This four-part course gives you a practical framework for becoming a high-impact leader in the club environment. Led by industry veteran JoAnna Welle, this course breaks down what it truly means to lead — not just manage — and provides actionable steps for developing your leadership style, inspiring your team and aligning daily actions with long-term vision.
You’ll learn how to lead with clarity and purpose, coach others while remaining solution-oriented, and create a culture of trust and motivation across your organization. Packed with tactical guidance — from establishing daily leadership rhythms to building vision-based strategies — this course is designed to help you lead confidently in today’s dynamic club landscape.
What You’ll Learn:
✔️ How to define and communicate your unique leadership style
✔️ Key differences between managing and leading — and how to do both well
✔️ Daily, weekly and annual leadership practices that drive alignment and results
✔️ How to inspire others without micromanaging or burning out
✔️ Vision-casting strategies that connect the “why” to everyday tasks
✔️ Tools to assess and evolve your leadership over time
✔️ How to turn feedback and failure into fuel for growth
Whether you’re new to leadership or seeking to refine your approach, this course gives you a structured, empowering way to lead with purpose — and bring others along with you.
About the instructor
JoAnna Welle joined The Wellbridge Company in 2000 as a fitness coach and quickly began making her mark, eventually combining her marketing career with fitness as the regional events and promotions coordinator in 2001, marketing manager in 2003, director of marketing in 2007, and vice president of marketing in 2010. These roles offered her the opportunity to be instrumental in launching new locations, implementing new sales and training processes and designing strategies for retention management. In 2012, she left the company to become a minority owner and vice president of operations at Massage Retreat & Spa, a chain of seven stores based in New Hope, Minnesota; beginning the first franchised store for the company in 2015. In that same year, Welle was thrilled to return to Wellbridge as COO and has overseen the brand of premier athletic and tennis clubs through significant changes such as COVID and club capital improvements all while leading the membership sales, personal training and operations of the clubs.
