Impact
Human capability in very different environments
We have partnered with organizations across industries where pressure, change, hardship, and complexity are already affecting how people communicate, lead, support one another, and work together. The environments may be different, but the human challenges are often remarkably similar. Our work gives people practical ways to navigate those moments earlier and more skillfully, then builds the practice and shared language that help those behaviors take hold.
Healthcare
In healthcare, the people caring for patients are often carrying tremendous demands of their own. HCA Healthcare’s The Woman’s Hospital of Texas began its work with Showing Up LLC after a keynote from Founder & CEO Jen Marr and expanded into a multi-phase initiative focused on the everyday human moments leaders were navigating across the hospital.
Through Discovery and leadership skill development, leaders built practical ways to better understand what their teams were experiencing, recognize strain earlier, have more effective conversations, and respond to employees without immediately fixing, assuming, or avoiding. The work created a shared language for support across the organization and strengthened the relational capability behind both employee and patient experience.
“I thought it was exactly the direction we need to go with our leaders. There was also lots of chatter about how much the senior team needed it.”
— Jeanna Bamburg, CEO, The Woman’s Hospital of Texas
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would recommend the training to others
96%
rated the training an 8, 9, or 10 for effectiveness
Professional Sports
Professional sports moves fast. Priorities change, expectations are high, seasons create relentless pressure, and people across very different functions have to keep working toward the same goal.
One Major League Baseball organization partnered with Showing Up LLC for a year-long initiative designed to strengthen how leaders navigated that human complexity. Leaders learned practical skills for recognizing what was happening beneath the surface, asking better questions, approaching difficult conversations, understanding capacity, and supporting people through pressure and change.
Skills were practiced between sessions and brought into real conversations across the organization, helping leaders build a more consistent way to respond when the human side of the work became difficult.
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Cross-Industry Leadership
When leaders from healthcare, education, nonprofits, government, and community organizations came together for a Showing Up LLC Leadership Intensive, their workplaces looked very different. The human challenges did not. Across sectors, leaders described communication becoming harder, difficult conversations being delayed, growing pressure on managers, and a lack of practical preparation for the emotionally complex moments now built into everyday leadership. The intensive gave participants a common language and practical tools for recognizing their own patterns under pressure, responding with greater intention, asking better questions, navigating support needs, and approaching difficult conversations with more confidence. The strongest takeaway was not simply that leaders valued the experience. It was that they wanted more time to practice the skills and apply them to the real situations they were already facing.
“Wonderful! I learned so much today. My favorite parts were the interaction and connections with other leaders and the very specific tools I can implement right away.”
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Average Participant Rating
86%
Expressed high interest in bringing the work back to their organization
Higher Education
College campuses are being asked to respond to growing loneliness, emotional strain, and increasingly complex support needs. Counseling and clinical resources remain essential, but they cannot carry the responsibility for every human moment that happens across a campus.
Concordia University Wisconsin partnered with Showing Up LLC to build capability much earlier in that support system. The work began with student peer leaders and expanded to faculty and staff, equipping people to recognize when someone may need support, approach conversations with greater confidence, give support more effectively, and become more comfortable seeking and accepting it themselves.
Through certified campus trainers, student programming, and ongoing learning opportunities, CUW began embedding these skills into everyday campus life rather than treating connection and support as something reserved for a crisis.
“I have implemented some of the recommended phrases in conversations with residents and friends to give them opportunities to share their feelings.
My favorite is asking, “How’s today?” instead of just asking how they are doing. I like that this gives the opportunity to share highlights and struggles.
It is not all about saying the perfect thing but it is so important to show that you are present and value people’s time and thoughts”
— A CUW Undergraduate Resident Assistant
K-12 Education
Schools depend on people who are already carrying a lot. Educators and school professionals are managing workload, change, student needs, difficult conversations, competing expectations, and the emotional weight that often comes with serving others.
One large public school district partnered with Showing Up LLC to better understand what was getting in the way of its people and to build practical capability across nearly 100 employees in six departments.
Participants learned skills for navigating difficult human moments, strengthening trust, communicating more effectively, recognizing support needs earlier, and responding with greater intention under pressure. Just as importantly, the process surfaced barriers and recurring pain points that district leaders could act on, creating a clearer picture of what their people needed and where stronger leadership practices could make a difference.
“Show up; take the time to build a relationship; offer support; listen; be present with your whole body.”
— Anonymous district employee