Growing Leaders Through Challenge

The most effective leaders we know didn't learn their best skills in a classroom.

They learned them under pressure. In real conditions. When the stakes were real and there was no option to disengage.

Sweet Grass Co. creates that environment deliberately.

Five days on a working Alberta farm. Real tasks. Real team dynamics. Real weather. Real animals.

The land doesn't grade on a curve. It shows you exactly who you are as a leader — and exactly what your team is capable of.

Growing Leaders — The Challenge. A 5-day immersive program for teams.

What participants develop

• Leadership under pressure
• Crisis management
• Team coordination
• Adaptability
• Communication
• Problem solving

• Full program facilitation by Leanne Van Den Brink
• All meals — farm-sourced where possible
• Barn dormitory accommodation — gender-secured, all amenities
• All program materials and participant workbooks
• Certificate of completion
• 30-day post-program email follow-up sequence
• Access to Prairie Paths digital series for all participants

Who This Is For

• Corporate leadership teams
• Emerging leader cohorts
• Community organizations
• Any group ready to grow through real challenge

Leanne Van Den Brink is the founder of Sweet Grass Co. Born and raised in Alberta, from generations of prairie families rooted in leadership, agriculture, and community.

I spent a lifetime leading without a map. Sweet Grass Co. is the one I wish I'd had.

Give your participants the on-ramp before the farm. A 4-book digital reflective trail series they walk in the weeks leading up to the cohort. 15 markers · 15 minutes · 15 days.

• Compass Rose — direction, self-awareness, foundations.
• River's Edge — current, flow, change.
• The Badlands — resilience, what remains.
• The Gap — threshold, what you do when it counts.

All cohort participants get access to Prairie Paths as part of the program.

First cohort: Spring 2028. Rocky View County, Alberta.