Evolution Management Consultants

The board wants you to be able to read and interpret a profit/loss statement and prepare a cash flow sheet. Staff members want you to understand aspects of their job. Who is responsible for negotiating with the director you hired for a production? You collaborate on a budget with your executive partner, but you have two different views on how to manage money.

Leadership Evolution Lab wants to give you the tools you need to succeed in the 21st century.

One small cohort. Six Months. Real tools.

Six to eight leaders meet virtually once a month for six months. Each session encourages work in practice and relationship. You leave every month with a tool you actually use: a cash flow tracker, a board packet template, a decision-rights map for you and your co-leader, a donor briefing sheet.

The cohort brings Artistic Directors and Managing Directors into the same room. This allows for open and honest conversations with each other about the challenges and opportunities each role faces.

“This is the one place where admitting what you don’t know is the strategy.”

— Tiffany Vega, Partner and Co-Founder of EMC

Built around the schedule of someone already doing the job.

DURATION
6 months
One session per month.

COHORT SIZE
6-8 leaders
Small enough for real, honest peer exchange.

PRACTICUM TOOLS
12 tools
One working deliverable built each module.

INVESTMENT
‍$1,000
Founding cohort rate. Far below comparable programs.

For the seat you’re in right now.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF

You’re a new AD or MD.
You’ve been in the role for a while, but never received practical and technical training.
You want a refresher and a peer group that gets it.
You want to stay in your seat and do it well.

THIS ISN’T FOR

Senior leaders with deep executive experience.
Board members.
People looking to land their first senior role.
Anyone wanting passive, lecture-style learning.

The four areas every leader has to own.

Governance & Co-Leadership

Board relationships, fiduciary basics, and the decision-rights conversation between the AD and MD that makes or breaks an organization.

01

Money & Capacity

Reading financial statements, budgeting, cash flow, and managing staff time as the finite resource that it actually is.

02

Motivation & Staff Evaluation

Pushing and rewarding staff, hiring and firing, and talent development.

03

Strategy & Staying Power

Long-range planning, organizational stability, and the personal discipline to still be in the seat five years from now.

04 Launching Fall 2026.
Get on the interest list.

The first cohort is just 6-8 seats. Tell us a little about you, and we’ll reach out with details as soon as enrollment opens.

No spam. Just one note when enrollment opens — and first access for people who raise their hand early.

About Contact

You got the job, but no one taught you how to do the job.

One small cohort. Six Months. Real tools.

Built around the schedule of someone already doing the job.

DURATION6 monthsOne session per month.

COHORT SIZE6-8 leadersSmall enough for real, honest peer exchange.

PRACTICUM TOOLS12 toolsOne working deliverable built each module.

INVESTMENT‍$1,000Founding cohort rate. Far below comparable programs.