Ignite Your Career.™
Fueling Leadership. Accelerating Success.
An 8-week Self-Paced Online Leadership Course for Emerging Professionals.
Embark on a transformative journey to unlock your professional potential as you master the skills needed to navigate the job market, excel in your current role, and strategically position yourself for future career growth.
🔥Why Ignite Your Career™?
College teaches technical skills — but it rarely prepares graduates for the realities of the workplace. Today’s employers say soft skills like communication, teamwork, and emotional intelligence are the most critical — and most lacking — among new professionals.
In fact, some leaders have labeled Gen Z as “unhirable,” not because they lack talent, but because no one ever taught them how to lead, collaborate, or communicate effectively. The result? Nearly 30% of young employees leave their first job within 90 days — not from lack of ability, but from lack of confidence and connection.
Ignite Your Career™ was created to change that. This program helps emerging professionals strengthen the skills school didn’t teach: how to speak up, build trust, handle feedback, and show leadership from any level. You’ll learn how to manage stress, navigate conflict, and demonstrate the professional presence employers expect — so you can not only get the job, but thrive once you’re there.
This isn’t theory — it’s practical, real-world learning from someone who’s led teams, coached professionals, and understands what it takes to succeed. If you’re ready to stand out, lead with confidence, and accelerate your growth, Ignite Your Career™ is your roadmap.
🔥 What You’ll Learn.
Inside Ignite Your Career™, you’ll complete 8 self-paced modules — plus a Welcome and Next Steps section — filled with short video lessons, practical tools, and action plans you can apply right away. Each module builds on the last to help you grow from a capable contributor into a confident, modern leader.
Welcome: Get oriented, clarify your goals, and identify where you want to grow most in your career journey.
The 8 Core Modules.
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Foundations of Modern Leadership
Learn what leadership looks like today — and how to lead from any level, even without a title. -
Emotional Intelligence & Empathy
Build self-awareness and empathy to strengthen relationships, manage emotions, and create meaningful connections at work. -
Communication Mastery
Develop the clarity, confidence, and listening skills to speak up, present ideas effectively, and earn credibility. -
Influence, Networking & Negotiation
Learn how to build your professional network, gain influence, and negotiate opportunities with confidence and professionalism. -
Presentation Skills & Executive Presence
Master body language, tone, and delivery to command attention and communicate with confidence in any setting. -
Conflict Resolution & Difficult Conversations
Turn tension into trust by learning proven strategies to handle conflict, feedback, and disagreement with professionalism. -
Stress Management & Workplace Wellness
Build resilience and learn techniques to stay balanced, productive, and positive — even under pressure. -
Culture & Change
Understand workplace culture, navigate organizational change, and adapt your mindset to thrive in evolving environments.
Next Steps: Apply what you’ve learned through group or 1:1 coaching opportunities, emotional intelligence assessments, and continued support through the DRIVE. community.
By the end of Ignite Your Career™, you’ll have a complete toolkit to communicate with confidence, lead with empathy, and accelerate your growth — wherever your career takes you.
Example Curriculum
Kristi Elrod, M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
With over 30 years of experience in marketing, communications, and leadership—and a master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology—Kristi brings a unique blend of strategic insight, business acumen, and people-first thinking to every client engagement. As the founder of DRIVE. Organizational Solutions, she helps organizations, leaders, and emerging professionals build workplace cultures where people thrive, employees are engaged, and leadership is practiced with purpose.
Kristi is a certified EQ-i 2.0® and EQ 360® practitioner as well as a CSI 2™ consultant, enabling her to integrate validated assessments with practical strategies that drive measurable results. Her expertise in workplace psychology, team dynamics, and leadership development allows her to design solutions that go beyond surface-level fixes. She partners closely with clients to develop leaders, engage employees, and strengthen organizational performance through evidence-based practices that stick.
Her career spans industries as diverse as automotive, firearms, law enforcement, professional sports, and commercial lawn care—alongside healthcare, legal, manufacturing, finance, and nonprofit sectors. This breadth of experience gives her both the insight and empathy to understand systemic barriers and help people and organizations overcome them.