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Football season changes the rhythm of Green Bay. Expectations return. Every roster decision is examined. Every mistake has an audience. Every week offers a fresh test of preparation, trust and response. The 2026 Green Bay Packers open the regular season on September 13 against the Minnesota Vikings. But the most important leadership lessons of a season are rarely confined to the scoreboard. They appear in the moments after the plan breaks down: a missed assignment, an unexpec

A Leadership Challenge GREEN BAY, Wis. - Wisconsin's workforce challenge is no longer simply an employment issue. It has evolved into a leadership issue. As employers across the state struggle to fill critical positions, demographic shifts are reshaping the future labor force. Leaders are increasingly recognizing that workforce development begins long before a job opening exists. It starts in classrooms, communities, and through intentional partnerships between education and

When Communication Feels Clear but Doesn’t Land There is a particular kind of disconnect that shows up in organizations long before it ever appears in performance data, and it is easy to miss precisely because, on the surface, everything appears to be functioning as it should. Priorities are being communicated, meetings are happening with regular cadence, and leaders are investing real time and energy into keeping people informed, which naturally creates the assumption that a

Where leadership behavior changes, and performance improves Green Bay, WI - June 8–10, 2026, InitiativeOne will host its 2026 Leadership Conference, Leadership Reframe , at the Oneida Casino Hotel. Built for leaders accountable for results, this life-altering experience confronts the breakdowns that stall execution and limit performance. Over three days, leaders engage the real dynamics shaping their teams and leave able to: • Shift how they think under pressure • Lead diff