WHAT IT IS
Dare to Succeed
YOUR SUCCESS. YOUR TERMS.
Not motivation. Clarity.
Not advice. Tools.
You sense that something is wrong. You've known it for some time. And you're still there because leaving isn't easy.
Debt. Dependents. A pension two years away. Fear that the next place will be the same. These aren't excuses. They're the actual terrain. And they're making your decisions for you, including the decision to stay.
I navigated my toxic workplace alone. No community. No framework. No one who understood what I was actually facing. I built Dare to Succeed so you don't have to do it alone.
Dare to Succeed is a private community for mid-career professionals navigating toxic workplaces: research-backed tools, structured support, and people who understand the terrain because they are in it too.
This is not a support group. It's not a venting space. It's a structured environment for people who are ready to see their situation clearly and make a decision to
GET OFF THE X.
The framework is RADAR: Recognition, Assessment, Decision, Action, Recovery. Every tool, every conversation, and every resource in this community is organized around that pathway.
THE PHILOSOPHY
Get Off the X
That's what a mentor told me when I was frozen in place. Unable to move. I was unable to see any way out of the situation.
The X is the spot where you're taking fire. The spot where staying still is the most dangerous choice. You don't have to know where you're going. You just have to move.
I built Dare to Succeed for professionals who are standing on the X right now: stuck, constrained, unable to see a way forward.
The constraint holding you in place — debt, insurance, pension, visa, dependents — isn't a problem you'll solve after getting ahead. It's why you can't get ahead. It's making your decisions for you, including the decision to stay.
I built Dare to Succeed for professionals standing on the X right: stuck, constrained, and unable to see a way forward. The map exists. The research is documented. You don't have to figure it out alone.
THE METHODOLOGY
The RADAR Pathway™
Once you can see that you're on the X, you need a map. Over nearly two decades, I have surveyed and interviewed hundreds of professionals who navigated their way through toxic workplaces. Their journeys followed the same five stages every time.
The RADAR Pathway™
The five-stage journey from recognition to recovery
THE FIVE DARES
Each stage of the pathway requires a different kind of courage.
The research showed this consistently across industries, sectors, and decades. Moving through a toxic workplace isn't a single act of bravery. It is five distinct dares, each one harder than it looks from the outside.
WHAT YOU GET
Built around research, not opinion.
Everything in Dare to Succeed is designed to provide clarity.
Weekly Insights
Field Notes: real stories from real professionals
Pattern Signals: analysis of the 14 toxic leadership behaviors
Angle Checks: reframes to see your situation from the outside
Decision Maps: frameworks to help you make your next move
Exit Files: full stories of professionals who got off the X
The Silence of the room
Live Sessions
Monthly workshops: deep dives into patterns and frameworks
Quarterly Ask Me Anything (AMA): bring your situation
Pattern of the Month: live analysis of a real situation
Diagnostic Tools
Situation Clarity Check
False Promise Test
Pattern Recognition Quick-Scan
Financial Freedom Assessment
Armor Audit
Decision Matrix
"Should I Report This?" Framework
Exit Blueprint (4-phase)
Negotiation Map
Workplace Recon Tool
Recovery Roadmap
Red Flag Checklist
Private Community
Discussion threads by topic: Pattern Recognition, Exit Planning, Recovery, Workplace Recon
Anonymous story submissions
Situation Room threads with direct feedback
Peer accountability matching (Founder’s Tier)
Community Launches Mid-Spring 2026!
All memberships are annual. Upgrade at any time.
All memberships include immediate access to proprietary diagnostic tools and digital research content.
Navigator and Founder's members may pause for up to 90 days once per year.
Why join the waitlist
Founder's Tier is capped at 25 members. Waitlist members who join at Clarity or Navigator will receive priority access to any open Founder's spot before it is offered to the general waitlist.
Joining the waitlist costs nothing and holds your place in the notification sequence.
Clarity $250
per year
The map. Self-guided clarity at your own pace.
All 12 proprietary diagnostic tools.
Complete RADAR content library
Community forum access
All recorded workshops
New content as it’s released
Navigator $450
per year
The guide. Self-guided tools plus live group learning.
Everything in the Clarity Tier
Live monthly workshops tied to RADAR stages
Live Quarterly Ask Me Anything (AMA): bring your specific situation, get a real-time perspective
Limited to 25 Members
Founder's $650
per year
The inner circle. High-touch, capped at 25 members.
Everything in Navigator Tier
Monthly office hours: small group, live with Rhonda
Inner Circle channel: private async space for Founder's members only
Quarterly Checkpoint: structured review of your progress through RADAR stages
Peer accountability matching each quarter
1:1 Onboarding Session
15% discount on all individual consulting packages
Hard cap: 25 members. Waitlist available when full.
Upgrade Anytime
Already a Clarity member? Upgrade to Navigator for $200. Upgrade to Founder's for $400.
Already a Navigator member? Upgrade to Founder's for $200.
Upgrades take effect immediately. Your annual renewal date is reset to the upgrade date.
Founder's Tier is limited to 25 members. Clarity and Navigator members are first on the waitlist.
HOW THE COMMUNITY OPERATES
This is a space for clarity. Not venting
Stories are context, not destinations.
Share what happened so others can learn. But always move toward: "What can I do?"
No naming companies or individuals.
Anonymity protects everyone, including you.
Advice is offered as options, not prescriptions.
"Here's what worked for me" is welcome. "You should definitely..." is not.
Confidentiality is non-negotiable.
What's shared here stays here.
Progress looks different for everyone.
Some need to leave. Some need to stay and protect themselves. Some need to recover from something already over. All of that is valid.