Pittsburgh Pirates
Developing leaders at every level.
The Pirates engaged Russo Leadership for a multilevel leadership development program, with facilitated sessions for leaders across the organization.
Scope: Leadership development
Leadership That Holds.
Facilitated sessions for individuals and teams, built on Everything DiSC®, The Five Behaviors® and The 6 Types of Working Genius®. Practical, engaging, and grounded in the work your people actually do.
What we offer
Russo Leadership is a team and leadership development practice. We design and facilitate sessions, built on certified tools, that help people understand how they show up and help teams work better together.
For people who want to understand how they show up: how they handle conflict, adapt under pressure, manage and lead.
Everyone leaves knowing their own tendencies and what to practice next.
Explore individual sessions → How we work togetherFor teams that want to work better together: communicate better, build trust, work through conflict, and follow through on what they decide.
The team leaves with commitments, owners and a plan to review them.
Explore team sessions → At your own paceSelf-paced courses in management, leadership and teamwork, each with an assessment and 12 months of access.
Every Academy seat, every DiSC program (individual or team) and The Five Behaviors® Team Development include 12 months of the Alumni Lab: a monthly live virtual session to keep practicing together.
Explore the Academy →Not sure where to start? Tell us what’s happening with your people, and we’ll help you choose between individual and team sessions. Start a conversation →
The question before: Why don’t they get it?
The question after: How does this person need to hear it?
The question before: Who’s right?
The question after: What are we actually disagreeing about?
The question before: Someone should follow up on that.
The question after: Who owns this, and when do we review it?
The question before: Why is this stuck again?
The question after: Where does this work need different energy?
The goal is a shared language people keep using, not a workshop they remember fondly.
What a session feels like
We work with situations from your own work, not case studies.
We talk about what’s really happening in the room, with energy and some laughter.
Every session ends with specific commitments, named owners and a time to review them.
Every DiSC program, The Five Behaviors® Team Development and every Academy seat include 12 months of the monthly live Alumni Lab.
The learning doesn’t stop when the session ends.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pirates engaged Russo Leadership for a multilevel leadership development program, with facilitated sessions for leaders across the organization.
Scope: Leadership development
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
The Trust engaged Russo Leadership for leadership and staff development sessions.
Scope: Leadership and staff development
Beverly’s PGH
The relationship began with one participant in a management development program and expanded to facilitated team development sessions.
Scope: Management and team development
In their words
Speaking personally, the training we received from Russo Leadership stands out as the most impactful professional development I’ve experienced in my career. I would wholeheartedly recommend Nayli and Russo Leadership to any organization looking to strengthen team dynamics and unlock new potential.
Nayli offered me an insight framework that helped me better understand my needs, wants, and frustrations at work and allowed me to apply that forward to benefit my team of leaders. We have a lot to accomplish together, and it’s important that we understand each other more to achieve the right momentum and rhythm.
I had never had the opportunity to take part in leadership training in my career, and the years I was able to spend with Nayli drastically changed my career for the better. Not only do I understand how to be a better leader, but the main reason why I wanted to be a leader in the first place.
Led by Nayli Russo
Former Vice President of People & Strategy for the Pittsburgh Pirates, where she led the organization’s first Leadership Academy. Grounded in real experience, her career spans clinical healthcare, operations, the Office of the President at Highmark, and the Pirates.
Nayli holds the room: direct, funny and practical, with the rigor of a scientist and the energy of someone who loves this work.
Let’s talk about your people
Tell us what’s happening with your people, and we’ll shape the right session together.