Intentional Leadership Journey

Driving Organizational Excellence Through Inclusive Actions

Harness the power of intentional leadership to accelerate business performance, foster innovation, and cultivate a culture of inclusive progress. 

Intentional Leadership is a transformative approach that empowers leaders to consciously align their actions with organizational goals and values. 

 By cultivating awareness, purposeful decision-making, and inclusive practices, intentional leaders create high-performing teams, drive innovation, and achieve better sustainable business succes. 

Our Intentional Leadership program offers a comprehensive approach to leadership development through five key modules.

While these modules can build upon each other, they can also be explored independently based on your organization's specific needs and priorities. 

Introduction to our Core Modules:

1. Clarifying the Intention 

Set the foundation for transformative leadership development through executive team engagement, strategic alignment, and actionable recommendations. Unite leadership vision with company values and goals to drive organizational success and inclusion.

2. The Neuroscience of Inclusion 

Apply research-based insights on decision-making and bias mitigation. Acquire methods to engage the prefrontal cortex, enhancing authentic and inclusive leadership practices. Learn to create environments where diverse perspectives drive business growth and innovation. 

3. The Power of Values 

Explore the benefits of value-based intentional leadership in creating an inclusive and high-performing organization. Learn how aligning leadership actions with core values can drive authentic inclusion and foster innovation. Discover methods to identify and remove reducing barriers, creating systems with better equity and more authentic power dynamics. 

4. Transformative Habits and Tribes 

Leverage the science of habit formation to develop leadership practices that foster diversity, equity, and belonging. Learn methods for transformative successful strategies to increase authentic inclusion in your organization, such as improving meeting culture. Discover the transfomative benefits of creating inclusive tribes within your company culture. 

5. Intentional Communication 

Develop skills in clear, empathetic, and inspiring communication. Explore the power of storytelling and story-doing in crafting compelling narratives that unite your organization around a shared, intentional vision and motivate action towards achieving strategic objectives. 

Examples of Key Leadership Outcomes for each module: 

  1. Clarifying the Intention
    • Up to 42% higher ROI with clearly defined intentions (HBR, 2019)
    • 2.8x more likely to be top industry performers with strong strategic alignment (Gallup, 2021)

  2. The Neuroscience of Inclusion
    • 6x more likely to be innovative and agile with inclusive cultures (Deloitte, 2018)
    • 33% more likely to have industry-leading profitability with diverse executive teams (McKinsey, 2020)

  3. The Power of Values
    • 400% outperformance in revenue, job creation, stock price, and profit with strong, articulated values (CEB, 2019)
    • 51% more likely to have engaged employees when values align (Gallup, 2020)

  4. Transformative Habits and Tribes
    • 92% more likely to develop novel products and processes with strong learning cultures (Deloitte, 2018)
    • Organizations where inclusive leadership habits are the norm see a 70% increase in individual feelings of belonging
    (Center for Talent Innovation, 2020)

  5. Intentional Communication
    • 50% faster project completion and 25% higher employee engagement with intentional communication (PMI, 2022)
    • 60% more likely to achieve organizational goals through clear, purposeful communication (HBR, 2021)

Leader and Facilitator

Hélène Barnekow- internationally acclaimed leader with 30 years in the technology sector, including CEO roles at Telia and Microsoft Sweden. Hélène's global career spans companies like Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, and Dell Technologies.

Passionate about sustainable change through intentional leadership, she focuses on driving transformation and building inclusive cultures. Author of Re:start (English version 2023 "Power with Meaning"), Hélène shares insights on creating adaptable, innovative organizations through value-based leadership.

As one of Sweden's most recognized business leaders, Hélène offers unique insights into creating adaptable, communicative, and innovative cultures through intentional leadership.

Soledad Piñero Misa, experienced facilitator and educator focused on inclusion and dialogue in diverse organizations. Soledad has worked across all sectors, from UN Rwanda to Unilever, delivering participatory methods for inclusive transformation.

Soledad draws on her understanding and practical experience in the neuroscience of inclusion to support leadership that engages the prefrontal cortex. With an emphasis on intentional communication grounded in non-violent principles, she offers meaningful insights into fostering inclusive and innovative cultures through thoughtful leadership.

Founder of social enterprises Part of More and Retoy, Soledad brings unique experience from political, business, non-profit, and public sectors, including roles at Social Mission Manager at Ben & Jerry's and President of the Swedish Red Cross Refugee Center.

Program Structure:

We recommend that leaders participate in all modules in the presented sequence for optimal results.

However, we understand that every organization has unique needs. Therefore, we offer customized solutions tailored to your specific requirements.

The length and number of training sessions for each module can vary depending on your organization's needs. We offer flexible formats, including:

  • 45-minute interactive introductory training sessions


  • 2.5 to 3-hour in-depth training sessions

All modules are available both online and on-site, allowing you to customize the program to your specific leadership journey.

To determine the best solution for your organization, we invite you to book a complimentary introductory meeting:

Connect and Schedule

To learn more about our Intenional Leadership Trainings or to book a free introductory meeting, reach out to us at sol@partofmore.org or schedule directly here.