Terms of Use & Disclaimer

Last Updated August 10th 2026

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1. Informational and Educational Purpose Only
 

All content, materials, frameworks, experiences, and information shared through Continue-Us™, including but not limited to Lift Before You Lead™ and The Growth Continuum™, are provided for informational, educational, reflective, and strategic capacity-building purposes only.

The content shared through this website is intended to support leadership development, collective growth, reflective practice, organizational learning, and workforce development conversations across people, teams, organizations, and systems.

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2. No Professional Advice
 

Continue-Us™ does not provide legal, financial, medical, mental health, psychological, or regulated human resources advice or services.

While our frameworks, facilitation, and consulting experiences may support organizational reflection, leadership development, and systems thinking, they are not a substitute for professional legal, HR, financial, medical, or therapeutic guidance.

Organizations and individuals are encouraged to seek appropriate professional advice related to their specific circumstances, operational decisions, employment matters, or legal obligations where needed.

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3. AI-Assisted Reflections

Certain Continue-Us™ experiences, including Discover, use artificial intelligence to generate personalized reflections based on information provided by participants.

AI-assisted reflections are intended to support learning, self-awareness, and meaningful conversation. They are not assessments, diagnoses, performance evaluations, or statements of fact about an individual, team, or organization. They should not be relied upon to make employment, disciplinary, legal, medical, psychological, or regulated human resources decisions.

AI-generated content may not fully reflect a participant’s experience or circumstances. Participants are encouraged to consider what resonates, question what does not, and identify perspectives that may be missing.

When Discover is completed as part of a team or organization, de-identified themes may contribute to broader organizational insights. Individual responses and personalized reflection summaries will not be shared with the participating organization without the participant’s permission.

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4. No Guarantees of Specific Outcomes
 

Leadership development, organizational growth, workforce capacity building, and systems change are influenced by many internal and external factors beyond the control of Continue-Us™.

While our work is designed to help strengthen the conditions where leadership, collaboration, and collective growth can emerge more sustainably, Continue-Us™ makes no guarantees, warranties, or representations regarding specific organizational, operational, financial, or leadership outcomes.

Participation in Continue-Us™ experiences and the use of website content is voluntary, and outcomes may vary depending on context, implementation, and organizational conditions.

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5. Intellectual Property
 

All proprietary frameworks, language, graphics, visuals, logos, concepts, and materials displayed on this website are the intellectual property of Continue-Us™ and its founder, Corie Schweertman, unless otherwise stated.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Lift Before You Lead™

• The Growth Continuum™

• Continue-Us™

• Empowering Collective Growth™

Unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, adaptation, or replication of any materials, frameworks, or intellectual property without express written permission is prohibited.