Continue-Us | Lift Before You Lead

Creating the Conditions Where People, Teams, and Professional Communities Thrive

People thrive when they feel supported, connected, and capable.

Continue-Us™ helps organizations identify, strengthen and intentionally shape the conditions that influence how people, teams and systems grow.

Choose Where Growth Begins

We Lift People Before We Ask Them to Lead

"Teams are not struggling because they lack commitment. They are struggling because pressure is too often carried alone."

People are often expected to lead, collaborate, innovate, and support others while navigating increasing demands, competing priorities, and limited capacity.

Growth, leadership, and contribution do not happen in isolation. They are shaped by the conditions people experience every day.

We create opportunities for reflection, connection, and shared growth.

What Shapes Leadership and Mentorship?

Leadership and mentorship are only part of the story. Recruitment, retention, collaboration, workplace culture, and organizational growth are all influenced by the conditions people experience every day.

Continue-Us helps organizations strengthen those conditions through interactive professional learning that supports people, teams, and organizations.

Choose Where Growth Begins

Continue-Us supports organizations at every stage of growth. Whether you are building awareness, exploring new possibilities, or strengthening long term collective capacity, every experience is designed to meet your organization where it is today.

Discover

Build awareness. Uncover new possibilities. Explore the workplace conditions that influence leadership, collaboration, learning, and organizational growth.

Rethink

Challenge assumptions. Experience new perspectives.

Examine leadership, workplace culture, and organizational practices through a different lens while exploring new ways to strengthen people, teams, and organizations.

Grow

Strengthen collective capacity. Create lasting impact.Create the workplace conditions that support sustainable leadership, collaboration, organizational learning, and long term growth.

Choose Where Growth Begins

Continue-Us™ is proud to support leadership development, workforce capacity-building, and reflective practice initiatives across Ontario.

Recent work includes:

• Lift Before You Lead™ Professional Learning Experience – Brantford

• Reflective Practice Pilot – Dufferin County

• The Ripple Effect™ Keynote Experience – Elgin County

• Professional Leadership Contributions – Ontario Mentorship Collaborative (OMC)

Where Our Work Is Showing Up

Participants engaging in the Lift Before You Lead™ experience.

Reflections From Our Work

The Ripple Effect

Sheri Spriggs, RECE, Quality Initiatives Coordinator Elgin, ON

"Working with Corie was a pleasure! She took the time to understand our vision for the evening and delivered a thoughtful, engaging presentation that helped participants feel genuinely appreciated for the unique gifts and dispositions they bring to their work. Responsive, collaborative, and easy to work with, Corie tailored her approach to support our goals and created a meaningful experience for our participants."

The Vision Behind Continue-Us™

Continue-Us™ was founded by Corie Schweertman to help create the conditions where people, teams, and professional communities can thrive.

Learn more about the story, philosophy, and experiences behind Continue-Us™.

Explore Our Story

Supporting People, Teams, and Professional Communities

Whether you are:

Working directly with children and families
Supporting educators and professionals
Coordinating programs and services
Guiding teams
Holding formal leadership responsibilities

Continue-Us™ offers experiences that help people strengthen connection, build shared capacity, and contribute meaningfully within their teams, workplaces, and professional communities.

Across Sectors Including:

Early Years and Child Care
Community and Human Services
Municipal Government
Education and School Systems
Nonprofit Organizations
Workforce Development Initiatives