The Stay or Go Workshop: What Am I Actually Deciding?

You’ve been sitting with this question longer than you want to admit.

Whether to stay in a role that’s been slowly draining you. Whether to leave without knowing if you’re running toward something or just away. Whether to ask for what you need — and what it means if they say no.

You’ve rationalized it. You’ve told yourself it will get better. You’ve stayed because leaving felt riskier than the cost of standing still.

And somewhere in the back of your mind, you know that’s not a strategy. It’s just what you’ve been doing instead of deciding.

This workshop is the hour that changes that.

If you’ve been telling yourself ‘I’ll figure it out’ for more than six months, this workshop is for you.

What This Workshop Is

The Stay or Go Workshop is a focused, 60-minute live session built on research from organizational psychology, behavioral economics, and occupational health science — delivered by someone who spent 20+ years making high-stakes decisions in federal crisis management.

This is not a pep talk. It’s not a venting session. It’s a strategy framework — the same kind used by the professionals I coached through government restructuring, corporate exits, and career reinvention.

In 60 minutes, you will have more clarity on your situation than you’ve had in months.

What You’ll Walk Away With

• A rating of all Five Signals in your current role — the patterns that tell you when something needs to change
• An honest look at what staying is costing you financially, professionally, and personally
• A clear view of your three paths forward: Go, Stay Strategically, or Negotiate
• A written direction — not a feeling, not an intention, an actual next step
• Access to the Stay or Go Clarity Session at an exclusive rate only available to workshop attendees

Who This Is For

• Federal employees navigating restructuring, role changes, or institutional uncertainty right now
• Mid-to-senior corporate professionals who have been excelling at work and quietly wondering if the cost is still worth it
• Anyone who has been carrying this question long enough that not deciding has become its own answer

The Five Signals Framework

The workshop is built around five documented patterns that show up when a role, organization, or career path is no longer working. Not feelings — signals. Data. Backed by research from Harvard, Gallup, and the leading organizational psychologists in burnout, decision-making, and career development.

• Energy Drain — The work that used to energize you now depletes you — and it’s spilling into the rest of your life
• Silenced Voice — You’ve stopped speaking up because you’ve learned it’s not worth it — and that silence has become a habit
• Declining Returns — You’re putting in more and getting back less — in salary, growth, and professional opportunity
• Values Conflict — You’ve been asked to do, overlook, or represent things that don’t sit right with who you are
• Chronic Instability — You can’t plan, can’t build, can’t trust that what exists today will exist in 12 months

Your Facilitator

Brandi Richard Thompson is a former federal emergency management official with more than 20 years of experience coordinating disaster response for 50+ million people. She has worked alongside governors, mayors, and agency heads during hurricanes, wildfires, and large-scale civil emergencies.

She built the Stay or Go framework because the decision to leave or stay in a role is its own kind of crisis — one that deserves the same strategic clarity as any other high-stakes situation. She now delivers this workshop to federal professionals, corporate leaders, and anyone who is done waiting for clarity to arrive on its own.

Brandi creates all content in her private capacity as a former federal employee. This workshop is not affiliated with or endorsed by FEMA, DHS, or any government agency.

The Workshop Exclusive

Every registered attendee receives access to the Stay or Go Clarity Session at a discounted rate available only in this room. This is a focused 60-minute 1:1 session with Brandi where you work through your specific decision, your financial picture, and your action plan together.

The discounted rate is not listed publicly and is not available after the 48-hour post-workshop window closes. If you know you’re going to want this, plan to book it the same day.

What’s Included With Your Ticket

• 60-minute live workshop with Brandi Richard Thompson
• The Five Signals self-assessment (live, scored during the session)
• The Stay or Go framework walkthrough: Go, Stay Strategically, Negotiate
• Access to the exclusive Clarity Session discount (48-hour post-event window)
• Digital resource packet sent after the event: Five Signals reference card + next step guide

General Admission ticket holders receive all of the above. VIP ticket holders additionally receive the full Stay or Go Workbook ($37 value) delivered digitally before the event.

Format + Access

• Virtual via Zoom. Link delivered via email 24 hours before and 1 hour before the event.
• Live Q&A at the end. Questions submitted in chat throughout.
• Recording available to registered attendees for 7 days post-event.

Questions? Email b@operationgrowth.com before registering.

Register now. Walk in with the question. Walk out with a decision.