You've likely been told to lead with empathy and to hold people accountable. But it's unlikely you've been told or taught how to do both at the same time, especially when someone on your team is crying in a one-on-one, pushing back on feedback, or shutting down entirely when you address their performance.
The Compassionate Accountability Cohort exists to help leaders close this gap. Over seven months, a small community of people managers, team leaders, and executives will build the skills, systems, and self-awareness to lead with high expectations AND high support, feelings AND responsibility, compassion and clear standards.
Facilitated by Marissa Badgley, MSW, Founder of Reloveution, this cohort blends live virtual workshops, one-on-one implementation coaching, and a peer community that makes the hard leadership work and the learning journey feel less lonely.
About the Cohort
Many of us (especially women and people of other marginalized identities) were taught never to cry at work, to defer to authority at all costs, to fake it until we make it, and to save our big feelings for when we get home lest we be labeled difficult, contrarian, or unreasonable.
But it's safe to say that in 2026, big emotions have entered the workplace, and they are not leaving. Pushback, defensiveness, tears, resistance, silence...if you lead people, you're often managing all of it, usually with no training and even less support.
Most leaders respond in one of two ways: they get softer and softer until expectations disappear, or they get firmer and firmer until trust breaks and humanity is forgotten. Both paths burn out the leader and fail the team.
The Compassionate Accountability Cohort is our compassionate response to your siren calls. It is absolutely possible to practice and operationalize compassionate accountability, and we're excited to show you how!!
This is not a webinar series you passively attend. It's a working cohort where you'll bring real situations happening with your team, practice out loud, get coached, and build systems you can use in your leadership, on your team, and even across your organization. You'll leave with language for the hardest conversations, frameworks for de-escalation that don't sacrifice accountability, and an honest understanding of what psychological safety actually is (and what it never was).
Together, we will dig into:
- Big emotions at work. Why strong reactions like pushback, defensiveness, and resistance happen, and what they signal
- Leader response patterns, and how well-intentioned leaders often make emotional situations worse (+ what to do instead)
- Emotional de-escalation practices that lower the temperature without lowering the bar
- What psychological safety ACTUALLY is and how to build it without letting it be weaponized
- How to build cultures of emotional integrity and compassionate accountability
- What it takes to be a trauma-informed and healing leader
- How to build ecosystems and systems that manage big emotions and promote accountability for you
- How to release the burden of others' emotional expression while still effectively responding to it
Who Is This Cohort For?
The Compassionate Accountability Cohort is specifically designed for people managers, team leaders, and executives who are responsible for both people AND performance (and who are tired of feeling like they have to choose between them).
Cohort members will be people who:
- lead humans with human emotions, and want to learn how to confidently respond to those emotions without avoidance, appeasement, or armor
- have been called "too soft" or "too demanding" (sometimes in the same week) and are ready to get out of that whiplash
- believe accountability is an act of care, and want the practical tools to make that belief true on their team
- are tired of watching "psychological safety" get used as a shield against feedback, and are committed to building the real thing
- are willing to look honestly at their own patterns, practice new skills, and support fellow leaders doing the same
What's Included & Your Commitment
- [Before the Program] A Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP) assessment showing you how you respond under conflict and pressure, what your hot buttons are, and where your patterns help or hurt.
- Six live virtual workshops (September 16, 2026 – March 10, 2027)
- Two ninety-minute, one-on-one coaching and implementation sessions with Marissa. One in the first two months that includes a debrief of your CDP results and one later in the program to apply learning to your specific team, challenges, and growth edges
- Three peer circle sessions. Small coaching and accountability pods of 4-5 people, meeting between workshops, using a simple self-facilitated format to work real situations from your real teams. Each pod session closes with a concrete commitment and opens with a check-in on the last one — accountability, built in, with people who get it.
- A (very low-stakes) capstone implementation project where you'll build one real thing for your team or organization (a feedback ritual, a team agreement, a de-escalation protocol — whatever your context needs most) and share it at our final gathering.
- Endless tools, templates, and frameworks you'll keep and use long after the cohort ends, drawn from Reloveution's work with hundreds of mission-driven leaders and teams.
This is an opportunity to jump into a true peer community with confidential, candid space where you can tell the truth about how hard this is, learn from others' situations, and be held accountable (compassionately, of course) to your own growth.
Tentative Schedule
May be adjusted if there are many conflicts within the group
- September 16, 1:00-3:00* pm ET
- October 21, 1:00-2:30 pm ET
- November 18, 1:00-2:30 pm ET
- January 13, 1:00-2:30 pm ET
- February 10, 1:00-2:30 pm ET
- March 10, 1:00-3:00* pm ET
* Note that the first and last live sessions are two hours, while the rest of the sessions are ninety minutes
Please register only if you can reasonably commit to attending and actively participating in at least 5 of the 6 live sessions.
Investment
Equity and accessibility are core values of Reloveution. As such, we are offering multiple pricing tiers for this experience. No matter which tier you select, you will receive the same high-quality experience, including all six workshops, both one-on-one coaching and implementation sessions, all tools and materials, and the peer community. Choose the rate that reflects your situation. We trust you to make open-hearted decisions that honestly honor your specific circumstances and our value.
- Organization-Sponsored — $2,500. For participants whose employer is covering the cost through a professional development or training budget.
- Self-Funded — $1,600. For participants paying out of pocket. A monthly payment plan is available (approximately $230/month across the cohort).
- Solidarity Rate — $950. For leaders from small or under-resourced organizations or anyone who cannot afford the experience at the self-funded or organization-sponsored rate.
Early bird rate: Register by July 31 and take $100 off any tier.
If cost is the only thing standing between you and this cohort, reach out. We'll figure it out together (and always find a way!).
IMPORTANT: Only a $50 deposit is due at the time of registration. This will hold your spot and be applied to your final invoice. Your full invoice (or initial invoice if using a payment plan) must be paid within two weeks of registration or invoice issuance to hold your spot.
How to Join
Fill out this registration form by August 31 to save your seat. We cannot guarantee that spots will remain available until the deadline. A wait list will open once the cohort is full.
Not sure yet? Email info@truereloveution.com OR book a connection call to ask your questions directly.