The Daring Venture

The Daring Venture

We are a Minneapolis-based leadership development firm founded in 2014. We partner with organizations to build strong, healthy, and courageous workplace cultures through executive and leadership coaching, evidence-based 360 feedback systems, and multi-level leadership development programs.We integrate research-backed methodology with practical application to drive sustainable behavior change across leaders, teams, and organizations. As ICF Certified Executive Coaches and a Certified Women-Owned Business, we’re dedicated to helping you move forward—with intention, courage, and heart. 

Core Offerings: 

Executive/Leadership Coaching Individual executive coaching engagements designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness, emotional intelligence, and values aligned decision-making. 

Focus Areas: 

• Courageous leadership & accountability 
• Psychological safety & trust 
• Difficult conversations & feedback 
• Emotional intelligence & resilience 
• Leadership clarity during change 

Delivery: 1:1 confidential coaching 

Outcome: Sustainable behavior change Culture of Coaching A multi-month implementation model that embeds coaching principles into daily leadership practice. A leadership operating system that builds teams that are self aware, empowered and taking action.

Leaders develop capability to: 

• Clarify expectations and roles, 
• Ask forward-focused, accountability-based questions 
• Increase ownership across teams 
• Strengthen feedback and performance conversations 
• Align behaviors with organizational values 

Outcome: Scalable leadership operating system that improves engagement, retention, and collaboration. Leaders who lead with clarity, empathy and coach approach. Transformational Feedback Our signature Shift Positive® 360 Method transforms traditional feedback into a structured, development focused growth process. Framework: Strengths Growth Areas Allies 

Includes: 

• Structured stakeholder input 
• Facilitated debrief Coaching integration sessions 
• Progress survey followup 

Outcome: 96% of participants report positive behavior change. And, state the way they give and receive feedback builds collaboration, trust, and growth. 

Case Study: The Daring Venture has worked with CTS (Center for Transportation Studies) at University of Minnesota's staff and leadership team over the past ten years to help them create a more engaged and empowered staff.  The staff engagement results reflected our work together (See capabilities statement for case studies).