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Grow the leader. Build the organization. Leave a legacy.

Develop a practical leadership system that helps you grow personally, communicate clearly, build capable people, create consistent processes, and lead with greater confidence.

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The Leadership Growth System

"I built this Academy for the leader who's serious about growth — not just performing it."

Derick Faison

What you'll learn

What you'll be able to do

  • Lead from a place of inner clarity and personal integrity, not just positional authority
  • Communicate with precision and persuasion — in the pulpit, on the platform, and in the boardroom
  • Build and sustain high-trust, high-performing teams that don't depend on you for every decision
  • Identify, develop, and release capable leaders within your organization or ministry
  • Design healthier organizational systems that reduce chaos and create consistent, scalable results
  • Reclaim your time and leverage practical AI tools to work with greater focus and less friction

How it works

A school that adapts to you

This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.

We learn your level

A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.

Lessons adapt as you go

Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.

Your AI coach keeps you moving

Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.

The curriculum

What's inside your school

9 modules · 43 lessons

1

Start Here

Orients new members to the Academy, sets personal growth expectations, and maps their leadership development journey from day one.

  • 1.1Welcome to the Growth AcademyIncluded
  • 1.2How to Use This MembershipIncluded
  • 1.3Your Leadership Baseline AssessmentIncluded
  • 1.4Begin Your Personalized Growth PlanIncluded
2

Leadership From the Inside Out

Builds the internal foundation every effective leader must develop — character, self-awareness, emotional health, and a clear personal leadership identity.

  • 2.1The Leader Within — Identity Before AuthorityIncluded
  • 2.2Self-Awareness as a Leadership SuperpowerIncluded
  • 2.3Leading With Emotional IntelligenceIncluded
  • 2.4Integrity Under PressureIncluded
  • 2.5Crafting Your Personal Leadership PhilosophyIncluded
3

Communicate With Clarity

Sharpens every dimension of a leader's communication — from one-on-one conversations to platform messages — with precision, persuasion, and confidence.

  • 3.1The Clarity Framework — Say Less, Mean MoreIncluded
  • 3.2Preaching and Presenting With PurposeIncluded
  • 3.3Crucial Conversations — Saying the Hard Thing WellIncluded
  • 3.4Communicating Vision That Moves People to ActionIncluded
  • 3.5Listening as a Leadership DisciplineIncluded
4

Build Stronger Teams

Equips leaders to recruit wisely, cultivate high trust, resolve conflict, and develop teams that perform without constant supervision.

  • 4.1The Anatomy of a High-Trust TeamIncluded
  • 4.2Hiring and Placing the Right PeopleIncluded
  • 4.3Roles, Expectations, and Accountability StructuresIncluded
  • 4.4Navigating Conflict Without Losing GroundIncluded
  • 4.5Building a Team Culture That Outlasts YouIncluded
5

Build Capable Leaders

Trains leaders to identify high-potential people, invest in their development, and confidently release them into expanded responsibility.

  • 5.1Spotting Leadership Potential in Your OrganizationIncluded
  • 5.2The Five Stages of Leader DevelopmentIncluded
  • 5.3Coaching vs. Managing — Knowing Which One to UseIncluded
  • 5.4Delegating With Confidence and ClarityIncluded
  • 5.5Creating a Leadership Pipeline in Your Ministry or OrganizationIncluded
6

Create Healthier Systems

Helps leaders design clear, scalable organizational systems that eliminate chaos, improve consistency, and free them to lead at their highest level.

  • 6.1Why Healthy Organizations Run on Systems, Not HeroicsIncluded
  • 6.2Mapping Your Core Organizational ProcessesIncluded
  • 6.3Designing Decision-Making FrameworksIncluded
  • 6.4Creating Rhythms — Meetings, Reviews, and Planning CyclesIncluded
  • 6.5Scaling Without Losing Your SoulIncluded
7

Time Management and Practical AI

Equips leaders to reclaim margin through intentional time design and leverage accessible AI tools to accomplish more with less friction.

  • 7.1Audit Your Calendar — Where Your Time Really GoesIncluded
  • 7.2Designing a Leader's Weekly BlueprintIncluded
  • 7.3Saying No as a Leadership StrategyIncluded
  • 7.4Introduction to AI for Busy LeadersIncluded
  • 7.5Using AI to Prepare Messages, Reports, and CommunicationsIncluded
  • 7.6Automating Repeatable Tasks in Your Ministry or OrganizationIncluded
8

Monthly Leadership Lab

Delivers fresh, member-exclusive training every month — including new lessons, live coaching, implementation challenges, and community discussion — to keep leaders actively growing.

  • 8.1This Month's Leadership Training DropIncluded
  • 8.2Monthly Implementation ChallengeIncluded
  • 8.3Live Coaching Call — Q&A and Hot SeatsIncluded
  • 8.4Member Wins and Community DiscussionIncluded
9

Leadership Resource Library

Provides members with an always-growing collection of downloadable workbooks, templates, assessment tools, and quick-reference guides for immediate on-the-job application.

  • 9.1Workbooks and Reflection GuidesIncluded
  • 9.2Leadership Templates and Planning ToolsIncluded
  • 9.3Recommended Reading and Resource ListIncluded
  • 9.4Bonus Training — Archive of Past Monthly DropsIncluded

Who it's for

Is this you?

The Pastor Ready to Scale

Leading a growing congregation but realizing the old ways of doing everything himself aren't working anymore — he needs systems, a team, and a pipeline of capable leaders.

The Entrepreneurial Executive

Running a business or nonprofit that depends too much on her alone — she's ready to build the organizational infrastructure and team culture that let her lead at her highest level.

The Emerging Ministry Leader

Stepping into a larger leadership role for the first time and hungry for practical tools — from communication and team-building to personal clarity and confidence.

The Seasoned Speaker

A communicator and platform leader who wants to sharpen her message, lead more effectively behind the scenes, and build systems that support her mission long-term.

The Next-Gen Leader Developer

Passionate about raising up the next generation of leaders and looking for a proven framework to spot, develop, and release capable people within his organization.

The Overwhelmed Organizational Leader

Deeply committed to her mission but burning the candle at both ends — she needs practical time management strategies, healthier systems, and permission to lead more sustainably.

Questions

Frequently asked

Your teacher

A note from your teacher

Derick Faison

Derick Faison

I want to talk to you leader-to-leader for a moment — because I know what it feels like to be carrying more than the current version of your organization can hold.

You have a real vision. You've built something — or you're in the middle of building it — and you care deeply about the people in your care. But somewhere along the way, you started running on adrenaline instead of strategy. Your team is capable, but they still come to you for everything. Your schedule is full, but you're not sure it's full of the right things. You preach clarity and vision to others, and privately wonder if you have enough of it yourself. You are not alone, and you are not stuck. You just need the right tools and the right room.

That's why I built the Growth Academy. Over the years, I've had the privilege of leading in ministry, on platforms, and inside organizations — and what I've learned again and again is that lasting leadership starts on the inside. It starts with knowing who you are before you worry about what you do. Identity before authority. Self-awareness before strategy. When you get that foundation right, everything else — the communication, the team culture, the systems, the delegation — becomes not just possible but sustainable.

Inside the Academy, we don't just talk about leadership concepts. We work through the real things: how to have the hard conversation with the person on your team who isn't performing; how to design an organization that doesn't fall apart when you're unavailable; how to develop the next generation of leaders in your ministry or company instead of just managing the one you've got; how to use modern tools — including AI — to get more done with your limited time. Every module is practical. Every challenge is designed to produce a real result in your real context.

This is a membership, which means I'm not going to hand you a course and disappear. Every month, we show up together — new training, new challenges, and live coaching where you can bring the actual pressure you're under and work through it in community with other serious leaders. This is the room I wish I'd had earlier in my journey, and I'm honored to hold it for you now.

If you are ready to grow from the inside out — to lead with greater clarity, build a team that truly functions, and create something that outlasts you — then you are exactly who this Academy was built for. Let's get to work.

Derick Faison

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  • 9 modules, 43 lessons
  • AI-adaptive lessons tuned to your level
  • Quizzes & checkpoints to lock in progress
  • Your own AI learning coach
  • Learn on any device, at your pace
  • 30 days of full access