Stretch Capacity

Master Facilitator Certification

Empower Your Leaders. Transform Your Culture.

In today’s fast-paced, high-demand workplaces, the greatest risk isn’t just burnout—it’s a disengaged, stretched-too-thin workforce. The Stretch Capacity™ Master Facilitator Certification equips leaders, HR professionals, and internal trainers to teach and embed the Stretch Capacity™ Framework across your organization—so your people can grow without breaking.

This train-the-trainer certification is designed for professionals who want to scale high-performance leadership principles company-wide, foster resilience, and build cultures of trust and sustainable growth.

What Is Stretch Capacity™?

Created by leadership strategist and workplace resilience researcher 
Michelle McCullough, the Stretch Capacity™ Framework helps teams operate in the Optimal Zone—not underutilized or overstretched, but productive, energized, and resilient.

Based on national research around workplace happiness, emotional intelligence, and trust, Stretch Capacity™ gives your leaders the tools to:

  • Prevent burnout before it happens

  • Build team trust through emotional intelligence

  • Increase engagement and performance during demanding seasons

Graduates of the Stretch Capacity™ Master Facilitator Certification will be empowered to:

  • Lead internal workshops and trainings using licensed Stretch Capacity™ curriculum and tools

  • Facilitate leadership development sessions across departments and teams

  • Customize and scale resilience-building strategies for specific organizational needs

  • Support HR and executive teams in aligning performance goals with human sustainability

  • Serve as internal champions for culture transformation

What Certified Master Facilitators Can Do

What’s Included

  • 2-Day Live Certification Experience
    (in-person or virtual cohort)

  • Stretch Capacity™ Curriculum Toolkit
    (slide decks, worksheets, exercises)

  • The Resilience Reserve Snapshot™
    and other proprietary assessments

  • Ongoing facilitator support and
    alumni resources

  • Master Facilitator Certificate and
    Licensed Usage Rights

Organizational Benefits

When you invest in Stretch Capacity™ Master Facilitators, your organization gains:

  • Scalable Resilience Training: Bring powerful leadership tools to every corner of the organization

  • Improved Retention & Engagement: Equip managers to support and grow their people, not just direct them

  • Culture Change Agents: Internal trainers who model emotional intelligence and build trust organization-wide

  • Burnout Prevention at the Source: Proactive frameworks that support sustainable performance, not just quick fixes

  • Stronger Teams, Smarter Leadership: Increase productivity without pushing teams into the burnout zone

Ideal Candidates

This certification is perfect for:

  • Learning & Development professionals

  • HR and People Ops leaders

  • Executive Coaches & Internal Trainers

  • Mid- to senior-level leaders who support

    cross-functional teams

  • Culture Champions and DEI leaders

Upcoming Certification Dates

Fall 2025

Spring 2026

Winter 2026

Ready to Build a

RESILIENT,

HIGH-PERFORMANCE CULTURE

from the Inside Out?

Change your culture. Grow your capacity.

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