21st Century Leadership: Connection & Engagement
Helping leaders and teams build cultures of connection through shared purpose, practical tools, and meaningful engagement.
Developed by Anomali by Design and Make Meaningful Work, 21st Century Leadership: Connection & Engagement brings together workshops, coaching, and actionable practices that strengthen how people communicate, collaborate, and make decisions.
Best fit for: leaders and teams who want stronger connection, clearer decision-making, and healthier collaboration—so the way people work together supports what they’re building.Interested in building stronger connections across your organization? Let's talk about what your team is navigating and where meaningful change could begin.
What this program is:
A culture of connection is a planned, living ecosystem of support and engagement. It doesn’t exist by chance. Shared values need to show up in everyday actions—whether teams work remotely or in person.
Work may include leadership and team workshops, individual or group coaching, working agreements, feedback practices, decision-making frameworks, and team rituals. The focus is connecting organizational values to everyday behavior.
How we deliver it:
The program draws on Make Meaningful Work's frameworks and practical tools, brought to life through collaborative learning and real-world application.
Our team:
The program brings together Justin Dauer of Anomali and Make Meaningful Work cofounders Dan Szuc and Jo Wong.
Our approach:
- Understand
Identify where communication, collaboration, or decision-making becomes difficult. - Connect
Translate shared values into meaningful working agreements and practices. - Challenge
Create space for constructive feedback, reflection, and questioning assumptions. - Align
Connect everyday decisions and behaviors to shared purpose.
Engagement formats:
- Sprint (2–4 weeks): diagnose the system + pilot 1–2 rituals
- Program (6–12 weeks): workshops + coaching + operating system build
- Ongoing partnership: leadership coaching, reinforcement, iteration, and measurement
Common deliverables:
- Leadership + team coaching (1:1 and group)
- Working agreements and team rituals (cadences that stick)
- Critique + feedback practices designed for safety and rigor
- Workshops for values-to-actions translation
- Decision-making frameworks to reduce friction and ambiguity
- A practical “team operating system” supported by Make Meaningful Work
Signals you’re in the right place:
- “We do good work, but we don’t work well together.”
- “Feedback is inconsistent, unsafe, or unproductive.”
- “We’re growing fast and our old ways don’t scale.”
- “We want craft and culture, but we need a real system.”
- “Remote / hybrid is working—but connection is thin.”
