The Ascending Eight Mastermind

Break Free from Leadership Traps & Multiply Your Impact

A 4-Month Transformative Experience for Emerging Leaders

The Reality Check

You were promoted because you were exceptional. Now you're working harder than ever, drowning in tactical work, and wondering if you're actually cut out for leadership.

Here's the truth: 60% of new managers fail within the first 18 months.

Not because they're incompetent. But because they're trapped in the three career-killing patterns we call the Trinity of Manager Failure.

The Ascending Eight Mastermind is designed to help you escape these traps and build sustainable leadership excellence.

Your Transformation Journey

MONTH 1

Breaking the Doer's Dilemma

From Hero Player to Team Builder

Stop Being Winston Wolf

  • Understand why your superpower became your kryptonite
  • Complete your Task Audit - identify what to stop doing
  • Master the Delegation Decision Matrix
  • Execute your first successful delegation with documented process
What You'll Gain:
  • Freedom from being the bottleneck
  • A team that solves problems without you
  • 25-35% reduction in your weekly working hours
MONTH 2

Escaping the Productivity Prison

From Busy Work to Strategic Impact

Your Calendar Is Not Your Leadership

  • Expose the assembly line model killing your knowledge work
  • Apply Cal Newport's Deep Work principles for leaders
  • Design your Strategic Time Blocking System
  • Learn to say no effectively
What You'll Gain:
  • 40% increase in strategic thinking time
  • Systems that run without you
  • Time allocation that actually creates leverage
MONTH 3

Shattering the Impact Illusion

Closing the Gap Between Intent and Impact

The Truth About Your Leadership

  • Face the 79% reality: most executives have major blind spots
  • Complete a 360-degree feedback simulation
  • Build your Intent-Impact Feedback Loop
  • Calibrate your communication for actual impact
What You'll Gain:
  • Clear sight of your leadership blind spots
  • Feedback systems that pierce self-deception
  • Trust rebuilt through vulnerability and awareness
MONTH 4

Integration & Acceleration

Bringing It All Together with the STEP Framework

From Trapped to Transformed

  • Integrate the complete STEP Framework
  • Design your 90-day implementation plan
  • Build your Leadership Sustainability System
  • Create your personal board of directors
What You'll Gain:
  • A complete roadmap for sustained leadership excellence
  • Accountability structures that keep you growing
  • Your leadership manifesto

Program Structure

4 Monthly Group Mastermind Sessions

90-minute virtual sessions every first Thursday, 12-1:30pm ET

Limited to 8 leaders for intimate, high-touch experience

8 Bi-Weekly Individual Coaching Sessions

50-minute personalized sessions scheduled individually

Tailored to your specific challenges and context

Peer Accountability Partnerships

Matched with another leader for weekly check-ins

Mutual support through the transformation

24/7 Slack Community

Ongoing support, resource sharing, and peer learning

Access to all session recordings and summaries

What You'll Receive

✓ All Bellew Strategies frameworks and tools
✓ Personal Task Audit and Delegation Decision Matrix
✓ Strategic Time Blocking System customized to your role
✓ Intent-Impact Feedback Loop templates
✓ Complete STEP Framework implementation plan
✓ 90-day action roadmap
✓ Certificate of completion

Success Metrics

By program completion, participants report:

25-35%
reduction in weekly working hours
3x
improvement in team performance metrics
90%
of decisions made without their involvement
50%
reduction in task escalation
40%
increase in strategic thinking time

Investment

Full Payment

$4,000

Monthly Payments

$1,000/month

4 payments

Time Commitment: 6-8 hours monthly (mastermind sessions + coaching + peer partnership)

Ideal Participants

This program is designed for emerging leaders who are:

✓ 6-24 months in their first leadership role
✓ Managing 3+ direct reports
✓ Working 50+ hours per week
✓ Ready to break free from individual contributor habits
✓ Committed to doing the uncomfortable work of transformation

Application Process

1

Initial Application

Complete online assessment

2

Discovery Call

30-minute fit conversation

3

Commitment Agreement

Review expectations and sign

4

Welcome Package

Receive pre-work and materials

5

Kickoff

Join cohort orientation call

Why This Works

Small Cohorts (8 Leaders Max)

You're not a number. You get personal attention, peer connections, and space to be vulnerable about the real challenges.

Group + Individual Coaching

Learn from others facing similar struggles, while getting personalized support for your specific context.

Action-Oriented Learning

Every session includes immediately applicable tools. You'll implement changes in real-time, not just discuss theory.

Structured Accountability

Your peer partner, coaching sessions, and community keep you moving forward even when it gets uncomfortable.

Ready to Break Free?

Stop letting the skills that got you promoted become the ceiling that limits your growth.

Join a cohort of emerging leaders who refuse to become another statistic in the 60% failure rate.

"The expertise that got you here won't get you there. Let's build the leadership skills that will."
Apply Now Schedule Discovery Call

Next Cohort: Cohorts launch quarterly. Space is limited to 8 leaders.

Questions?
Tom Bellew, ACC | Founder, Bellew Strategies
tom@bellewstrategies.com