Leadership Workshop: Unlocking Your Team’s Best Work

Leadership Workshop: From Fixing to Coaching – Unlocking Your Team's Best Work

Sponsored by Angel City Football Club and The Grand

The Challenge Every Leader Knows:

You're moving fast, building the plane while flying it, and your team is looking to you for answers. But here's the thing, constantly jumping in to fix every problem isn't just exhausting for you, it's not actually helping your team grow.

What if, instead of always having the solution, you could ask the right questions that help your team find their own breakthroughs?

Transform How You Lead:

Join Rei Wang and Anita Hossain Choudhry, co-founders of The Grand, for a workshop that will fundamentally shift how you think about management. You'll practice real skills with real challenges from your actual work life.

What You'll Master:

Stop Managing Everyone the Same Way

• Learn why your star performer might need completely different support than your eager newcomer
• Master the Task Relevant Maturity Matrix to read what each team member actually needs
• Practice the four management styles: Teaching, Mentoring, Motivating, and Delegating

Unlock the Power of Coaching

• Discover why "How can I help you think through this?" is more powerful than "Here's what you should do"
• Practice the Outcome Shift and Options Exploration techniques that help people find their own solutions
• Experience the difference between fixing problems and empowering people

Walk Away Ready to Lead Differently

• Map your own team using proven frameworks
• Practice coaching conversations through live role plays
• Leave with specific tools and your personalized action plan

What to Expect:

You'll be moving around, working in pairs, volunteering for role plays, and getting your hands dirty with real scenarios. Bring a challenge you're actually facing—you might just solve it during the session.

Perfect If You're...

• A first-time manager who wants to get it right from the start
• An experienced leader tired of being the bottleneck
• Anyone who's ever thought "It's faster if I just do it myself" (we see you)
• Leading a team in a fast-moving organization where everything feels urgent

You'll Leave With:

• Task Template and Task Relevant Maturity Matrix tools you can use Monday morning
• A coaching conversation framework that actually works
• Confidence to have different kinds of conversations with your team
• A community of leaders who get what you're going through

Your Facilitators:

Rei Wang - Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at The Grand and a new mom. Former CEO of Dorm Room Fund at First Round Capital where she invested in hundreds of founders and Global Community Lead at General Assembly designing education products for thousands of students. Growing up across China, the UK, and the US taught her the value of belonging—a principle that guides her work building inclusive communities.

Anita Hossain Choudhry - Co-Founder & CEO at The Grand and mom to two daughters under 5. She's had a career across media, finance, venture capital as Head of Knowledge at First Round, and as an executive coach. Wharton MBA who has created meaningful communities in every role where people learn from each other and show up authentically. Her love for community started as a kid performing Bengali plays and continues today with nightly dance parties with her girls.

Angel City FC Community Workshop Program:

This workshop is part of the Angel City FC Community Workshop Program, which offers free professional development workshops designed to strengthen Los Angeles-based community organizations and their leaders. By providing access to education, leadership training, and skills development, the program helps local changemakers expand their impact. Led by experienced professionals, these workshops foster collaboration, build organizational capacity, and empower nonprofits to create lasting change. We are proud to partner with our sponsors to make these resources accessible to the community.