BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Most Leaders Are Made,
Not Born. Let's Make You One.
ELITE Academy gives professionals at every level the behavioral science, emotional intelligence, and leadership frameworks that drive real outcomes — for you, your team, and your career.
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COACHING PROGRAMS
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SCIENCE-BACKED
THE LEADERSHIP GAP
The Myth of the Natural Leader
1 IN 10
People naturally possess a high talent for leading others — most of the people currently in leadership roles got there through tenure, not talent.
62%
of current managers demonstrate a low level of leadership talent — which means most teams are being held back by the person at the top.
50%
of U.S. workers have left a job specifically to get away from a bad manager. The cost of poor leadership isn't abstract — it's personal.
Here's what the data makes clear: leadership talent is rare, but leadership skill is learnable. The gap between where most managers are and where great leaders operate is not a matter of personality. It's a matter of knowledge, practice, and intentional development.
The world doesn't need more managers who happened to get promoted. It needs people who understand how humans actually behave — under pressure, in conflict, in ambiguity — and who know how to respond with clarity and confidence.
That's exactly what ELITE Academy teaches. Not theory for theory's sake. Behavioral science, applied.
the elite difference
Leadership Training That
Actually Changes Behavior
Theory alone doesn't make you a better leader. Our curriculum is built around application — so every lesson changes the person applying it.
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Emotional Intelligence at the Core
Understanding your own emotional patterns and those of the people you lead isn't soft — it's the single most predictive factor in leadership effectiveness. Every course is built on validated EQ research.
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Behavioral Science, Not Opinion
Our curriculum draws from peer-reviewed behavioral psychology, the Tracom Social Styles framework, and decades of organizational research. You'll learn what actually works — and why.
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The Leader-Leader Method
We don't teach you to manage followers — we develop autonomous, high-performing leaders at every level of an organization. You're not just getting better at your role; you're transforming how you lead others.
PREMIUM SERVICE
1:1 Coaching for Leaders Who Are Serious
Courses teach you the principles. Coaching accelerates the transformation. Work directly with our expert to close the gap between where you are and where you need to be.
Personalized behavioral assessment and debrief session
Custom development plan built around your specific leadership challenges
Real-time feedback on situations you're navigating right now
Social Styles deep-dive — understanding yourself and your team
Accountability structures that actually stick
Jeremy Barger
Behavioral Science & Leadership Expert
Jeremy Barger spent more than 15 years leading software engineering teams across 20 countries on five continents before turning that field experience into a framework for understanding why leaders behave the way they do — and how to change it. A U.S. Army veteran, he draws on Goleman's emotional intelligence models, Tracom Social Styles research, Big Five personality science, and applied neuroscience to give leaders the tools to close the gap between how they intend to show up and how they actually land. He coaches, speaks, and writes The Human Operator — a weekly newsletter on the behavioral science of leadership — because most leadership content is either too shallow or too academic. This work lives in the space between.
WHAT YOU’LL GAIN
The Case for Investing
in Your Leadership
The ROI on great leadership is not just measurable — it's transformational.
+59%
Higher Engagement
Teams with strong leaders are 21% more productive and 17% more profitable than those without.
+30%
Increase in Productivity
Engaged, emotionally intelligent leaders drive measurable performance improvement across their organizations.
-19%
Reduction in Turnover
People don't leave bad companies — they leave bad managers. Better leaders mean better retention, lower costs, and stronger culture.
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Greater Career Opportunities
Leadership skills are the differentiator between technical contributors and the professionals who advance into roles of real influence.
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Deeper Self-Understanding
Knowing your behavioral patterns, triggers, and social style is the foundation of every lasting leadership transformation.
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Confident, Consistent Presence
Stop reacting and start leading with intention — the kind of calm, grounded presence that earns trust before you open your mouth.
"The best investment you'll ever make is in becoming the kind of leader people actually want to follow."
- THE HUMAN OPERATOR
YOUR NEXT STEP
You've Been Good at Your Job.
Now Lead Like It.
The skills that got you here are not the same skills that will take you where you're going. Start building the ones that will.
The Human Operator
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