
Turnover & Low Morale
People leave managers who can't lead, coach, or communicate.
No Coaching Cadence
Too many reps per manager. Not enough deal coaching or development conversations.
Culture Drift
High-performance culture doesn't build itself. It takes leaders trained to create it.
What Your Leaders Walk Away With
Three days of practical tools —
not theory.
Your leaders will leave with systems and frameworks they can apply immediately. This is a working session — not a passive seminar.
Leadership vs. Management
Understand the critical difference and stop managing tasks when you should be leading people.
Psychometrics & Motivation
How your people are wired. What motivates vs. demotivates each team member.
Effective Coaching Systems
Build a coaching cadence for developmental coaching, deal coaching, and presentation coaching.
Planning & Benchmark Metrics
Create accountability systems tied to goals, skills application, and measurable achievement.
Recruiting & Retention
Build a high-performance team. Attract the right people. Keep the ones who produce.
Winning Synergy & Culture
Put a proven process in place that pulls greatness out of your people.
Event Details
Schedule & Travel
Schedule
Day 1 & 2: 8:30am – 5:00pm
Day 3: 8:30am – 4:00pm
✦ Breakfast & Lunch provided all 3 days
Training Facility
Melissa Whitaker International — Headquarters
1500 McConnor Pkwy, Suite 200
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Travel
Recommended Hotels
- SpringHill Suites by Marriott — Schaumburg/Woodfield Mall
- Residence Inn — Schaumburg/Woodfield Mall
- Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel
All 3 hotels are close to our office. Addresses and phone numbers provided upon registration.
Airports
- Chicago O'Hare International — 21 min (14 mi)
- Chicago Midway International — 52 min (34 mi)
Who Should Attend
Built for the people leading your front lines. If your organization has leaders who were promoted without leadership training, this is your event.
What Leaders Are Saying
Results that speak for themselves.
It is with great pleasure that I recommend Melissa Whitaker and MWI. We have utilized MWI for several training engagements and we are elated with the results. Melissa provides great content in a high energy environment. Outstanding results at a good value.
Loved working with Melissa! Great content in the Management & Leadership Academy, tons of interaction, and it got me thinking about different ways to LEAD, MOTIVATE, and INSPIRE.
The management class was one of the best classes I've ever attended. Melissa was full of energy the entire time and had some great tips/pointers. I personally learned a lot about myself and how to manage/motivate the different personality styles. You will not regret attending the class.
Thank you again for the training time that you gave to me, I have utilized many things from that session and our managed print division has been the fastest area of our business growing for three consecutive years now.
After attending MWI Management & Leadership Academy class, my team showed a 22% increase in sales after 1 year. We also experienced an additional 31% increase in sales as a team the 2nd year.
By implementing her step by step approach, I was able to achieve a 300% growth in clients and 400% increase in average billing over two years in Managed Services.
Your Instructor
Melissa D. Whitaker
Melissa has trained thousands of sales professionals and leaders around the globe. Her curriculum has been used by organizations ranging from mid-market companies to Fortune 500 enterprises to develop high-performance sales teams and leadership cultures.
She brings real-world sales leadership experience, published expertise, and a proven system that delivers measurable results. This isn't motivational fluff — it's a profitability and leadership solution.
"The most effective leaders are not the ones who know all the answers — they're the ones who know how to coach their people to find them."
— Melissa D. Whitaker, Founder & CEO, Melissa Whitaker International
Enrollment
Send your leaders.
Invest in the people leading your front lines. Team enrollment creates leadership consistency across your organization.
Individual
Full 3-day IGNITE intensive with curriculum, coaching, and practical application tools.
Team Pack
Build leadership consistency. Send 3 leaders and create shared language, systems, and accountability.
Enterprise
Transform your leadership bench. Custom pricing, VIP coaching session, and private onsite follow-up consultation.
Schedule ConsultationStronger Leaders. Stronger Results.
June 23–25, 2026 · Schaumburg, IL · 3 Days · In-Person
Seats are limited for personalized coaching and interaction.
Or call directly: (847) 845-4922
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June 23–25, 2026 · Schaumburg, IL
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