Week 1
Fear Is a Freeloader
Establish the course framework by examining fear, public speaking, personality, power, authority, and the cost of allowing fear to remain unchallenged.
Founding Beta • Live on Zoom
Freedom-Driven Leadership
Speak with greater confidence when leadership requires your voice.
A five-week live public speaking course for military and civilian professionals stepping into supervisory roles—or already serving as middle managers.
Reserve My Founding Beta Seat — $49.99Limited to 50 participants.
Leadership requires your voice
Public speaking does not happen only on a stage.
It happens when you lead a team meeting, deliver a briefing, explain a decision, speak with an employee, address a senior leader, or find yourself expected to speak without preparation.
These are public-speaking moments—and they are also leadership moments.
Freedom-Driven Leadership explores how fear interferes with your personality, power, and authority when it is time to speak.
It then applies practical speaking principles to the everyday situations leadership requires.
The framework
Fear Is a Freeloader
Fear can influence how you speak, how you see yourself, and what you do when leadership places you in front of other people. This introductory message provides the framework for the five-week course.
Who this is for
This course is designed for professionals who must lead with their voice.
- You are becoming a supervisor or have recently entered leadership.
- You already serve as a middle manager but sometimes lack confidence when speaking.
- You lead meetings, briefings, conversations, or workplace presentations.
- You sometimes second-guess yourself when speaking to employees or senior leaders.
- You want to communicate with greater clarity, composure, power, and authority.
- You want your speaking style to reflect your natural personality.
Military and civilian professionals are welcome.
Five-week progression
What we will explore
Week 2
Free Your Personality
Explore preconceived ideas about how speakers and leaders are supposed to behave, recognize what fear says, and become more comfortable speaking as yourself.
Week 3
Stand in Your Power and Authority
Examine power, authority, resistance, taking the floor, remaining composed through mistakes, subject-matter expertise, preparation, organization, and silence.
Week 4
Give Your Leadership Message Structure
Learn how main points, subpoints, transitions, and a common thread can create clearer workplace messages, briefings, introductions, and impromptu remarks.
Week 5
Build Audience Engagement and Credibility
Bring the principles together through relevance, preparation, clarity, natural conversation, dialogue, enthusiasm, and the personal habits that can interfere with audience connection.
Your enrollment
What the Founding Beta includes
Course access
- Five live Zoom teaching sessions
- One 60-minute opening session
- Four additional 60–90 minute sessions
- Access to every session recording
- Eligibility for a Certificate of Completion
Why the price is $49.99
This is the first live beta presentation of Freedom-Driven Leadership.
The reduced Founding Beta price is offered in exchange for active attendance and thoughtful, honest feedback. Your feedback will help refine the pacing, presentation, and participant experience.
You are not required to provide a testimonial or give permission for your comments to be used publicly.
Completion requirements
Certificate of Completion
- Attend at least four of the five live sessions.
- Make up no more than one missed session by viewing its recording.
- Submit thoughtful final course feedback by the completion deadline.
A testimonial is optional and is not required for the certificate.
Your instructor
Master Sergeant Wade Carter, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
Wade Carter brings decades of experience as a leader, trainer, speaker, and former Airman Leadership School Commandant. His approach connects public speaking with the real moments in which supervisors and managers must communicate, influence, explain, correct, brief, and lead.
Freedom-Driven Leadership is based entirely on his book, Freedom-Driven Speech.
Optional attendee offer
The book is helpful, but it is not required.
Registered participants will have the opportunity to purchase Freedom-Driven Speech at the attendee price.
$9.99 instead of $14.99
Purchase information will be provided after course registration.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to own the book?
No. The book is not required. Registered participants will have an opportunity to purchase it for $9.99 instead of its regular $14.99 price.
Is this a self-paced course?
No. This is a five-week live Zoom teaching course.
Will the sessions be recorded?
Yes. Recordings will be placed inside the protected course lesson area.
What happens if I miss a session?
One missed live session may be completed by watching its recording. Participants who miss more than one live session may continue accessing the course but will not meet the attendance requirement for the Certificate of Completion.
What is the cancellation policy?
No refunds will be issued within 24 hours of the first session or after the course begins.
Can I transfer my registration?
No. Registration transfers will not be permitted during the Founding Beta.
When does registration close?
Registration closes when all 50 seats have been filled.
Founding Beta enrollment
Leadership will require you to speak.
Prepare to meet those moments with greater clarity, composure, power, and authority.
Reserve My Founding Beta Seat — $49.99Limited to 50 participants.