The DEC Foundation
A leadership installation program delivered in partnership with the Detroit Economic Club. Available exclusively to DEC members. Six sessions. One behavior installed per session.
This installation reinforces the Guide, Don't Drive™ Leadership Behavior Operating System™.
6
Focused Sessions
500+
Leaders Installed
95%
Completion Rate
2 hrs
Per Session
Phase 1 of the GDD Cohort Installation. Standalone complete. Applied immediately.
Cohort Schedule
6 sessions delivered bi-weekly. Each cohort is capped at 25 participants.
Session dates will be announced soon. Register now to secure your seat.
Who This Is For
The DEC Foundation is an exclusive program delivered in partnership with the Detroit Economic Club. Available to DEC members as a standalone program or as the entry point into the full 16-session Cohort Installation.
Built For
Detroit Economic Club members
Individual leaders inside DEC member organizations
Leaders who want Phase 1 of the GDD Cohort Installation delivered through the DEC partnership
Not For
Organizations looking for organization-wide deployment (see Enterprise Installation)
Leaders without DEC membership (see Cohort Installation)
Anyone seeking a complete organizational system (see Enterprise Installation)
Delivered in partnership with the Detroit Economic Club.
The DEC Foundation is an exclusive program delivered by Lowisz Leadership Institute in partnership with the Detroit Economic Club. The DEC Foundation installs Phase 1 of the Guide, Don't Drive™ Cohort Installation - available to DEC members as a standalone program or as the entry point into the full 16-session Cohort Installation.
Not a DEC member? The Cohort Installation is available to all leaders regardless of DEC membership.
What Gets Installed
The Operating System
The complete GDD sequence - Winning, Identity, Behavior, Tolerance, Standards, Performance - installed as the leader's operating framework. Not as a concept. As a working system.
Trust as a Behavioral Standard
Not trust as a value. Trust as a practiced, observable behavior. Leaders install the specific actions that build and maintain trust as a standard - not as an aspiration.
Team Intelligence
Behavioral wiring, motivator mapping, and LifeBlend profile. Leaders learn what they're actually working with - not what people say they want, but how they operate under pressure.
GDD Coaching Mode
The 6-Step Performance Engine as the coaching conversation. Leaders stop fixing and start building capacity. Every coaching interaction moves ownership back to where the work lives.
Personal Winning
Personal Leadership Score and Team Scoreboard. Leaders can state their score without being asked. Every result has one named owner. The standard is visible - to the leader and to their team.
Behavioral Governance That Holds Under Pressure
GDD Foundation does not teach theory. It installs behaviors that hold when conditions are difficult, timelines compress, and people revert to old patterns. Every session ends with application that begins the following week.
Your Progression
What Changes After 6 Sessions
By Session 2
The rescue pattern is identified. You recognize when urgency tempts control. The GDD discipline of Level 3 Questions is installed. Intent awareness begins.
By Session 4
Your default under stress is mapped. Reversion patterns are visible. The operating sequence is understood. You stop misdiagnosing symptoms as strategy problems.
By Session 6
Standards are locked through disciplined enforcement. Drift is caught early using Drift Response. Decision ownership is distributed through Know to Grow. Trust and enforcement coexist through Standards Over Activity.
The patterns that existed before the DEC Foundation will continue.
Your leaders will keep solving the problems their teams should own. They'll feel the pressure to step in when things get hard - and they will. Standards will stay as intentions rather than enforced behaviors.
Six sessions won't fix everything. They will install something specific that holds: a personal operating framework, a standard the leader can name and hold themselves to, and the coaching mode that stops dependency from growing.
That is the difference between awareness and installation.
The Fall 2026 cohort has 25 seats. Register now to secure yours.
Most leadership programs ask leaders to change. DEC Foundation installs a system that governs behavior under pressure so change is not optional.
6 sessions. Applied immediately. No theory.
Session Overview
6 sessions delivered bi-weekly. Each session installs one discipline. Application between sessions is required.
Guide vs Drive at the Leadership Level
Interrupt instinctive control and replace rescue with disciplined guiding.
For vs From
Separate ego-driven reaction from development-centered leadership.
Constitutional Alignment with the GDD System
Align leadership around the operating sequence that governs results.
Leadership Identity Under Pressure
Map your reversion patterns before they shape culture.
Ownership Architecture at the Top
Define decision boundaries that keep ownership where the work lives.
Standards Discipline at the Executive Level
Protect standards visibly and consistently within the leadership team.
Investment and Enrollment
GDD Foundations is limited to 25 participants per cohort to preserve depth, accountability, and behavioral rigor.
GDD Foundations (6 Sessions)
$1,495
$249 per session (save $281 vs individual)
- 6 live executive sessions
- Applied Identity and Pressure Discipline
- Mandatory implementation between sessions
- Cohort-based accountability
- Eligibility to continue into GDD Leadership Discipline
Corporate invoice available upon request.
Join the WaitlistPrefer to Begin With One Session?
Individual sessions are available at $295 per session.
Single-session enrollment is ideal for targeted correction. GDD Foundations is designed for full behavioral installation.
Corporate invoice available upon request.
View SessionsThe GDD Pathway
Foundation is the entry point. Each level builds on the previous one. There are no shortcuts.
DEC Foundation
Stabilize identity and behavior under pressure. Phase 1 of the GDD Cohort Installation. Available to DEC members.
Cohort Installation
Install behavioral governance across your sphere of influence. 16 sessions in 3 phases. Requires Foundation completion.
The Operating Sequence
How GDD Works
GDD follows a non-negotiable sequence. You cannot skip steps. Each stage builds the foundation for the next. This is the same logic used in every GDD installation, from individual leaders to enterprise-wide deployments.
Identity
Define who the leader is under pressure. Before behavior can change, the leader must understand their default pattern.
Behavior
Replace reactive patterns with disciplined responses. Specific behaviors are installed and practiced under real conditions.
Influence
Extend behavioral discipline to how leaders develop others. Decision ownership and capacity are distributed deliberately.
Culture
Behaviors become the norm. Leadership consistency scales beyond individual effort through shared standards and accountability.
Outcomes
Performance stabilizes because it is governed by system, not personality. Results become less dependent on who is in the room.
What Leaders Experience
Real outcomes from leaders who completed GDD programs. No names, no hype, just what changed.
“I stopped solving every problem myself. My direct reports started owning decisions I used to make for them. It took about three sessions before I noticed the shift.”
CEO, Midwest Community Bank
Financial Services
Context
Participated in GDD Foundation after recognizing a pattern of over-involvement in branch-level decisions.
What Changed
Reduced executive escalations. Leadership team began resolving issues without waiting for CEO input.
Free Assessment
Reveals who you become under pressure
The GuideType™ Assessment maps how you lead when conditions are difficult. It identifies your default pattern, where it helps, and where it costs you. Your results will be referenced throughout any GDD program you join.
10 min
to complete
Free
no cost, no login required
Instant
results delivered immediately
Compare Your Options
Each level of the operating system builds on the one before it. Choose the scope that matches where you are.
DEC Foundation
Identity Discipline
Cohort Installation
Behavioral Governance
Enterprise Installation
Organizational Scale
Sessions
6
16
20
Phases
1 (Foundation)
3 (Foundation + OS + Selection)
8 (Foundation through Permanence)
Duration
12 weeks
24 weeks
40 weeks
Cadence
Every 2 weeks
Every 2 weeks
Every 2 weeks
Guide vs Drive identity shift
For vs From intent discipline
Winning clarity
Pressure map and reversion triggers
Decision ownership boundaries
Observable leadership standards
Tolerance governance
MMI cadence installation
Drift detection and recovery
Early signal response
Tradeoff discipline
Cross-team alignment
Organizational governance
Department-level standards
Cascading accountability systems
Operator certification path
Prerequisite
None
Foundation recommended
Leadership Discipline completion
Pricing
$1,495
$9,500
Scope-based
Enrollment
Open application
Open application
Strategy call required
DEC Foundation
Identity Discipline - 6 sessions
$1,495
- Guide vs Drive identity shift
- For vs From intent discipline
- Winning clarity
- Pressure map and reversion triggers
- Decision ownership boundaries
Cohort Installation
Behavioral Governance - 16 sessions
$9,500
- Guide vs Drive identity shift
- For vs From intent discipline
- Winning clarity
- Pressure map and reversion triggers
- Decision ownership boundaries
- Observable leadership standards
- Tolerance governance
- MMI cadence installation
- Drift detection and recovery
- Early signal response
- Tradeoff discipline
Enterprise Installation
Organizational Scale - 20 sessions
Scope-based pricing
- Guide vs Drive identity shift
- For vs From intent discipline
- Winning clarity
- Pressure map and reversion triggers
- Decision ownership boundaries
- Observable leadership standards
- Tolerance governance
- MMI cadence installation
- Drift detection and recovery
- Early signal response
- Tradeoff discipline
- Cross-team alignment
- Organizational governance
- Department-level standards
- Cascading accountability systems
- Operator certification path
Frequently Asked Questions
Register for the Fall 2026 DEC Foundation cohort.
Both previous cohorts sold out. Seats are capped at 25 per cohort. Applications are reviewed before acceptance.
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