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    • 2025 PROGRAMS
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      • OUR FACILITATOR TEAM
      • 2025 BOOKS
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      • SPECIAL VETERANS PRICE
      • SIM LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
      • SIM NATIONAL
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      • "INFLUENCE" CERTIFICATION
      • PROGRESS TO EXEC PROGRAM
    • FOR RLF ALUMNI
      • $500 RLF REFERRAL AWARD
      • BOOK SUGGESTIONS
      • LEADERSHIP TIPS
RLF-leadership

  • HOME
  • 2025 PROGRAMS
    • MID-ATLANTIC RLF
    • MIDWEST RLF
    • NEW YORK METRO RLF
    • NORTHEAST RLF
    • PACIFIC NORTHWEST RLF
    • SOUTHEAST RLF
  • FEES & REGISTRATION
  • REVIEWS / FAQS / ABOUT
    • REVIEWS FROM RLF GRADS
    • FAQ's
    • OUR FACILITATOR TEAM
    • 2025 BOOKS
    • SPONSORS
    • SPECIAL VETERANS PRICE
    • SIM LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
    • SIM NATIONAL
  • POST-RLF OFFERINGS
    • R3 (RECHARGE/RENEW/REACH)
    • "INFLUENCE" CERTIFICATION
    • PROGRESS TO EXEC PROGRAM
  • FOR RLF ALUMNI
    • $500 RLF REFERRAL AWARD
    • BOOK SUGGESTIONS
    • LEADERSHIP TIPS

the 2025 SOUTHEAST RLF

THE 2025 SOUTHEAST RLF PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY WITH THESE SIX IN-PERSON SESSIONS:

May 1-2, 2025 

June 5-6, 2025

July 10-11, 2025 

August 14-15, 2025

September 18-19, 2025 

October 23-24, 2025

2025 SOUTHEAST RLF CURRICULUM

SESSION 1

SESSION 1

SESSION 1

“Knowing Yourself and Others”  

  • Facilitating, listening, feedback 
  • Leadership principles
  • Successful leadership behaviors
  • Getting to know each other 
  • Improv workshop
  • Balancing priorities
  • Panel:  Lessons from RLF alumni 

SESSION 2

SESSION 1

SESSION 1

 “Personal Capabilities” 

  • Life mission & life lessons
  • Emotional intelligence 
  • Trust
  • Building relationships
  • The power of vulnerability
  • MBTI preferences workshop
  •  What’s on your plate 
  • Personal strengths 

SESSION 3

SESSION 1

SESSION 3

 “Confronting Challenges”

  • Being politically savvy
  • Influence skills 
  • Balancing work, family and you
  • Coat of arms presentations
  • Teams and teamwork
  • Impact of heritage 
  • Learning styles workshop 

SESSION 4

SESSION 4

SESSION 3

 “Establishing My Legacy” 

  •  Innovative culture
  • A leader’s legacy
  • Character and competence
  • Leadership: an art of possibility
  • Values workshop
  • Life planning tool 

SESSION 5

SESSION 4

SESSION 5

 “Embracing Change”

  • Keeping your moral compass
  • Personal brand workshop
  •  Executive presence
  • Managing up
  • Strengths assessments
  • Elevator speech 

SESSION 6

SESSION 4

SESSION 5

 “Lifelong Learning” 

  • Growing into possibilities
  • Creativity and flexibility
  • Compassion
  • Mastermind group presentations
  • Graduation ceremony & dinner
  • Continuing the learning experience 

OUR EXPERT SOUTHEAST RLF facilitators

MICHAEL GARLICH

 Michael Garlich is an RLF graduate and a leadership development strategist sharing the capabilities he honed while leading the successful marketing / communications efforts of major organizations during transformational expansion and change. He’s a board member of the SIM Central Florida chapter and is involved in leadership activities throughout Central Florida.  

SUZIE DEBUSK

 Suzie DeBusk is an RLF graduate, a leadership coach and the CEO of a software development firm skilled in process re-engineering, requirements gathering and systems definition.  She’s a longtime board member of the SIM Central Florida chapter and is actively involved in leadership endeavors throughout Brevard County and other Central Florida counties.  

JUNE DREWRY - Visiting Coach

June Drewry is a former Director of the SIM Leadership Institute, a longtime facilitator for SIM’s RLF program and one of the Program Coaches for the 2023 Executive RLF program.  She has extensive international experience in the insurance and financial services industry at the senior management level, as an Enterprise CIO, Business Unit CIO and as president of a Broker / Dealer subsidiary. She has also served on a number of nonprofit and for-profit boards, and is member of the CIO Hall of Fame.

HELD IN DOWNTOWN ST. PETERSBURG, FL

All 2025 sessions are being held in downtown St. Petersburg, FL

Each of the six in-person sessions of the 2025 Southeast RLF program are taking place in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, FL ... just minutes from Tampa International Airport and the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.


All sessions are being held at the St. Petersburg Bayfront Hilton adjacent to the Tampa Bay waterfront.

Download OUR BROCHURE

2025 Southeast RLF brochure_091224 (pdf)

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COMPANIES INVEST IN THEIR TOP TALENT WITH THE SOUTHEAST RLF

Major U.S. and global companies take advantage of the Southeast RLF ...

Many organizations are investing in their future by selecting high-potential employees to absorb the life-changing capabilities of the Southeast RLF experience.  Current and recent sponsors of the Southeast RLF program include:


  • Aflac
  • Aramark Uniform Services
  • Barrett Distributions Centers
  • Bioventus
  • Bloomin’ Brands
  • Breakthru Beverage Group
  • Campbell Soup Company
  • CareerSource Central Florida
  • CarMax
  • Carnival Cruise Lines
  • ConocoPhillips
  • Constellation Brands
  • Co-op Financial Services
  • Cox Enterprises
  • CPT Network Solutions
  • Cree, Inc.
  • CVS / Aetna
  • DRMP
  • Duke University Research Institute
  • EPIC Engineering & Consulting
  • First Citizens Bank
  • Fulton County Government
  • Fulton County Schools
  • Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
  • Holiday Inn Vacations
  • MassMutual
  • Oxbow Carbon LLC
  • Parsons
  • Pfizer, Inc.
  • Raymond James
  • Red Lobster
  • Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
  • Subway
  • Tampa International Airport
  • Transnetyx
  • Unified Women's Healthcare
  • Universal Studios
  • University of Central Florida
  • Wipro
  • Wyndham

this month's Sponsor salute

WE THANK ALL OF OUR SPONSORS FOR SHARING THEIR PARTICIPANTS WITH US! THIS MONTH WE SALUTE ...

WIPRO HEALTHPLAN SERVICES 


Wipro HealthPlan Services is one of the nation’s largest providers of technology solutions with deep industry domain expertise, automation & transformational experience focused on sales, enrollment, billing administration, and member retention to the individual and group insurance industry. In 2024, Wipro HealthPlan Services sponsored three Southeast RLF participants to experience an important next step on life's leadership journey.   


Thank you, Wipro HealthPlan Services, for continuing to be a highly-valued sponsor of the Southeast RLF!

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST RLF?

Please contact:

  • Michael Garlich (magarlich@gmail.com)
  • Suzie DeBusk (suzie@dragonpoint.com)
  • June Drewry (june_drewry@yahoo.com))

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