Built for the Storm

with Dr. De Hicks

MAY 26, 2026

CKFR Admin Building, Silverdale

10:00am – 3:30pm

The storm is the norm; calm waters are rare.

Is your team prepared for “storms?” In this interactive seminar you will learn:

The four building blocks that makes you and your team prepared for “storms”
What stress is (and it’s not what you think)
How to manage “storms” unique to your organization
How to think differently about difficulties in work and life
How to leverage effective habits of “robust people”
How to manage conflict—especially the kind that you would rather avoid
And so much more!

DR. DE HICKS has spent more than 30 years researching the strategies, habits, and mental models of highly effective organizations. He uses results-oriented strategies, resource-rich training, and relationship-based learning to help you achieve lasting results.

Previous LKPI Seminars

CARA WILSON

See the System, Shift the Story: Practical Tools to Improve Team Culture

Laurie Cameron

The Coaching Toolbox for New and Emerging Leaders

LEE RILEY

Tactical Leadership: Using Your Organizational Power to Build Trust and Respect

Doug Nathan

De Hicks

WHY THE PREMIER INSTITUTE?

Public, Private, Government and nonprofits alike depend on people to perform for the advancement of the mission. Enroll people as partners in the mission and give them the tools to succeed for the mission to thrive.

“People don’t leave jobs, they leave their supervisors.”

Proven time and again, effective lead roles provide a safe and comfortable work environment for people to thrive. Enhance the skills, enhance the results.

Greater Kitsap is teaming with a disproportionate amount of talented, globally-recognized leadership coaches and trainers who want to share their knowledge with the people they call neighbors.

Selecting leadership training for an organization can be daunting and will make or break the company. The Premier Institute is a trusted resource that takes the guesswork out of getting it right.

“This peer coaching group changed my life. I am in full support of future group and am looking to send my staff as soon as they’re available.”

Chief Jay Christian

Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue

“I highly recommend this Peer Coaching program. As a CEO, I found an instant sense of team and collaborative friendship. During the experience, my insights deepended as I learned from the shared challenges of my colleagues, my own leadership strengths and blind spots, and reframing my challenges into a more positive light.”

Monica Bernhard
CEO
Kitsap Mental Health Services

“The transformation I’ve witnessed in my supervisor because of Peer Coaching is eye-opening. He has completely shifted his focus in a matter of months. Watching him reprioritize has lifted a weight off his shoulders and we can feel that, too.”

Anonymous

BECOME A facilitator

The Premier Institute course offerings taught by local, world-class instructors who understand the needs of our Greater Kitsap Community and provide these courses for the benefit of our fellow Kitsap businesses, non-profits, and government agencies. We will do the work to vet and organize a wide range of trainings and resources to help maximize the return on training budgets of all types of organizations by providing a list of these local trainings and resources on our website each year with the goal of keeping them affordable and accessible, regardless of training budgets.

When you win, we win.