Fit to Lead helps you become the leader you’d want to follow. 

It gives your managers and emerging leaders a roadmap with the tools needed to create or refresh their leadership skills. You will learn essential leadership skills in a practical, interactive, and thought-provoking way. This will create a culture shift of increased employee effectiveness, engagement, and retention – and, therefore, increased revenue and profitability for your company. Everyone wins!

While many important elements influence culture, leadership impacts it the most. Today’s managers need to be able to lead themselves, lead people, and lead teams. Fit to Lead has a multi-phase curriculum based on the following concept:

WHICH PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR YOUR TEAM?

  • PUBLIC SERIES

    Join leaders from multiple organizations in a 6- to 12-month virtual program designed to elevate your leadership skills through structured learning, group coaching, and peer collaboration.

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  • INTERNAL SERIES

    Bring the Fit to Lead curriculum to your organization with a fully customized leadership experience tailored to your team’s needs, culture, and goals. Available in-person or virtually.

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  • TEAM COACHING

    Unite internal teams—at any level—to grow together, strengthen collaboration, and build leadership skills in a virtual group coaching format.

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  • 1-ON-1 COACHING

    A personalized 6- to 12-month coaching experience designed to help executives, managers, and emerging leaders maximize their potential and achieve breakthrough results.

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  • eLearning

    Lead on 3! is a self-paced, interactive leadership development experience designed to equip and empower you to lead yourself, lead people, and lead teams through microlearning courses and group coaching.

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FIT TO LEAD INQUIRY

  • "Derek does his homework and knows his audience. The way he personalizes his presentation to the people in the room I have only seen paralleled by Stephen M. R. Covey."

    Dan Burnett
    Author of I Am CXO | Senior Manager of Learning & Development at QPS Employment Group

  • "Derek has an infectious presence! He is on fire for contributing to the effectiveness and fulfillment of people."

    Aleta Norris
    Author of Women Who Spark
    & Co-Founder of Living As A Leader

  • “Derek's keynotes and workshops have helped me move the needle in my personal and professional life.”

    Joe Sweeney
    NY Times Best-Selling Author

ABOUT DEREK DEPREY

Derek’s passion in life is to help you become the leader you’d want to follow. After 7 years in basketball operations at the NCAA Division 1 & NBA levels, 13 years in the fitness industry, and 3 years in the automotive industry, he now transforms managers into leaders at Fit to Lead as an author, keynote speaker, and leadership coach.

Derek is the author of two books, SHIFT: Move from Frustrated to Fulfilled and Everyday Leaders: Small Actions, Big Results.

When Derek isn’t geeking out on leadership, he’s working out, coaching youth basketball, or carting his daughters all over like an Uber driver.